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Apr 24, 2015 · Gallipoli, the famous battle explained. A century ago hundreds of thousands of troops were killed and wounded as they fought for a tiny patch of land. On Friday Prince...
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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...
What You Need To Know About The Gallipoli Campaign. Imperial War Museums. The Gallipoli campaign. New Zealand History. Gallipoli campaign. National Army Museum(UK).
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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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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.
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.
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.
In the 19th century, Gallipoli (Ottoman Turkish: گلیبولو, Gelibolu) was a district (kaymakamlik) in the Vilayet of Adrianople, with about thirty thousand inhabitants: comprising Greeks, Turks, Armenians and Jews.
