The Gallipoli campaign was an amphibious landing in the Dardanelles Strait in modern Turkey, that sought to knock the Ottoman Empire out of WW I. The landings were exceptionally daring for the time, but they failed to achieve their objectives. read more
The Gallipoli campaign was hampered by poor planning, inadequate intelligence and stubborn Turkish resistance. Background. The First World War, began in the Autumn of 1914 when the German army invaded first Belgium and then France. read more
The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). read more