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why clandestine doesn't work here?
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why u think this should be an answer?
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Carcass "Imminent landing upon an area", does this mean Britain's area or Germany's area? I thought its Germany's area which is not so exposed i.e fairly protected and where Britain's forces are attacking but the explanation states otherwise. Please suggest.
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The meaning of the sentence is the following in sim0ple words:

The Britain's forces or troops were creating a trick to distract the enemy (German forces) from landing in an area such as Gallipoli (which is by the way is a small beautiful town located in Apulia - Deep south of Italy) BUT their real intention was to land in a nearby area LESS exposed.

The center is Gallipoli but they wanted to attach nearby. So, neither A German area nor a Britain area.

when you say : imminent landing upon an area that was, regardless if you know or less where Gallipoli is located on this planet, the intention is near that point. No doubt. Even because, when you know that the Britons are landing does not make any sense that they are landing upon their OWN territories. Britons will land in Britain to fight the Nazi germans......mhhhhhh makes no sense

The other concern is the following

Britain had saved her better infantry

Britain which is England and that is a country state nation cannot save HER infantry or land troops but ITS infantry. Her is a possessive pronoun for females. It is a possessive form of “she".

Hope this helps
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I didn't notice anything in the para which talked whether the area was exposed or not.
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lavebder wrote:
I didn't notice anything in the para which talked whether the area was exposed or not.


see my explanation above please

https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/the-briti ... tml#p92964

Ask if something is still UNCLEAR
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The British-led force’s landing at Gallipoli made for such a( n) (i) unpropitious foray into the Ottoman theater of World War I that Max von Oppenheim, a German political adventurer in league with the Ottomans, believed that the attack must have been a mere feint and that Britain had saved her better infantry for an imminent landing upon an area that was (iii) ______ .

Blank (iii)
(G) not so heavily exposed
(I) unevenly fortified

I chose C, E, I.

The British saved their better infantry group for the area that was easier to attack.
To know that an area is unevenly fortified, the British had intelligence that some parts were more fortified than others.
Whereas, an area that is not so heavily exposed is less well known to the British. The British had less intelligence on whether the entire area is strongly fortified, unevenly fortified, or less fortified.

If you are a military general, would you risk going to an unknown place where it may be heavily guarded? For all we know, the entire area may be heavily guarded. Maybe not. Maybe it's uneven. But would you really want to gamble sending troops? For all you know, it may be a suicide mission. It may not.

Or would you rather go to a place where you know has weak spots that you can attack?

A brilliant military general would opt for a sure, safe bet vs a gamble when deploying troops to attack an enemy.

This is why unevenly fortified is a better answer in my opinion.
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