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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. Plans for such a venture were considered by the British authorities between 1904 and 1911, but military and naval opinion was against it.
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This map shows the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula, now part of modern-day Türkiye, in April 1915. In 1915, the Allies launched a plan to force the Dardanelles Strait, attack the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (Istanbul), and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war.
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Coordinates: 40°14′15″N 26°16′39″E The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defense 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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This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. World War I Dardanelles Campaign battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula, by Tom Brosnahan, TurkeyTravelPlanner.com
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The invasion of Gallipoli, a peninsula squeezed between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles in what is now western Turkey, was conceived by Allied commanders as a lightning strike against the.
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The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers of World War I to control the sea route.
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Trench map No. IV Map of Gallipoli peninsula showing Allied frontline trenches as well as Turkish trenches. The map was issued to officers in Gallipoli and was to be laid over other maps of the area. Map of the Peninsula of Gallipoli and the Asiatic Shore of the Dardanelles
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The Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database was developed from the Joint Historical-Archaeological Survey (JHAS) project. You can search through over 2000 archaeological records from the Gallipoli peninsula. About the field survey. By 2005, tourists were putting considerable pressure on the old Anzac battlefield area of the Gallipoli peninsula.
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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.
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Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (26 April 1915 - Gallipoli Campaign: The Ottoman Turks had entered the War on the side of Germany in October 1914, threatening the Suez Canal and the Persian oil wells. Even more critically, supply routes to Russia's major ports were now blocked (by the Germans in the north and the Turks in the south).
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Allied operations in June and July. August Offensive. Evacuation of Allied troops from Gallipoli. Commemoration of Gallipoli Campaign veterans. Australia's involvement with the Gallipoli Campaign began in late 1914 when the first contingent of Australian troops disembarked in Egypt. In March 1915, an Anglo-French fleet failed to sail through.
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These tunnels were explored and the results reported on in the book Anzac Battlefields published by the Cambridge University Press. There are over 300 usable maps of Gallipoli and the surrounding area in the TrenchMapper collection, currently just 70 are georeferenced and available online but all 300+ will eventually appear. In the collection.
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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.
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Gallipoli Battlefields, Turkey Last Updated on May 6, 2019 The World War I battle for control of the Dardanelles (Hellespont) strait was fought mainly on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula ( map ), with appalling casualties.
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This map covers the Gallipoli peninsula and the Straits of the Dardanelles, an area that is approximately 30km north to south and 25km west to east. The area extends from Suvla Bay in the north to Cape Helles in the south, and Çanakkale on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles in the east.
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The essential travel companion for anyone visiting Gallipoli.Each year, thousands of Australians visit Gallipoli to pay homage and see where their forebears fought, suffered and died. Anzac Cove, Quinn's Post, Lone Pine - the iconic places where our national legend was forged.In this essential and authoritative guide, practical information is combined with historical detail, alongside.