Dardanelles Commission

[2] The final report of the commission, issued in 1919, found major problems with the planning and execution of the campaign.

[1] Winston Churchill had been largely blamed for the failures of the British forces during the campaign since, as First Lord of the Admiralty, he had been responsible for instigating the plan and obtaining Cabinet approval to carry it out.

The resignation of First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher in May 1915, because of escalating disagreements between himself and Churchill, triggered the collapse of Asquith's Liberal government.

Churchill remained in the new Cabinet in the sinecure post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and served on the Dardanelles Committee.

It concluded that the expedition had been poorly planned and executed and that difficulties had been underestimated; problems were exacerbated by supply shortages and by personality clashes and procrastination at high levels.

Winston Churchill (pictured in 1919) was largely blamed for British failures during the Dardanelles Campaign.
Andrew Fisher was a member of the commission.