The Fault in Their Plans
Unlike one of the greatest army operations performed in history, also known as “Operation Overlord” in 1944. The Dardanelle campaign had drastically different endings. It was known as one of the worst military operations in history, with both sides losing tons of lives, and the mission being an overall failure, forcing both British, French and ANZAC troops to retreat. The retreat back had been performed smoothly with no injuries or dead on the wooden boats. Usually in huge operations to take down forces, communication would be necessary. Though in this plan, its main problem was its miscommunication and planning, which was rather quick. In the time it took for everything to be planned on a board and to be put into action only differed by a few months. The cons of this would be less time to discuss how the invasion would go, and overall would not create space for logical thinking. Not only was the plan rushed, but it did not consider the Ottomans' perspective, assuming they were not camping on the beaches of the straits, decided to invade by pulling up to the shore in a regular wooden rowboat. The Ottomans had already been prepared with tons of supplies such as firearms and ammunition. Due to their reckless arrival, they were classified as easy targets and many had died before reaching the shore itself. The plan contained many flaws, and even though there had been a backup plan for it, it still ended poorly. Miscommunication and the rushing into plans surely had played a part in this disaster and has played a big role in many other historical disasters. The fight had stretched over a few months and had ended with the Allied troops evacuating the straits.
Not only were the Dardanelles so heavily guarded, but the Ottomans were set on high ground, making British, French and ANZAC troops easy to spot and aim for. Having high ground always proves to be a huge advantage of a fight, provides you and your troops protection, while it makes others very vulnerable.
Casualties
The aftermath of Gallipoli has been known as one of the worst tragedies to happen on this Earth, with the total of deaths on the Ottomans side being 65,000 and the casualties being 250,000. The Allies had a total of 480,000 soldiers taking part, they ended up with 250,000 casualties and 46,000 dead. No good outcome has been brought from this, the Ottoman’s stayed in the war, Winston Churchill had been demoted from his rank and tons of Allies had to evacuate the Dardanelles.