The Gallipoli front eventually bogged down into the same trench warfare as seen on the Western Front as British, Australian and New Zealand forces clashed with the Turks, trying to break out of their beachheads. Russia never fully recovered from this battle. The Turkish troops resisted and the allies became bogged down on the beaches. The Battle of Tannenberg was the greatest defeat of Russia in World War One. Initial naval attacks failed and the allies decided on an assault to crush the Ottoman army. Battle for the Narva Bridgehead and the combat in Finland estimates the number of Soviet casualties in the Battle of Tannenberg Line as 35,000 dead or missing and 135,000 wounded or sick. The hope was this would help break the deadlock on the Western Front, and bring relief to the beleaguered Russians by opening up a sea route for resupply. The Battle of Tannenberg Line (German: Die Schlacht um die Tannenbergstellung. The Germans suffered 10,000 to 15,000 casualties. Sir Winston Churchill decided on an attack on the Dardanelles in modern-day Turkey to threaten the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. An estimated 50,000 Russians were killed in the battle, and 90,000 take prisoner. During this campaign the Australian and New Zealand soldiers began to see themselves as a separate and unique country from Britain.īy 1915 casualties had mounted and the allies decided to open up a second front.
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