Russia xii, 62, 70, 110; access to Mediterranean 12, 22, 25; alliances 11, 13; Black Sea Fleet 21, 53, 77, 95–6, 182; bombarded by German/Turkish fleet 59, 70, 74, 96; Caucasian campaign 186–7; interest in Ottoman Empire 9–10; mobilisation against Turkey 60, 95–6; offers Turkey an alliance 55; plea for demonstration against Turkey 81–5, 102, 168–9, 178, 182, 190; war with Japan (1904–5) 2, 21, 42, 89, 109, 135
Said Halim Pasha, Prince, Grand Vizier 28, 29, 95
Salonica 9, 190
Scapa Flow (Orkney Islands) 16, 63, 98, 139
Scott, Admiral Sir Percy 88
Scott, Leslie, KC 69
Sea of Marmara xii, 55, 102
Second World War 66, 191
Sedd el Bahr (Gallipoli) 76, 77, 100–1, 105, 106, 107, 109, 154
Seeckt, General Hans von 187 Serbia 10, 14, 15, 62, 70, 86, 87, 90
Sevastopol 59–60, 70
Seydlitz (German battle cruiser) 98–9
Ship That Changed the World, The (1985) xii
Skyros152
Smyrna (now Izmir) 151, 160, 198–9
Souchon, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Wilhelm Anton Theodor 4, 57, 60, 102, 206, xii; awarded Pour le mèrite 181; bombardment of Black Sea ports 59–60, 70, 74; escorted through Dardanelles 45–6; ordered to Black Sea 53–5, 58–9; ordered to Constantinople 30, 32, 52–3; plunders SS General 31, 38; provokes Russia to declare war on Turkey 95–6; and sighting of British battle cruisers 35, 36; standing order in event of war 31; strengthening Dardanelles defences 76–8; subsequent career and death 181–2; takes command of Mediterranean Division 27; takes command under Ottoman flag 54–5, 70
Spee, Admiral Maximilian, Graf von xi, xii, 16, 42, 64, 65, 67, 70–1, 73–4, 79, 100
Sturdee, Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton 72–3, 88
submarine war 64–6, 79, 97, 137, 158–60
Suez Canal 10, 72, 131, 184 Suffren (French battleship) 74, 100, 121, 126–8
Sultan Osman/Agincourt, HMS/Rio de Janeiro( Brazilian/Turkish/British battleship) 23–4
Sultan Yavuz Selim see Goeben, SMS (later Sultan Yavuz Selim German/Turkish battle cruiser)
Suvla Bay 145, 151, 155, 156
Swiftsure, HMS (battleship) 126–7, 150
Talaat Bey 15, 28–9, 29, 133, 181, 188
Tenedos 119, 153
Thursby, Rear-Admiral Cecil 150, 152, 153
Tirpitz, Admiral Alfred von 12, 97
Trebizond (Trabzon) 96, 186
Triple Entente (1907) 13, 54, 60
Triumph, HMS (battleship) 100, 105, 125, 127, 159
Troubridge, Rear-Admiral Ernest 27–8, 35, 36, 44, 56, 64; background and career 42; breaks off pursuit of Goeben and Breslau 44–5; and Milne 42–3, 45; ordered not to engage a superior force 68, 70; trial under Naval Discipline Act 69–70; watching mouth of Adriatic 41, 51
Turco-German secret pact (1914) xii, 29–30, 32, 39, 56–8, 181, 206–7
Turkey xi see also Dardanelles campaign; Gallipoli campaign and failures; Ottoman Empire; army 110, 146, 156, 185, 186; attempt to bribe 133; Britain declares war 60; Caucasian campaign 186–7; domestic unrest 13–15, 25, 28–9, 187–8; emerges as a republic 195; expulsion of British naval mission 54–6; France declares war 60; German military mission 10, 25–6, 30; impact of Dardanelles campaign 129–30, 178, 180; nationalism 196, 199; navy 4, 16, 23–4, 55; persecution of ethnic minorities 12, 15, 22, 25, 181, 186, 191 (see also Armenia and Armenians); post-war settlement 197–8; purchases Goeben and Breslau 52, 53; Russia declares war 60; Russia offers alliance 55; secret pact with Germany (1914) xii, 29–30, 32, 39, 56–8, 181, 206–7
Turkish Question 9–24, 170, 202–3
United Nations 205–6
Unwin, Commander Edward 147–8
Usedom, Vice-Admiral (later Admiral) Guido von 4, 57
Vengeance, HMS (battleship) 100–1, 105, 106, 126
Venizelos, Eleutherios, Greek Prime Minister 71, 110, 195–7, 200–1
Versailles, Treaty of (1919) 187–8, 196
Wangenheim, Baron Hans von 26, 29, 54–5, 130, 181
War Council (GB - formerly Committee of Imperial Defence) 113, 138, 176; approves naval assault 87, 175; Churchill presents de Robeck’s report 134; and combined operation 104; and Dardanelles disaster 81–91, 110, 133, 163–5, 179–80; decision-making process 163–6; dissenting opinions 88–9; evacuation of Gallipoli 157–8; and Kitchener 162–3; membership 163–4; and Serbia 86; strategic shift 104; and troops for Dardanelles 101
War Office (GB): army administration 167; combined operation 108; plans for forcing Dardanelles 89–91; responsibility for failure 135; strategy for forcing Dardanelles 22
War Staff Group, Admiralty 132, 166–8
Weber Pasha, General 57
Weddigen, Lieutenant-Commander Otto 64
Wemyss, Rear-Admiral Rosslyn 87, 108, 120, 121, 135, 150, 152, 189
Western Front 61–2, 87, 89–90, 102, 104, 141–2, 156, 170, 175–6, 180, 185
Westphal, Seaman 38
Weymouth, HMS (light cruiser) 49, 52, 53
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 11, 25, 26, 27, 63
Wilson, Admiral Sir Arthur 89, 143, 167; and Dardanelles Commission 166, 173–4; replaces Fisher 142
World Crisis, The (1923–31) 40
Wray, Captain Fawcett 44, 45, 53
Xeros 152
“Young Turks” (Committee for Union and Progress - CUP)) 13–15, 23, 28, 187–8, 196
Ypres, First Battle of (1914) 61, 66–7
Yudenich, General Nikolai 186–7
Zeebrugge 62, 84, 85, 98, 114, 137, 189
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