Comments by "Winston Smith" (@kryts27) on "Why Were the OTTOMANS so USELESS in World War 1?????" video.

The British blundered in withholding the capital ships that the Ottomans paid for, without recompense. Maybe deliberately. The Ottoman force did well defensively at Gallipoli, although their casulties were about 50% higher than the attackers. The British blundered there because of poor reconnaissance and highly defensible terrain where steep and filled with ravines. However, true that most of the other fronts for the Otoomans were disasterous. The Ottomans had manpower, but were industrially weak, poor logistics, training and equipment for their troops. Worse even than the Russians in that respect. Turkish troops would fight if properly equipped and properly lead, so not "useless" which is a poor choice of words. Kemal Ataturk was the exception, in this regard, not the rule.
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