Dardanelles campaign
- noun
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campaña de los Dardanelos
- Did the Dardanelles campaign achieve its objectives?
Examples
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The Dardanelles campaign was intended to break the deadlock on the Western Front and aid Russia.
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Many historians continue to debate the reasons for the failure of the Dardanelles campaign.
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Churchill's reputation suffered greatly after the Allied defeat in the Dardanelles campaign.
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The Dardanelles campaign was a major failure for the Allies.
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The Dardanelles campaign aimed to enable allied forces to secure a vital sea route to Russia during World War I.
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The failure of the Dardanelles campaign in 1915 led to significant criticism of military leadership in Britain.
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Historically, the Dardanelles campaign is viewed as a pivotal moment in World War I that highlighted the difficulties of trench warfare.
Synonyms
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9.1
A failed 1915 World War I attack by British and French forces to capture the Dardanelles sea passage
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9.7
Allied attack in World War I in 1915 to take the Gallipoli peninsula that failed against Turkish forces
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of a place name ('Dardanelles' = the strait) and 'campaign' (a planned set of operations), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a campaign taking place at the Dardanelles. Specific historical details (e.g. World War I, which armies) are not predictable from the parts, but the basic locative + activity meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Dardanelles campaign is named after the narrow sea channel, the Dardanelles, where Allied forces launched a military 'campaign' in 1915. They tried to capture the strait to open a sea route to Russia but the effort failed, so the name now refers to that unsuccessful World War I attempt.