Strategy & Tactics 357 CENTCOM: War for the Persian Gulf, 2001–03

Additional feature articles:
Defeat of the White Sheep Turks In the summer of 1461, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II mustered an army of 140,000 at Constantinople. He moved east along the Black Sea coast, paced offshore by over 200 supply vessels. His intent was to defeat his people’s main rival in the east, the White Sheep Turks. On 11 August, near the town of Otlukbeli in northeastern Anatolia, he collided with their similarly sized army. The battle’s result determined the broad shape of Middle East history for the next three centuries.
Gallipoli Quagmire: Four Battles of Krithia On 25 April 1915, soldiers of the British 29th Infantry Division landed across five beaches on Cape Helles. Their baptism by fire proved devastating, and the subsequent campaign lasted over eight and a half months. In the end, the Ottomans scored a decisive victory that blocked the Allies from supporting Russia through the Black Sea. There were many causes for that Allied failure. Here is our analysis.
George Washington’s Crusade Against the Iroquois The tribes of the Iroquois Confederation were loyal to the British Crown, and for three years they had been attacking frontier settlements. On 11 November 1778, several hundred Iroquois warriors overran Cherry Valley, New York, killing 46 and making homeless some 200 others. When George Washington learned of the attack, he resolved to end the Iroquois threat by launching a massive retaliatory campaign into their heartland.

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