The naval gamble to break the stalemate of the Great War
In short: Watch how Britain and France attempted to bypass the meat grinder of trench warfare by launching a massive naval offensive against Ottoman forts.
To shatter the deadlock on the Western Front, the Allied powers opened a new theater in the Dardanelles. The strategic objective was to seize the strait and eventually clear the Bosporus, creating a maritime supply line to the Eastern and Balkan fronts.
This naval bombardment served as the direct prelude to the Gallipoli campaign. It represents a pivotal moment where maritime power was leveraged to achieve a decisive continental advantage.
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