What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Shell Crisis of 1915
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 3, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Shell Crisis of 1915 once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on June 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook argues that the shell shortage was not peculiar British incompetence, as every combatant had exhausted pre-war stocks by 1915.
“Every combatant by the spring of summer of 1915 is basically running out of shells because they've used all their pre-war supplies”
The Rest Is History: 676. The First World War: Churchill’s Calamity (Part 6) (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 22:04
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676. The First World War: Churchill’s Calamity (Part 6)The Rest Is History · Jun 3, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook conclude the Gallipoli campaign, covering Churchill's fall, the failed August Offensive, the evacuation, and the birth of the Anzac legend.
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