Churchill: History in an Hour. Andrew Mulholland

throttling Germany, Churchill was taking the blame for what was seen as a failing strategy.

       Gallipoli

      He was itching for more decisive action. The idea for the Gallipoli (Dardanelles) campaign, for which he was to bear so much criticism, was not actually his. In addition, the notion that the British and French navies could storm the strait alone was one he had opposed from the outset. It was Kitchener, the Minister for War, who had championed the scheme, and the admirals who had told him that the navy could go it alone. The idea was to seize the narrow channel separating Europe from Asia, capture Constantinople (Istanbul) and knock Turkey out of the war. While the Allied navies failed to secure the strait, the Turks had ample time to fortify the Gallipoli peninsula. The subsequent land invasion of this area became ‘Plan B’ in April 1915. This, too, was a disaster.