Battle of Gallipoli: British campaign ended in disaster, turned into nightmare

It was Thursday, March 18, 1915. For the naval fleet of British and French warships, it was the last opportunity to bring under its control in the Mediterranean the strategically important Dardanelles Strait around the Gallipoli peninsula, essential for a naval link with Russia, to which the powers supplied munitions in exchange for grain. But the fleet failed in its efforts. The Battle of Gallipoli eventually turned into a nightmare and a massa…