The Route to Constantinople 1915


This 1915 illustration was created for readers of the Australian Newspaper 'Farmers and Settlers'. It clearly shows the wider strategic goals and aims of the campaign and nicely illustrates how if the narrows could be cleared, the route to Constantinople would be wide open through the sea of Marmora.


The Gallipoli Campaign


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