Why Did the Gallipoli Campaign Fail?

The campaign ended in failure for several(prenominal) reasons. It was not the fault of the soldiers, but the men who where commanding them. For once in that respect was a break down in our system. In brief, the campaign was a failure. It was a failure as we did not successfully push by dint of the Turkish lines to Istanbul, and then on to attack the Germans on another straw man to help the Russians who were suffering heavy causualties at the time. So, heres why we retreated * foster thoughts in Parliament worth the casualties??? Supply lines were not working. Men did not get enough stuff * No one knew how to do an amphibious assault we just rowed to shore * Lack of Leadership General in charge changed, forces were not allowed to do anything without orders. When an order was given it would have to be carried out to the letter as it was from the British officers. No matter what. The orders were sometimes days old. * The Generals also had barely any fellowship of Turk tactics and t he like.Their knowledge was very limited, consisting of things like a 1912 manual of Turk tactics, a tourist usher and an outdated map. * No additional troops allowed parliamentay decision * Royal naval forces withdraws No pressure on Turk capital, army artillery support gone(a) * Turks had the high ground (really high ground) * No one prepared for new-made warfare just ran against a machine gun, men shooting with peter out action rifles and pistols * Terrain very difficult Naval mine-sweeps were poor. * A months delay between the attacks in March and those in April it gace the Turkish/Ottoman troops tidy sum of time to prepare and fortify. Kitchener depended on the element of surprise, but because of this he and gained Tactical surprise when and where he would strike, not if he would strike. Also, throw in the low morale of the troops payable to the above factors, and also due to diseases such as dysentery and malaria