What Tom Holland has said about Ottoman Empire in World War I
1 quote · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, 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
Holland argues the British feared that any retreat at Gallipoli might provoke an empire-wide jihad.
“they're nervous that any loss of face might precipitate a kind of Asian-wide jihad against the empire”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 16:46
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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