Why did the Gallipoli Campaign fail

... Why did the Gallipoli Campaign fail? Brief prologue on the Gallipoli Campaign The campaign at Gallipoli was one of the most major events, and most devastating events for the British during the First World War. This campaign consisted of a plan put forward by Winston Churchill to break the stalemate that had built up in the war, give supplies and food to the poor Russians, and to hopefully knock Turkey out of the war altogether... Allied troops must land on the Gallipoli peninsula and, after capturing the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople, while the navy sailed through the Dardanelles to attack from the sea, hopefully knocking Turkey out of the war. To this day it is debated as to whether it was sensible to take this wager... Climate, landscape and environment of the Gallipoli peninsula The first reason which came to my mind, and is very obvious, is that, from a geographical perspective, the Turks had

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