Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources The question used throughout this investigation is, to what extent did disease affect the outcome of the Gallipoli campaign? This investigation evaluates a variety of diseases in Gallipoli and their results. The effects of these diseases on the morale and physical condition of soldiers in the campaign are also analyzed to determine the impact on the campaign overall. Two main sources were cited throughout the investigation, one being The Ottoman Army, 1914-1918: Disease and Death on the Battlefield, written by Hikmet Ozdemir and Gallipoli, Making History, edited by Jenny Macleod, a professor of History and Classics at The University of Edinburgh.
The first source being examined is The Ottoman …show more content…
This source was written for the purpose of summarizing Gallipoli and analyzing the reasons for the allied defeat. This source contains several essays from historians providing their opinion on what contributed to the allied defeat. This source is valuable because the authors had access to a wide variety of sources and evidence that others may not have. This ensures that the author’s claims are backed up by concrete evidence and are trustworthy. Another value to this source is that contains several alternate viewpoints, therefore enabling the investigation to be more informed. This source is limited because it lacks opinions relating to disease and is devoted to summarizing the specific battles and their outcomes. This limits how the source can be used in the …show more content…
Although historians have many different opinions, one factor can be linked to all of them; and that is disease. Throughout the campaign it was proved time and time again that disease was ravaging the allied forces. During the campaign, 50% of Anzac troops were observed to have developed a heart disorder and attacks failed to even begin because of it. An attack was once ordered across the lines of the Anzac 86th brigade but all of the soldiers refused to go over the trenches and attack because they were physically and mentally incapable. Without disease, the allied forces would have been in far better shape. But because of disease, troops were negatively impacted mentally and physically to such an extreme degree that they were unable to do what was required of them, leading to their eventual
The first source being examined is The Ottoman …show more content…
This source was written for the purpose of summarizing Gallipoli and analyzing the reasons for the allied defeat. This source contains several essays from historians providing their opinion on what contributed to the allied defeat. This source is valuable because the authors had access to a wide variety of sources and evidence that others may not have. This ensures that the author’s claims are backed up by concrete evidence and are trustworthy. Another value to this source is that contains several alternate viewpoints, therefore enabling the investigation to be more informed. This source is limited because it lacks opinions relating to disease and is devoted to summarizing the specific battles and their outcomes. This limits how the source can be used in the …show more content…
Although historians have many different opinions, one factor can be linked to all of them; and that is disease. Throughout the campaign it was proved time and time again that disease was ravaging the allied forces. During the campaign, 50% of Anzac troops were observed to have developed a heart disorder and attacks failed to even begin because of it. An attack was once ordered across the lines of the Anzac 86th brigade but all of the soldiers refused to go over the trenches and attack because they were physically and mentally incapable. Without disease, the allied forces would have been in far better shape. But because of disease, troops were negatively impacted mentally and physically to such an extreme degree that they were unable to do what was required of them, leading to their eventual