Gallipoli Children's Books and the Ottoman Empire

and the Ottoman Empire

Harry named the bear Winnie

She doesn’t care that the hand-some Scottish surgeon grew up in poverty—she yearns for their friendship to become something more

Manfred von Richthofen

Gallipoli Children's Books and the Ottoman EmpireDescription by Alan Moorehead Paperback When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as Sea Lord for the British, conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelles, reopen the Straits to Russia, and immobilize the Turks. On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a