Gallipoli - The First D-Day

original title:
Gallipoli - The First D-Day
other titles:
(Gallipoli - Der Kampf um die Dardanellen)
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 2003 (x)
original length:
45 min. , color
premiere:
28 November 2003, BBC
genre:
Documentary
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director:
John Hayes Fisher
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plot synopsis:
This documentary deals with the attempt to change the military situation during World War I. Winston Churchill hoped to conquer a strait between Europe and Asia to threaten the alliance of the Germans and the Austrians from the southeast. On February 25th in 1915 his troops attack the enemy, but they loose a lot of men and the mission gets harder, than they thought.
keywords:
navy , invasion , airborne operation , sea-battle , siege , fortress
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Richard Reid. Gallipoli 1915. Sydney: ABC Books, 2002.
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