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| 1915 | Asquith, Henry Herbert |  |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles The War Cabinet decides to send troops to the Dardanelles |
| 1915 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Dardanelles The British hope to capture Constantinople & force Turkey to surrender |
| Dardanelles The British hope to turn the Balkans against the Axis |
| 8th Jan Dardanelles Suggests an attack on the Dardanelles at a War Council meeting |
| 13th Jan Dardanelles Cabinet approves the attack with ships |
| 13th Jan Dardanelles Churchill argues for just a naval attack at the War Council |
| 15th Jan Dardanelles A plan to create a supply link to the Russian front & secure the Balkan states |
| 15th Jan Dardanelles The War Council accepts Churchill's idea for a naval expedition to the Dardanelles |
| 28th Jan Dardanelles Churchill argues for just a naval attack at the War Council |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles Bombardment of the outer ports of the Dardenalles begins |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles Only 6 British ships are involved & 3/4 of the Turkish guns survive |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles The War Cabinet decides to send troops to the Dardanelles |
| 25th Feb Blandford George V & Churchill inspect the Royal Naval Div before it sails to the Dardanelles |
| 25th Feb Dardanelles The Allied fleet destroys outer forts of the Dardanelles |
| 2nd Mar Kum Kale Allied troops land at Kum-Kale, the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles |
| 18th Mar Dardanelles A naval attack fails & the Inflexible & Irrepressible are lost |
| 21st Aug Dardanelles Writes to Asquith, Kitchener & Balfour suggesting a naval attack, the plea is rejected |
| 4th Oct Dardanelles Proposes to the Dardanelles Committee French & Kitchener swap roles in Turkey & France |
| 4th Oct Dardanelles Proposes to the Dardanelles Committee Lloyd George replace Kitchener at the War Office |
| 14th Oct Dardanelles The Dardanelles Committee decides to recall Hamilton |
| 1915 | Fisher | |
| 13th May Dardanelles Accuses Churchill of being "a determined mad gambler" |
| 13th May Dardanelles Demands an end to the Dardanelles campaign in cabinet |
| 1915 | George V | |
| 25th Feb Blandford George V & Churchill inspect the Royal Naval Div before it sails to the Dardanelles |
| 1915 | Hamilton, Ian Standish Monteith | |
| Dardanelles Commands the military forces at the Dardanelles |
| 14th Oct Dardanelles The Dardanelles Committee decides to recall Hamilton, his last general's command |
| 1915 | Robeck, John Michael de | |
| 18th Mar Dardanelles Commands a naval attack fails & the Inflexible & Irrepressible are lost |
| 1916 | Carden, Sackville Hamilton | |
| 19th Feb Dardanelles Involved in the successful bomardment of the outer-Dardanelles |
| 16th Mar Dardanelles Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health |
