12. Gallipoli: The First D-Day
Aired Nov 28, 200350 min
The Second World War Normandy landings helped seal Winston Churchill's reputation as a great wartime leader, but 29 years earlier his first D-Day - the disastrous assault on Gallipoli in 1915 - almost finished his military career. Underwater footage of sunken battleships in the Dardanelles and revealing evidence left on the Turkish beaches are reminders of the bitter lessons learnt prior to the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Your diary entry
Sign in to log when you watched this episode, add your rating, and write a review.
Sign in →