What Tom Holland has said about Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 31, 2026

Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign 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

Holland notes that Churchill's plan contradicted long-standing British policy of keeping Constantinople from Russia.
“Churchill's plan is essentially upending centuries of British ambition to stop the Russians getting it”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 18:35
Holland compares Churchill's reliance on sea power alone to modern reliance on air power to win wars.
“Essentially, Churchill's plan requires sea power alone to win the war. So it's a bit like the reliance today on air power to win wars”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 21:46

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.