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20 hours ago · 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. The Entente powers, Britain ...
3 days ago · An overview of the 1915–16 Gallipoli Campaign of World War I, with a focus on ANZAC troops. (more)
5 days ago · The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military incompetence of the higher commands, particularly the Allies.
2 days ago · The Allies’ greatest catastrophe in the First World War was the Gallipoli Campaign that took place from April 1915 till January 1916. Here, landscapes are busy telling stories of gallantry, sadness and uselessness of war.
4 days ago · World War I - Eastern Front, Strategy, 1914: The Austrian army attacked Russian Poland on the Eastern Front. The Russians undertook two offensives, one in East Prussia and one in Galicia. France had built a system of fortresses to defend against Germany, but France's Plan XVII proved inadequate to the task of stopping the German offensive.
2 days ago · World War I - Western Front, Trench Warfare, 1914: German troops swept through Belgium and engaged the French army in the Battle of the Frontiers, a series of engagements in Lorraine that involved more than two million troops and was the largest battle of WWI.
3 days ago · Anzac Day, observed on April 25th each year, solemnly commemorates the sacrifices of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.
