Gallipoli - Conditions and Evacuation

Soldiers vividly recall the terrible conditions they had to endure in Gallipoli in 1915.

An episode of the Voices of the First World War podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Gallipoli - Conditions and Evacuation" was published on June 26, 2015 and runs 14 minutes.

June 26, 2015 ·14m · Voices of the First World War

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Dan Snow hears soldiers experiences of the First World War as it was fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 - from enduring the constant threat of shell and sniper fire, the intense heat and lack of drinking water, to terrible sanitation which was as life-threatening as the battles themselves, and the troops' eventual evacuation in the winter. Drawing on the vivid and moving recollections of veterans in the sound archives of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC.

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Dan Snow hears soldiers experiences of the First World War as it was fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 - from enduring the constant threat of shell and sniper fire, the intense heat and lack of drinking water, to terrible sanitation which was as life-threatening as the battles themselves, and the troops' eventual evacuation in the winter. Drawing on the vivid and moving recollections of veterans in the sound archives of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC.

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