Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign
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Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
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
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook says Churchill withheld from the War Council his own Admiralty experts' view that the operation was impossible.
“Now, actually, Churchill is not being honest with them. His own admiralty experts have already told him”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 25:42
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.