ENGLISH

GULLY RAVINE: GALLIPOLI (Battleground Europe)

By Stephen Chambers

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Year
2003
ISBN
0850529239, 9780850529234
LCC
D568.3 .C48 2003
Open Library ID
OL3753959M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
29 MB (30118479 bytes)
Pages
98\98
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield. Here trench fighting raged throughout the campaign, culminating in the Battle of Gully Ravine between 28 June and 5 July 1915. This attack was a successful piece of planning and execution, enabling the British to capture five lines of Turkish trenches, seriously threatening the Turkish hold on the southern tip of the peninsula. After this attack the region fell into the deadlock of trench warfare, which brought its horrors as well as its monotony. This beautiful and picturesque area of Gallipoli is seldom visited, and its part in the campaign almost forgotten. The book is well researched and contains a high proportion of original photographs and maps, which have never been published before.

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