An alternative commander needed to be senior enough to supersede de Robeck without being indispensable elsewhere. Cradock's conduct at Coronel illustrates aggressive decision-making under unfavorable conditions. In this counterfactual, that temperament might have driven the fleet through the remaining minefields and forts despite casualties. The personnel change requires Cradock to survive Coronel and rebuild his standing afterward, so it is an explicitly conditional branch inside the larger Gallipoli scenario.
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Cradock as an aggressive Dardanelles commander
Christopher Cradock is offered as the kind of senior commander who might accept pre-dreadnought losses to complete the breakthrough.