, who led their men into combat.

The battle of Gallipoli was an amphibious assault, supported by an off sea naval bombardment. This type of assault has been done in the ancient times of Greece. The main objective of the invasion was to knock out the Ottoman superpower and to have a supply route to Russia (Shrier). This, in turn, would resupply the Russians, and not only eliminate the Middle Eastern conflict but, have Germany face a two-front war (Shrier). If the invasion would have been a success, the Germans would have had to have divided supplies, troops, and other resources, which would ultimately relieve the German aggressive pressure off the French (Shrier). But the most crucial things that the Germans would lose is its supply of oil coming from the Middle East (Shrier). Before the war even began, Germany made a pact with the Ottomans, in which Germany built a railroad from Berlin to Baghdad, which supplied Germany with oil coming from the Middle Eastern Oil Reserves (Shrier).

The allied campaign was a bold decision and essentially a “game changer” (Shrier). The invasions failure was due to poor unrealistic planning, and operational mismanagement (Shrier). The outcome of the allied operation of Italy in WWII could have been the same outcome for Gallipoli (Shrier). Only if the WWI Allied Leaders, had honored and appreciated the real outcomes and of a realistic thoroughly planned out operation (Shrier). This would have backup plans to support any failed objectives, and or counter attacks, as any modern day operation is. More interesting is that both invasions had nearly the same morals in their goals of the mission, was to divert and spread the enemy forces thin (Shrier). The allies would fake a maneuver to make it look like there is a large force in one area, which would make it look like that is where the next attack would be (Shrier). This would impact the change in the enemy strategy probably forcing their best units to go to that area to defend. However, in reality, the real crucial knockout blow was delivered elsewhere (Shrier). “The vastly different outcomes in similar wars almost demand a comparison of the factors that led one operation to success and the other to failure” (Shrier). Both Italy and Gallipoli were secondary objectives in their respective wars, meaning, even though if it were a successful outcome, it was not a victory that would end the war in that instance (Shrier).

The Invasion of Gallipoli occurred due to a combination of events during the war. First, was the Western Front, the stalemate on the Western Front was locked in and looked like it would not be going anywhere (Shrier). Second, was the Russian defeat at Tannenberg in the fall of 1914, due to the heavy losses the Eastern Front was on the brink of collapse (Shrier). Third, was that the Ottoman Empire joined the war in December of 1914 (Shrier). If the Allies could successfully capture the Dardanelles they could reopen the second front, but also assist Russia on their s