Entente Powers aimed to control Ottoman Straits for strategic reasons. Churchill conceived the attack on Gallipoli Peninsula. Poor weather and Ottoman mines hindered Allied fleet's Dardanelles passage
Admiral Carden's attack on Dardanelles Forts began February 1915. Eighteen battleships entered straits, three sunk or damaged. Churchill ordered troops to support naval breakthrough. Admiral Fisher warned Churchill about Dardanelles' strategic importance
Entente Powers aimed to control Ottoman Straits for strategic reasons. Churchill conceived the attack on Gallipoli Peninsula. Poor weather and Ottoman mines hindered Allied fleet's Dardanelles passage