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Editorial Review: The exploits of the German battle cruiser Goeben at the outbreak of World War I changed the early course of the war and had a decisive impact on subsequent world history. Virtually alone in the Mediterranean, the Goeben eluded the French and British fleets and joined with Turkish forces, influencing Turkey to enter the war on Germany's side. Ludendorff estimated that this prolonged World War I by two years.
The cutting off of
Russia, with all its
consequences, the vain and
sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli,
the diversion of Allied strength
in the campaigns of Mesopotamia,
Suez and Palestine, the ultimate
break up of the Ottoman Empire,
the subsequent history of the
Middle East, followed from the
voyage of the Goeben. -Barbara
Tuchman
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