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  2. 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.

  3. Maps of Gallipoli. When Sir Ian Hamilton and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) arrived in Egypt in late March 1915 to plan the military operations at Gallipoli, the only map they had available to them was a War Office 1908 map (scale 1:63,360) of Gallipoli.

  4. Oct 13, 2024 · The Gallipoli campaign was a military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey), from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.

  5. 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.

  6. Map of the Gallipoli peninsula, 1915 The force General Sir Ian Hamilton was tasked with leading a hastily planned invasion that underestimated the Ottoman defences.

  7. 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.

  8. Jul 24, 2013 · The map was created by Farrow Falcon Press, Melbourne in 1915 for the Robur Tea Company to be used as promotional material. The public were able to get a copy of the map by sending their name, address and four penny stamps to the company.

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