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The Great War: Episode 9: Please God, Send Us Victory

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Episode 9: Please God, Send Us Victory

Please God, Send Us Victory

BBC Two - The Great War, Please God, Send Us Victory

With the Western Front bogged down, Kitchener planned to open a second theatre of war.

Kitchener recognised the stalemate on the Western Front and looked elsewhere for victory. A British naval expedition tried to take the Dardanelles.

Lord Kitchener recognised the stalemate in the trench lines on the Western Front and looked elsewhere for victory. A British naval expedition attempted to take the Dardanelles, and Allied troops landed at Gallipoli hoping to take Constantinople. For 37 weeks the soldiers clung desperately to small footholds, but to no avail, and they were eventually evacuated from the beaches.

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