Talk:Baltic Project

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New page which clearly needs help if it is to work. (Msrasnw (talk) 22:05, 8 November 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Could perhaps add something about Churchill - and the Dardenelles campaign and disputes about the plan. (Msrasnw (talk) 10:45, 9 November 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Yes it would be interesting to know why this idea was declined in favor of the Dardanelles operation. Drutt (talk) 19:43, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to his history of World War I ("The World Crisis"), Churchill was not opposed in principle to a Baltic operation. He saw that either the Baltic or the Dardanelles could be used to turn the enemy's flank (something which was no longer possible on land given that the trench lines extended across the whole theater). He felt howerver that no practical plan for the Baltic had been put forth, and that though as the civilian in charge of the RN, he tried to energize the uniformed force to prepare one (which he felt must include the seizure of Bokurm Island), nothing practical was forthcoming. When Vice-Admiral Carden produced a plan for forcing the Dardanelles which was well-received both within the RN and within the War Cabinet, he put his energy behind that instead. (Of course Churchill was writing his history as a still active politican and in the face of constant attacks on his tenure at the Admiralty, so I'm sure his version of events has his own slant). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.243.198.170 (talk) 21:35, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Lambert is a big fan of this project (numerous podcasts online). He has a new book on Julian Corbett, Fisher and the Baltic Plan out this autumn I think.Paulturtle (talk) 05:22, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]