Journal Article

I. Dünya Savasi'nda Müttefiklerin (Ingiltere-Fransa) Iskenderun Çikarmasi Plani ve Ikinci Çanakkale Korkusu/Landing Operation Plain of Allies (Britain and France) on Alexandretta in WWI and Fear of the Second Gallipoli

Polat, Ü Gülsüm

2014

Overview

Gallipoli Campaign, launched shortly after the Ottoman Empire's entry into the WWI, was an operation from which the allies, especially Britain, expected a fast and easy result. Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War and the most important person in British war council, made joint attemps with the other officials to launch a landing operation in Alexandretta and for this purpose, they sought consensus with the French allies. Yet, even from the early days of the Dardanelles Campaign, it became clear that a victory would not be won easily and quickly contrary to expectations. Besides, despite being allies, the power struggle and controversies between Britain and France, especially the lack of consensus over Syria's post-war status, prevented an operation on Alexandretta. Although at this point the British authorities expected that the Armenian population in the region would support them and the scarcity of Ottoman troops in the region would ease the success of the operation, they did not dare such an operation. Despite all preparations, the resistance in Gallipoli deterred the French allies and the British war council from launching a second operation.

• Publisher: Professor Dr. Hale Sivgin
• Subject: Campaigns / Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965) / Empires / Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) / Military engagements / Military history / Public officials / Regions / Resistance / Scarcity / Secretaries of state / War / World War II