In 1915 the Dardanelles wrote their bloody name in history when the Allies' disastrous Gallipoli offensive utterly failed to take Turkey's formidable fortifications. After the War a defeated and prostrate Turkey watched the destruction of its forts by the victors. In 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne decreed that the famed Straits should be open to all ships, should never again be fortified by Turkey. Last fortnight Turkey's President Mustafa Kamal ("Grey Wolf") Ataturk moved to scrap the Treaty of Lausanne, refortify the strategic Dardanelles.
Of all the Wartime losers who now propose to...
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