Gallipoli

Great Battles

Jenny Macleod (Department of History, University of Hull)

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Oxford University Press
30 June 2015

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Battles & campaigns

Series: Great Battles

The British-led Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that attacked the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli in 1915 was a multi-national affair, including Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French, and Indian soldiers. Ultimately a failure, the campaign ended with the withdrawal of the Allied forces after less than nine months and the unexpected victory of the Ottoman armies and their German allies.

In Britain, the campaign led to the removal of Churchill from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and the abandonment of the plan to attack Germany via its 'soft underbelly' in the East. Thereafter, it was largely forgotten on a national level, commemorated only in specific localities linked to the campaign. In post-war Turkey, by contrast, the memory of Gallipoli played an important role in the formation of a Turkish national identity, celebrating both the ordinary soldier and the genius of the republic's first president, Mustafa Kemal. The campaign served a similarly important formative role in both Australia and New Zealand, where it is commemorated annually on Anzac Day.

For the southern Irish, meanwhile, the bitter memory of service for the King in a botched campaign was forgotten for decades. Shaped initially by the imperatives of war-time, and the needs of the grief-stricken and the bereft, the memory of Gallipoli has been re-made time and again over the last century. For the Turks an inspirational victory, for many on the Allied side a glorious and romantic defeat, for others still an episode best forgotten, 'Gallipoli' has meant different things to different people, serving by turns as an occasion of sincere and heartfelt sorrow, an opportunity for separatist and feminist protest, and a formative influence in the forging of national identities.

By: Jenny Macleod (Department of History University of Hull)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 474g
ISBN: 9780199644872
ISBN 10: 019964487X
Series: Great Battles
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 30 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction ; 1. Origins ; 2. Invasion ; 3. Stalemate ; 4. Australia and the Civil Religion of Anzac ; 5. New Zealand and Anzac ; 6. Britain and Ireland: Gallipoli Day or Anzac Day? ; 7. Turkey and 18th March ; Conclusion ; Further Reading ; Notes ; Index

Jenny Macleod is a Lecturer in 20th Century History at the University of Hull, having previously worked at the University of Edinburgh and King's College, London. A graduate of Edinburgh and Pembroke College, Cambridge. she is the co-founder of the International Society for First World War Studies and an associate editor of its journal, First World War Studies.

Reviews for Gallipoli: Great Battles

I strongly recommend Jenny Macleod's brilliant Great Battles: Gallipoli to readers interested in how the memorialisation of battles and campaigns informs our contemporary world. British Journal for Military History