ANZAC surprise or II Corps experience?

Should Britain use the troops historically sent to Gallipoli or withdraw II Corps from the Western Front?

ANZAC and naval-division troops preserve surprise, while II Corps offers battle-hardened experience at the cost of a slower, more visible, and politically difficult redeployment.

Using the Australian, New Zealand, naval, and other forces already moving toward the Mediterranean would conceal the Baltic objective more effectively. Withdrawing II Corps from France would create a visible gap and require replacement troops to be filtered into the Western Front. That process takes time and risks alerting Germany that Britain is preparing something unusual. II Corps, however, has months of combat experience and would pose a more formidable threat after landing on German soil. The ANZAC option improves strategic surprise, while the corps option improves tactical and operational performance ashore. The choice is a genuine tradeoff with no universally superior force.