Polityczno-wojskowe uwarunkowania ewakuacji wojsk brytyjskich z półwyspu Gallipoli na przełomie 1915/1916 r.
Political and Military Factors of the Evacuation of British Troops from the Gallipoli Peninsula at the Turn of 1915/1916

Summary/Abstract: The Allied invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula was originally intended to neu-tralise the Ottoman fortifications guarding the Dardanelles. It was planned that within a few days, the most important positions would be captured, and then the key forts defending the straits could be destroyed. However, due to a series of mistakes and shortcomings, these plans could not be fulfilled, and the British-French expeditionary forces became entangled in an exhausting campaign that lasted several months. In the summer of 1915, it had become clear that it would not be possible to defeat the Ottoman forces . Nevertheless, the decision to evacuate the garrison was not made until December of that year. This decision was influenced not only by purely military arguments, but also by a series of political and military events taking place on often distant theatres of the war, such as the Balkans, the Eastern Front, and France. The aim of the article is to identify these factors and their impact on the British government’s decision-making process.

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