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The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57

Aug 27, 20159m

Peter Hart described the state of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 as "lunatic persistence in the face of the obvious" - and the Battle of Hill 60 proved just that. Outgunned and with a lack of artillery support, the battle was one of the bloodiest days on the peninsular near Constantinople. The Ottoman capital was still out of reach for the Entente to capture. Meanwhile, the war spread to the Indian border region and on the Western and Eastern Front the carnage continued in the air and on ground.

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The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57

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The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish - Week 23

In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep - Week 24

Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915 - Week 25

Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War - Week 26

All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians - Week 27

Gas! - A New Horror On The Battlefield - Week 28

Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive? - Week 29

Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg - Week 30

Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles - Week 31

Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower - Week 32

The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle - Week 33

A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East - Week 34

The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy On The Western Front - Week 35

Showdown In The Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts With The Central Powers - Week 36

The Armenian Genocide - Week 37

Russia Fails In The Mountains - Basra Falls - Week 38

Gas On The Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada - Week 39

The Sea Turns Red - Landing At Gallipoli - Week 40

Sinking of the Lusitania - The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive - Week 41

The German Phalanx Chases Russia - Week 42

The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired - Week 43

The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1 - Week 44

Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45

Rex Warneford Destroys A Zeppelin - Austria Digs Into the Mountains - Week 46

Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks - Week 47

The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back - Week 48

On the Move but going Nowhere - Optimism is Failing! - Week 49

Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage - Week 50

The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army On The Verge Of Collapse - Week 51

Scorched Earth - Russia's retreat goes up in flames! - Week 52

Russian Roulette - Germany Helps The Bolsheviks - Week 53

Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins - Week 54

The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno - Week 55

Escalation At Sea - Russia Up Against the Wall - Week 56

The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57

The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over - Week 58

The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not - Week 59

The State Of World War 1 - As Reported by A Newspaper 100 Years Ago - Week 60

The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia - Week 61

The Battle of Loos - New Offensives On The Western Front - Week 62

Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece - Week 63

Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters The War - Week 64

"The Crime That Shook the World" - The Execution of Edith Cavell - Week 65

Russia Stems The Tide - Winter Is Coming - Week 66

The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair On The Western Front - Week 67

Serbia's Last Stand Against The Central Powers - Week 68

The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya - Week 69

Pride Comes Before The Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia - Week 70

The Serbian Exodus Through Albania - Week 71

Britain On The Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara - Week 72

Despair And Mutiny On The Italian Front - Week 73

The Beginning Of The End - Evacuation At Gallipoli - Week 74

Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 75