Before the Battle of Çanakkale
Why a Front in Çanakkale was Opened? In the summer of 1914, the war continued in Europe with all its intensity, and by the autumn, it became a stagnant and wrecking trench war.
Germany had planned to defeat France in six weeks with the famous "Schlieffen Plan", which had been prepared before the war and named after the former chief of staff, after six months.
However, when the French-British allied forces defeated the French-British allied forces on 6-10 September 1914, the whole plan fell into the water. New operational areas were opened to open the war on this.
Pre-war Situation
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the weather in Europe has become more severe and the relations have become more strained. The reason for this is the new ideas, insights, and implications of the French Revolution; it was also political, social and economic institutions and their developments.
In particular, the establishment of the Italian Union and the emergence of the German National Unity and Empire, which is more important than this, disrupted the balance in Europe. All this was the beginning of the events leading to the First World War.
Before the Battle of Çanakkale, many developments occurred. At the beginning of the 20th century, countries in Europe started to overflow outside Europe. Europe began to start colonialism in places outside of Europe, and with the current movement of nationalism Europe began to divide.
The most controversy is between Germany-France and Russia-Austria. On 2 August 1914, the Ottoman Government signed a treaty with Germany. This treaty was kept secret because the war did not start yet. The Ottoman Empire declared armed neutrality by declaring mobilization for its own security before the Dardanelles War.
It was thought that the Ottoman Empire would emerge from this war with a negative result since there was also a shock. Being aware of this idea, the Ottoman Empire prepared all necessary preparations for the war.