Why Did The Dardanelles Seek To Support Operation (Ae2)

World War 1, the Great War, the war to end all wars, started in 1914 with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia. There were two major armies involved in this war; the Allied force and the Triple Entente. The Allied force had a large navy including many submarines, one very important one in particular, the AE2. The AE2 is an Australian submarine which was the first vessel part of the Allied force to penetrate the Dardanelles strait and gain access to the sea of Marmora which was a critical point in crippling the Turkish Empire and expelling them from the war, after the AE2 gain access to the sea of Marmora it was unfortunately lost. Although the AE2 was lost it never the less achieved some success which has not been acknowledged to the extent it should’ve been. The AE2 was ordered to open up the Dardanelles for the Allied Forces, despite achieving some success the AE2 was lost due to Turkish, and the AE2 contributed more to the Gallipoli campaign than is recognized.
The AE2’s primary mission was to open up the Dardanelles strait by finding a pathway through it which they did without facing any onboard casualties or taking any major damage to the vessel. ‘As we came off the ground we turned making for the entrance for Gallipoli and Sea of Marmara’ (Knaggs, 1914 - 1916). The AE2’s second mission was to end a mine laying vessel in the Dardanelles which was destroying many of the Allied Forces navy, they did accomplish this by firing a torpedo right which hit its mark. “The captain immediately fired the torpedo at her as she was apparently dropping mines for us to run into.” (Knaggs, 1914 - 1916). The AE2 submarine got through the Dardanelles strait and opened up a passage way for other submarines and boats to get through to the Sea of