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The Dardanelles and Gallipoli Campaigns have been the Center

The Dardanelles and Gallipoli Campaigns have been the center of many operational assessments because they are rife with both effective and ineffective examples of the use of Marine Corps Warfighting doctrine The eight and a half month long 1915 Campaign was a bold and creative strategy steeped in sound maneuver warfare concepts that ultimately ended in disaster during tactical implementation The failure to prepare for friction and apply boldness led to a defunct naval assault stymied ground invasion an exorbitant number of Allied casualties and ultimately a withdrawal The goal of maneuver is calculated application of our strength against selected enemy weakness in order to maximize advantage The British strategy in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli to achieve a decisive advantage over the Central Powers by attacking a gap in the East was a creative application of strategic maneuver At the end of 1914 the attrition based strategies on the Western Front caused the Allies to suffer almost a million casualties and reach a stalemate with the Central Powers Attrition warfare was not advancing the war efforts or policy aims of the Allied Powers 



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