What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Western Front (World War I)
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Western Front (World War I) 2 times 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 Churchill was deluded in seeking diversions, because the war could only be won on the Western Front.
“he is deluded. The war is only ever going to be won on the Western Front”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 10:13
Sandbrook contends that conditions at Gallipoli were worse than on the Western Front, citing veterans of both.
“I think the conditions at Gallipoli are just unbelievably hellish. And they're definitely worse than the Western Front”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:33
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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