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- Landing at Gallipoli, April 1915. British troops on the V Beach during the Cape Helles landings. See object record.
- Settling on the beaches. One of the landing beaches at Gallipoli. See object record.
- Maori soldier. © IWM (HU 57430) A Maori soldier stands in the Apex trenches, 30 November 1915. See object record.
- Australians at Gallipoli. © Estate of H V Woods (HU 53364) Infantrymen and light horsemen in a trench on Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli. The light horseman smoking in the background and the soldier in the foreground were father and son, 11 Trooper Andrew Powell Yeates, 9th Light Horse, aged 54 and 1103 Private James August Yeates, 3rd Australian General Hospital (AGH).
- Wounded comrade. © IWM (Q 13622) An Australian carrying his wounded mate to a medical aid post for treatment, Gallipoli, 1915. See object record.
- Game of cricket. © IWM (HU 53370) Allied troops in the only game of cricket played on the peninsula during the campaign. It was an attempt to distract the Turks from the imminent departure of Allied troops.
- Anzac Cove. © IWM (Q 112876) Australians landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915. See object record.
- First aid. © IWM (Q 13336) Australians carrying wounded back from the firing line. See object record.
Sep 10, 2024 · Gallipoli Campaign, in World War I, an Anglo-French operation against Turkey from February 1915 to January 1916 that was intended to force the 38-mile-long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople. Learn more about the Gallipoli Campaign in this article.
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An amphibious landing on the Gallipoli peninsula began in April 1915. In January 1916, after eight months' fighting, with approximately 250,000 casualties on each side, the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn.
Fought during the First World War (1914-18) from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, Gallipoli was the first major amphibious operation in modern warfare. British Empire and French troops landed on the Ottoman-held peninsula in the Dardanelles Straits with disastrous consequences for the Allies.
A lone boat sailed into Williams' Pier at Gallipoli on 13 November 1915.[i] Out stepped Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. His arrival sent the men on the dock into a frenzy. They came running from everywhere to surround Kitchener as he walked slowly up the pier.
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At dawn on 25 April 1915, Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey. The Gallipoli campaign was the land-based element of a strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople and ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war.
