Staff and students from a Devon school in the UK have visited the battlefields of the Dardanelles on the third and final tour of a programme organised by the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project.
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The British Army in Mesopotamia 1914-1918
Publisher’s Description:’When war broke out between the British and Turkish empires in 1914, the 6th (Poona) Division sailed from India to Basra to bolster Britain’s allies. This detailed history places the campaign in context of Allied operations in the Middle East and sheds light on several unsung heroes of the war.’
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100 Years Ago Today: Ottoman siege of Kut starts in Mesopotamia
Ottoman troops trapped a British-Indian force in the town of Kut-al-Amara on December 7th 1915, heralding a siege that lasted almost five months.
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100 Years Ago Today: British ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
The British Government ordered the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla on December 7th 1915, signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend’s controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
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The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
Publisher’s Description:’The Ottoman Endgame is the first, and definitive, single-volume history of the Ottoman empire’s decade-long war for survival. The consequences, well into the 21st century, could not have been more momentous.’
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Kut-al-Amara: How & why the siege began
General Sir Charles Townshend's controversial decision to stand against the Ottomans at Kut-al-Amara in December 1915 is discussed in this article by Major Paul Knight.
Continue readingBritish ministers order Gallipoli pull-out
7th December 1915: British Government orders the withdrawal of Allied troops from Anzac Cove and Suvla signalling the end of the Gallipoli campaign.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Ottoman siege of Kut starts in Mesopotamia
7th December 1915: Ottoman troops trap a British-Indian force at Kut-al-Amara in Mesopotamia, starting a five-month siege.
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French memorial planned for New Zealand capital Wellington
The ties forged between France and New Zealand during the First World War are to be commemorated with a monument in Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.
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