The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri...
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order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli campaign during 1915. Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Commander-in-Chief:...
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The Gallipoli peninsula (/ɡəˈlɪpəli, ɡæ-/; Turkish: Gelibolu Yarımadası; Greek: Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, romanized: Chersónisos tis Kallípolis) is located...
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This article presents the timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign. The period of the proper battle is considered to be 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916; however...
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They are sent to the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli campaign. During the course of...
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miniseries Gallipoli, a book by John Masefield about the Gallipoli campaign Gallipoli, a book by Alan Moorehead about the Gallipoli campaign Gallipoli (album)...
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February 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign. It is adapted from the best-selling book Gallipoli by Les Carlyon, and produced by Endemol...
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through use of naval mines. The Allies conducted the Gallipoli campaign, a land invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula to eliminate the Ottoman artillery along...
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participated Both days saw 755 Australians die 220 Indians died on all fronts In Gallipoli 1,358 Indians died, 3421 were wounded for a total of 4,779 casualties...
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Anzac Day (category Gallipoli campaign)
served in the Gallipoli campaign, their first engagement in the First World War (1914–1918). Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led...
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stage. Deployed to Gallipoli in early 1915, the soldiers of both nations had a chance to prove themselves. Although the Gallipoli campaign resulted in heavy...
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It was formed in Egypt in December 1914, and operated during the Gallipoli campaign. General William Birdwood commanded the corps, which primarily consisted...
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at Gallipoli and Salonika. It was formed in March 1915, under the command of General Sir Ian Hamilton, at the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign of the...
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Billy Sing (section Gallipoli Campaign)
best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign.[a] He took at least 150 confirmed kills during that campaign, and may have had over 200 kills in...
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the Gallipoli campaign. Shortly after arrival, Asquith's friend and colleague Rupert Brooke died from an infected mosquito bite. During the Gallipoli Campaign...
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list of all cemeteries and memorials erected following the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 during World War I. There is one French cemetery, 31 Commonwealth...
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Battle of Gallipoli was fought by the Entente powers against the Ottoman Empire on the Gallipoli peninsula between 1915 and 1916. Battle of Gallipoli may also...
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channel on 19 and 20 April 2015. The two-part series explores the Gallipoli Campaign from the point of view of war correspondents Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett...
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Dardanelles (redirect from Strait of Gallipoli)
Δαρδανέλλια, romanized: Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (/ˈhɛlɪspɒnt/...
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age served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, fighting in the Gallipoli campaign and on the Western Front. 16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41...
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John Simpson Kirkpatrick (category People of the Gallipoli campaign)
stretcher bearer with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance during the Gallipoli campaign – the Allied attempt to capture Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman...
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Second Siege of Petrovsk (Ottoman victory) The Gallipoli Campaign (also called the "Dardanelles Campaign"), was a number of battles fought between 1915...
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medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, 6 in the...
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Cyril Bassett (category Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross)
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) to be awarded the VC in the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Born in Auckland, Bassett was a bank worker...
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Battle of the Nek (category Battles of the Gallipoli campaign)
on 7 August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from...
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Frederick Birks (section Gallipoli campaign)
1913. After serving as a non-commissioned officer during the landing at Gallipoli and the Battle of the Somme, Birks was commissioned as a second lieutenant...
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Each regiment initially had a troop of two Maxim guns but during the Gallipoli Campaign, where the light horse served dismounted, this was increased to four...
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Gerald Robert O'Sullivan (category Irish Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross)
service in the Gallipoli Campaign. Now a captain in the 1st Battalion, he commanded a company during the landing at X Beach on the Gallipoli peninsula on...
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idea of an Australian and New Zealand "national character", with the Gallipoli Campaign sometimes described as the moment of birth of the nationhood both...
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special Friday prayer at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque. The mosque's name invokes the legacy of the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I, which played a...
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