As
explained previously, WWI was a carefully engineered project of the British
deep state and went as planned. Even before there were any talks of a war,
Britain had already completed its preparations. It traded its steamships for
those running on oil, commissioned 18 new tankers and set up its submarine and
aircraft fleets. Even as early as 1911, it began wide-scale drills and made its
navy ready for war. It secured French support through diplomatic means. By the
time WWI broke out, the British navy -fully renovated- was more than ready.
The
planner of these preparations was Winston Churchill, the first Lord of the
British Admiralty. A famous Turcophobe and an Islamophobe, Churchill was a
loyal member of the British deep state and was the head designer of the
Gallipoli Campaign. Before the Ottoman Empire joined the war, Churchill had
submitted a project to then British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith on September
1914, and stated that the British navy should pass the Dardanelles Strait and
invade Istanbul. Churchill was convinced that as soon as Istanbul was taken,
the Ottoman Empire would fall.
In line
with the plan, a large Allied naval fleet consisting of 16 battleships led by
Admiral John de Robeck on March 18 tried to pass the Dardanelles Strait.
However, the mines previously placed by the Turkish minelayer Nusret inflicted
serious damage on the ships. Coupled with constant Ottoman shelling that rarely
missed, the British dream of passing Gallipoli came to an abrupt end. The
defeat on March 18, 1915 caused great shock in Britain.
Although
British, French and Anzac troops managed to gain a foothold after landing, the
unyielding resistance and constant attack of the Ottoman forces prevented them
from taking the Gallipoli Peninsula. Not only did they fail to get through the
Turkish defense, they also sustained heavy losses. As a result of this big disappointment
in both sea and land fights, the Allied Powers decided to close the Gallipoli
front. British Major General Charles Monro sent a report to London following
his inspections on site and recommended the evacuation of Gallipoli.
Consequently, the British, French and Anzac forces evacuated Gallipoli
Peninsula in December 1915. On December 7 the decision to close the front was
made, on December 10 the evacuation began and by December 27, 1915, there were
no Allied troops left in Gallipoli.
The
horrible loss of the Gallipoli massacre carried out by the British is detailed
as follows in British sources:
In
nine months of bloody slaughter, about 58,000 allied soldiers – including
29,000 British and Irish soldiers and 11,000 Australians and New Zealanders –
lost their lives during the ill-starred operation to take the Gallipoli
peninsula; a further 87,000 Ottoman Turkish troops died fiercely defending
their homeland, and at least 300,000 more on both sides were seriously wounded.81
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