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May 27, 2024 · Gallipoli Campaign, (February 1915–January 1916), in World War I, an Anglo-French operation against Turkey, intended to force the 38-mile- (61-km-) long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople.
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The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
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With World War Istalled on the Western Front by 1915, the Allied Powers were debating going on the offensive in another region of the conflict, rather than continuing with attacks in Belgium and France. Early that year, Russia’s Grand Duke Nicholas appealed to Britain for aid in confronting a Turkish invasion in the Caucasus. (Turkey, as part of th...
In the wake of the failed naval attack, preparations began for large-scale troop landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula. British War Secretary Lord Kitchener appointed General Ian Hamilton as commander of British forces for the operation; under his command, troops from Australia, New Zealand and the French colonies assembled with British forces on the...
With Allied casualties in the Gallipoli Campaign mounting, Hamilton (with Churchill’s support) petitioned Kitchener for 95,000 reinforcements; the war secretary offered barely a quarter of that number. In mid-October, Hamilton argued that a proposed evacuation of the peninsula would cost up to 50 percent casualties; British authorities subsequently...
The Gallipoli Campaign— and its horrific cost to human lives—was immortalized in the 1981 movie Gallipoli. Directed by Academy Award-winning Australian director Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibsonand Mark Lee, the film recounts the lives of two young men from the Australian outback who join ANZAC forces fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign. The film r...
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The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16 was an Allied attempt to control the sea route from Europe to Russia by seizing the Dardanelles Straits and the Gallipoli Peninsula. The campaign failed due to Turkish resistance, Allied incompetence and heavy casualties on both sides.
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Dec 3, 2018 · The Battle of Gallipoli began when British Commonwealth and French troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula of Turkey adjacent to the Dardanelles.
Gallipoli was a peninsula in western Turkey where the Allies launched a failed invasion against the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Learn about the historical context, the amphibious assault, the Turkish defense and the legacy of this campaign from archaeologists and historians.
The Gallipoli campaign was a land-based strategy to capture Constantinople from Ottoman Turkey in 1915. It involved Allied troops landing on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, but failed to achieve its goals and resulted in heavy casualties.
Apr 25, 2024 · The Battle of Sari Bair, also known as the August Offensive, represented the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
