Join this channel to get access to the rest of the series right away: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join This is EP 5 in our second series about WWI! EP 1 is here: https://youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc EP 2 is here: https://youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ EP 3 is here: https://youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU EP 4: https://youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_ And for the entirety of our series about WWI: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Why was the Battle of Gallipoli, starting in February 1915, in Turkey, so disastrous for the Allies, and in particular, Winston Churchill? How has it become such a foundational moment in the national identity of New Zealand and Australia? And, how did it transform the destiny of Turkey? Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the worst military catastrophes of the First World War. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory 0:00 Gallipoli landings cold open 1:27 Lloyds 2:52 The first reports from Gallipoli 4:05 Why Gallipoli matters to Australia, New Zealand and Turkey 5:12 Churchill and the road to disaster 10:50 The Ottoman Empire before the First World War 13:35 Why the Ottomans side with Germany 16:12 The fear of jihad and imperial humiliation 17:01 Ottoman defeat against Russia 18:13 Churchill’s obsession with Constantinople 20:03 The Dardanelles plan 21:43 Why Churchill thinks sea power can win the war 23:20 The War Council approves the scheme 26:18 Why the plan makes no military sense 27:02 Asquith, Venice Stanley and distracted leadership 28:11 Why Britain drifts into Gallipoli 30:33 Lord Fisher warns of catastrophe 33:04 The naval attack begins 36:59 Disaster for the Allied fleet 38:17 Why Britain refuses to stop 40:09 Disclosure Day 41:11 The Rest Is Football 41:38 Britain prepares to land troops 45:03 The ANZACs in Egypt 47:35 Why the troops are dangerously unprepared 48:12 The Ottomans prepare to defend Gallipoli 49:36 Rupert Brooke and the romance of Troy 52:17 Churchill begins to wobble 54:18 ANZAC Cove and Cape Helles 56:21 The ANZACs land under fire 58:36 Mustafa Kemal rallies the Turks 1:00:07 The ANZACs are driven back 1:01:54 The British land at Cape Helles 1:06:02 The River Clyde becomes a death trap 1:08:08 Heroism under Turkish fire 1:09:51 The failed push off the River Clyde 1:12:02 Hamilton tells the ANZACs to dig in 1:12:52 Gallipoli becomes the trench war Churchill wanted to avoid 1:13:15 Next time: will Churchill give up? Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal