quotgallipoli churchill great gamblequot realistically cover day campaign time wild maneuver decisive attack parry timely arrival reinforcement onset trench warfare speed reckless haste key successon th april winston churchill lord admiralty launch hastily assemble force british australian new zealand french troop turkish defense gallipoli peninsula goal capture fort guard dardanelle achieve british french fleet sail constantinople topple ottoman government open supply line russia defend beach equal number turkish division harden recent balkan war lead welltraine turkish officer support advisor german general staffan hour dawn complete silence anzac row ashore ari burnu place later famous anzac cove royal navy land wrong place huge dirt cliff scrubchoke washout confront beach low dune inland go overrun turkish picket hopelessly confused night land jigsaw terrain inexperience mile inland gifted turkish officer mustafa kemal review regiment night maneuver ari burnu kemal quick furious counterattack save day othman set path founder modern turkey south cape helle lancashire fusilier win victoria crosse breakfast rip barbed wire beach invader reach day objective turk avoid defeat hair breadth different plan throw invader seathe map scale metre hex cover entire peninsula north anzac cove cape helle base british ordnance survey ie anzac helle include fort player choose land historical beach create plansthis wargame system emphasize command control player command brigade regiment successful player plan eventual exhaustion troop rotate line rest recover straggler result accurate modeling tempo battle infantry combat range rifle mg fire culminate close assault artillery powerful ultimately limited shrapnel standard field gun deadly troop open rare howitzer fire highangle deal trench daylight turn hour night turn hour

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