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Title: Climax at Gallipoli

Subtitle: The Failure of the August Offensive

Author: Rhys Crawley

Narrator: Fred Humberstone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Gallipoli: the mere name summons the story of this well-known campaign of the First World War. And the story of Gallipoli, where in August 1915 the Allied forces made their last valiant effort against the Turks, is one of infamous might-have-beens. If only the Allies had held out a little longer, pushed a little harder, had better luck, Gallipoli might have been the decisive triumph that knocked the Ottoman Empire out of the First World War. But the story is just that, author Rhys Crawley tells us: a story. Not only was the outcome at Gallipoli not close, but the operation was flawed from the start, and an inevitable failure.

A painstaking effort to set the historical record straight, Climax at Gallipoli examines the performance of the Allies' Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign to the bitter end. Crawley reminds us that in 1915, the second year of the war, the Allies were still trying to adapt to a new form of warfare, with static defense replacing the maneuver and offensive strategies of earlier British doctrine. In the attempt both the MEF at Gallipoli and the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front aimed for too much - and both failed. To explain why, Crawley focuses on the operational level of war in the campaign, scrutinizing planning, command, mobility, fire support, interservice cooperation, and logistics.

The result is a view of the Gallipoli campaign unique in its detail and scope as well as in its conclusions - a book that looks past myth and distortion to the facts and the truth of what happened at this critical juncture in 20th century history.

Critic Reviews:

"This book is highly recommended for all those interested in the Gallipoli campaign and in the operations of the First World War as a whole." (Robert O'Neill, author of

The German Army and the Nazi Party, 1933-1939)

Members Reviews:

A realistic appraisal of Gallipoli that cuts through the "might have beens" of its retellings.Highly recommended.

Much revisionist history is simply an offbeat interpretation to provoke a controversy and/or sell some books. The is the exception which shows what a dispassionate and analytical appraisal can accomplish. The author makes his points by piling his facts in a logical progression which shows the campaign, and particularly the August reinforcement and Suvla Bay landings, had very little chance of success from its outset. Like so many of the Allied offensives of World War I, especially early on, it was full of poor planning and a fundamental misappreciation of defensive firepower. Laid bare are the reasons the U.S. Marines for many years used the Gallipoli campaign as the prime example of how not to conduct amphibious warfare in the schooling that was basis for their victories in World War II.

A thorough examination of the August Offensive at Gallipoli

The story of Australiaâs part in the Gallipoli Campaign has become a central part of our national story and identity. On the eve of the campaignâs centenary it is a story that runs the risk of becoming more mythical in nature. Thank goodness, then, for Climax at Gallipoli which might put some objective balance back into the Anzac Centenary proceedings.

Climax at Gallipoli examines the performance of the Alliesâ Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) in the August Offensive of the Gallipoli Campaign.