The attack from the Allied Forces started with naval attacks from France and Britain. The attacks were from a long way away, and the Turkish Forces fled from the front lines, but attacked the Allied Forces’ minesweepers, stopping the attack to advance any further. More battleships from the Allies advanced to attack the straits, but the Turkish forces were ready, and with guns and mines combined, they sunk 3 ships and critically damaged 3 others.
The Allies still wanted to attack, so they started preparing large amounts of troops to land in the Gallipoli Peninsula. The British War Secretary Lord Kitchener ordered General Ian Hamilton to be the Commander of British Forces for the attack. Hamilton commanded Australia, New Zealand and the …show more content…
The Troops that landed made some progress, despite the increasing amount of Turkish Forces coming to fight. The Allies then landed more troops on the 6th August at Sulva Bay, which was a surprise for the Turkish opposition, and they didn’t have much defence in that area. Luckily for Turkey, the whole operation was quite a slow process, and the 3 points that the Allies had set up were built slowly and inefficiently. This led to the downfall of the attack, and Turkish forces had time to build forces and retake their forts and