Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join This is EP 6 in our second series about WWI! EP 1 is here: https://youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc EP 2 is here: https://youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ EP 3 is here: https://youtu.be/UTZPgGxvuPU EP 4 is here: https://youtu.be/SmdnS_KNF3U EP 5 is here: https://youtu.be/uHgPGuQfoyA All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_ And for the entirety of our series about WWI: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD After Gallipoli has descended into a bloodbath, why do the British pour in more troops? Does Churchill finally understand his fateful error? How do the allies escape the total mess they find themselves in? And, why has this failed campaign become the foundational moment of Anzac identity? Join Dominic and Tom as they bring an end to this disastrous Gallipoli campaign and the bloody year of 1915. Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory 0:00 — Churchill’s Gallipoli gamble becomes his lowest moment 1:22 — Lloyd’s Business and Commercial Banking 2:48 — Jack Simpson and the birth of the Anzac legend 7:24 — Churchill’s plan to force the Dardanelles 9:35 — Gallipoli becomes a deadly stalemate 12:12 — A truce to bury the dead 16:01 — The horror of life in the trenches 21:42 — Churchill comes under attack in London 24:06 — The Shell Crisis rocks the government 26:06 — Fisher’s resignation brings Churchill down 29:58 — Westminster chaos leaves Gallipoli stranded 32:34 — Churchill is forced out 36:16 — Britain doubles down on Gallipoli 38:02 — Disclosure Day 39:07 — The Rest Is Football / Netflix 39:32 — The August Offensive begins 42:15 — The Anzac breakout ends in disaster 43:55 — The mystery of the Sandringham Company 46:07 — Gallipoli becomes impossible to win 49:17 — Public opinion turns against the campaign 53:33 — Britain finally considers evacuation 54:59 — Churchill resigns and goes to the Western Front 56:14 — Winter makes Gallipoli even worse 57:18 — The evacuation succeeds 59:44 — Why Gallipoli was all for nothing 1:00:48 — Churchill’s responsibility for the disaster 1:04:49 — Gallipoli makes Mustafa Kemal 1:06:19 — Gallipoli and the Anzac myth 1:11:10 — Defending the British soldiers’ reputation 1:13:16 — Looking ahead to 1916 1:14:23 — Rest Is History Club outro Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal