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Dardanelles Campaign, or Gallipoli Campaign, (1915–16) Unsuccessful British-led operation against Turkey in World War I, intended to invade the Dardanelles strait, conquer the Gallipoli peninsula, and occupy Constantinople (Istanbul). In response to a Russian appeal to relieve pressure against its troops on the Caucasus front, Britain agreed ...
Selected papers from the special symposium Gallipoli: the August Offensive was held at the Australian War Memorial on Saturday 5 August 2000 to mark the 85th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign. Australian fatalities at Gallipoli. Australian honours and awards for the Gallipoli campaign.
It had been preceded in February 1915 by a naval attack on the Dardanelles, the strait dividing Gallipoli from mainland Turkey—the opening of a campaign that would be regarded as one of the ...
Apr 25, 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. The Entente powers, Britain, France and the Russian Empire, sought to weaken the Ottoman Empire, one of the Central Powers, by taking control of the Ottoman straits.
In contrast, the defence of Gallipoli was the Ottoman Empire’s most successful military operation of the war. The date of the landings, April 25th, is marked by ANZAC Day, a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand. 1. The Gallipoli campaign was an Allied attempt to capture the Dardanelles peninsula, part of the Ottoman Empire. 2.
Apr 24, 2015 · On Friday Prince Harry and Prince Charles joined a ceremony in Turkey to mark 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli campaign, one of the most famous battles of World War One. Lasting eight ...
Gallipoli Campaign 1915. Early on the morning of 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Türkiye. This marked the start of the Gallipoli Campaign, a land-based element of a broad strategy to defeat the Ottoman Empire. Over 8 months, the Anzacs advanced little further than the positions they had taken on that ...
