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Gallipoli: the mere name summons the storyline of the well-known advertising campaign of the First World War. And the history of Gallipoli, where in August 1915 the Allied forces made their last valiant effort against the Turks, is one of infamous might-have-beens. If only the Allies possessed held out just a little longer, pushed just a little harder, possessed better success, Gallipoli might have been the decisive triumph that knocked the Ottoman Empire from the First World War. But the history is merely that, author Rhys Crawley says us: a tale. Not only was the results at Gallipoli not close, but the operation was flawed right away, and an inescapable failure. A painstaking effort to create the historical record upright, Climax at Gallipoli examines the performance of the Allies' Mediterranean Expeditionary Power right from the start of the Gallipoli advertising campaign to the bitter end. Crawley reminds us that in 1915, the second 12 months of the warfare, the Allies were still wanting to adapt to a fresh form of warfare, with static defense swapping the maneuver and offensive strategies of earlier British doctrine. Within the attempt both MEF at Gallipoli and the English Expeditionary Power on the American Front aimed for too much - and both failed. To clarify why, Crawley targets the operational degree of warfare in the advertising campaign, scrutinizing planning, command word, mobility, flame support, interservice co-operation, and logistics. The result is a view of the Gallipoli advertising campaign unique in its fine detail and range as well as in its conclusions - a reserve that looks past misconception and distortion to the reality and the truth of what happened at this critical juncture in 20th century history.
