A wall cabinet that combines many functions. Its wall-leaning design makes it less bulky & more elegant to the critical eye. Which counts in smaller spaces, but still functions well in larger ones. Storage. Shelves for collectables & books. & the main purpose. space for a 42 flat screen TV. Our brass bound multi-functional 'campaign' cabinet is built to last generations. The gallery ladder cabinet arrives in two easily assembled sections. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

This is a gripping, revisionist account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. ` The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.` Vice Admiral P. E. Gueprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey`s iconic founder Mustafa Kemal (` Ataturk`) & marked Australia`s emergence as a nation in its own right. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings
- which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead
- to the desperate attacks of early summer & the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels & from all sides
- not only from Britain, Australia & New Zeal&, but unusually from Turkey & France too
- Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this military disaster to a popular audience.



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From 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916, troops from Australia, New Zeal&, the UK & Turkey engaged in a bitter struggle for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Allied forces wanted to forge a passage through the Dardanelles in order to create a sea route to Russia & capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. Despite having more troops & being better supplied, the Allies suffered devastating losses in the face of the brave & resourceful Turks. Gallipoli tells the story of this campaign in a unique & comprehensive manner, through three authors who expertly describe their country`s role & the impact the conflict had. For the ANZACs Gallipoli was the birthplace of the ANZAC spirit, for the British it was almost the downfall of Winston Churchill & for the Turks it was a defining moment in their history, becoming the basis of the Turkish War of Independence. ...

` Because it was fought so close to his old home ground, Homer might have seen this war on the Gallipoli Peninsula as an epic. Brief by his standards, but essentially heroic. Shakespeare might have seen it as a tragedy with splendid bit-parts for buffoons & brigands & lots of graveyard scenes. Those thigh bones you occasionally see rearing out of the yellow earth of Gully ravine, snapped open so that they look like pumice, belong to a generation of young men who on this peninsula first lost their innocence & then their lives, & maybe something else as well...` Gallipoli remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of the First World War & L. A. Carlyon`s monumental account of that campaign has been rightfully acclaimed & a massive bestseller in Australia. Brilliantly told, supremely readable & deeply moving, Gallipoli brings this epic tragedy to life & stands as both a landmark chapter in the history of the war & a salutary reminder of all that is fine & all that is foolish in the human condition. ...

On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain & France in the west & Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail... To this day, Turkey regards the victory as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would come to signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated allies, in particular the Australians & New Zealanders: the birth of their countries` sense of nationhood. Now, in the year that marks its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign (commemorated each year on 25 April, Anzac Day), resonates with significance as the origin & symbol of Australian & New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the campaign (which was minor when compared to the overall scale of the First World War: Australian deaths were less than a sixth of their losses on the Western Front) are often forgotten or obscured. Now the celebrated journalist & author Peter Fitz Simons, with his trademark vibrancy & expert melding of writing & research, recreates the disastrous campaign as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt. ...

A century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led & pointless campaign of the entire First World War. The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey`s entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus allowing the Allies to take control of the eastern Mediterranean & increase pressure on the Central Powers to drain manpower from the vital Western Front. From the very beginning of the first landings, however, the campaign went awry, & countless casualties. The Allied commanders were ignorant of the terrain, & seriously underestimated the Turkish army which had been bolstered by their German allies. Thus the Allies found their campaign staled from the off & their troops hopelessly entrenched on the hillsides for long agonising months, through the burning summer & bitter winter, in appalling, dysentery-ridden conditions. By January 1916, the death toll stood at 21, 000 British troops, 11, 000 Australian & New Zeal&, & 87, 000 Turkish & the decision was made to withdraw, which in itself, ironically, was deemed to be a success. First published in 1956, when it won the inaugural Duff Cooper Prize, Alan Moorehead`s book is still regarded as the definitive work on this tragic episode of the Great War. One could argue he was the first writer to capture the true turmoil that occurred in this campaign with his colourful, analytical & compelling style of prose. Sir Max Hastings himself says in this new introduction that he was inspired as a young man by Moorehead`s books to become a reporter himself. With in-depth analysis of the campaign, the objectives both sides set themselves, & with character sketches of the main players, it brings the complex operation to life, showing how & why it went so terribly wrong & a century on, remains a by word for the loss of human life. ...

On 15th April 1915, British & Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Thecampaign which followed lasted over eight months & cost the terrible total of nearly halfa million Allied & Turkish casualties. The eventual failure of the Gallipoli campaign, afterheart-breaking opportunities had been missed, was a disastrous set-back to Allied hopes. Itremains one of the most engrossing & poignant tragedies in British military history. In our new edition of this classic in military writing, Robert Rhodes James was one of thefirst historians to work from the official archives & makes brilliant use of diaries & lettersof the men who fought there & the photographs they took. Gallipoli stands the test of time, bringing vividly to life the conditions & circumstances of acampaign which has never ceased to enthral the imagination. ...

Gallipoli Peninsula & the Dardanelles in a series of Major & Mrs Holt’s Battle Maps showing the whole peninsula with three enlargements: the Cap Helles
- Krithia area, the Suvla Plain, & the Anzac landing area on Z Beach. Present day road network is overprinted with extensive information on the battles there in 1915. On one side is an overview map of the whole peninsula with the southern coast of the Dardanelles at approx. 1:73, 000, indicating the direction of attacking forces. On the reverse the three main areas: the Cap Helles – Krithia (Alcitepe) tip of the peninusla, the Suvla Plain, & the Anzac beaches are shown enlarged with greater detail. The maps indicate the final front lines, locations of forts, memorials, museums, cemeteries, preserved trenches, gun/battery remains, etc. Each enlargement has a separate location index & several more panels provide additional lists of war cemeteries, memorials, Ross Bastiaan marker plaques, Victoria Cross winners or literary figures & personalities buried or commemorated on the peninsula, etc.
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Detailed & very informative map of the Gallipoli Peninsula from Footstep Maps designed to show locations of the various landing sites, cemeteries & monuments of the Dardanelles Campaign during World War I. The map, prepared by its Australian publishers in cooperation with the Commonwealth Graves Commission, concentrates on highlighting sites particularly connected with the ANZAC forces, although many other locations are also marked. On one side is a present-day aerial photo of the Gallipoli Peninsula & the other side of the Dardanelles, overprinted with the sites (including monuments to the defending Turkish forces). Many of the accompanying notes are illustrated with colour photos. On the reverse the same area is shown with altitude colouring & relief shading to provide a better picture of the terrain. Front & trench lines from various stages of the war are marked. Very extensive notes, many with old historical photos, give more information on the background & various aspects of the campaign. Also included is a map showing Europe at the start for WWI.A small general map of the area around the Sea of Marmara shows road access to the Peninsula from Istanbul. ...

Presenting more than 150 never-before-published photographs of the campaign, many taken by the soldiers themselves, together with unpublished written material from British, Anzac, French & Turkish, including eyewitness accounts of the landings, this is an unrivalled account of what really happened at Gallipoli. Van Emden`s gripping narrative & lucid analysis of Churchill`s infamous operation, compliments Chambers`s evocative images, showing how the rapid spread of diseases like dissentry, the lack of clean water & food, the tremendous losses on both sides affected morale, until finally in January 1916, in what were the best-laid plans of the entire disastrous campaign, the Allies successfully fooled the Turkish forces & evacuated their troops from the peninsula with no additional casualties. Leading First World War historian Richard van Emden & Gallipoli expert Stephen Chambers have produced an entirely fresh, personal & illuminating study of one of the Great War`s most catastrophic events. ...