What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Ottoman Empire in World War I
1 quote · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Ottoman Empire in World War I once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook argues that Allied assumptions of Ottoman weakness rested on racial superiority, when the Ottomans were battle-hardened.
“the Turks, the Ottomans, are not a joke at all. They are battle-hardened”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 49:45
Episodes
675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5)The Rest Is History · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount the origins of the Gallipoli campaign, Churchill's Dardanelles scheme, and the bloody Allied landings of 25 April 1915.
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