Through the movie wendell smith( the african american reporter) chronicle jackie robinson first season in major league baseball. why does he have such a personal stake in the success of jackie robinson?

Failure at Gallipoli meant that the Allied powers where unable to knock the ottomans out of the war and close another front. This likely would have brought the Central powers to the negotiating table much sooner than it actually happened.

Interesting (unrelated) point: Winston Churchill spearheaded the invasion of Gallipoli