In April 1915 the Allies carried out a military landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Their attempts to hold the area and to advance were a failure - in fact one of the classic failures of military history - and yet the Gallipoli campaign was of lasting significance, on a scale unmatched in the Great War. The book concentrates on the experience of the troops from richly varied backgrounds, who, under immense physical and emotional pressure, strove for extraordinary political and military gains. -- From the back cover.

Preliminaries -- The February bombardments -- Landing parties and minesweepers -- The Naval assault of 18 March -- The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force -- The M.E.F. arrives in Egypt -- 25 April : the landing at Anzac -- 25 April : the Landing at Cape Helles -- Helles in April and May -- May and early summer at Anzac -- At sea : defeat on the surface, achievement below -- Helles in June and July -- The Suvla landing -- The August attack at Anzac -- Troopships and hospital ships -- The dead -- Routine and Discipline -- Prisoners of the Turks -- Support from the air -- Stagnation and winter -- The evacuation.