April 25, 1915 – January 9, 1916 · Middle East Theater
April 25, 1915 – January 9, 1916
Winston Churchill's bold plan to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war by seizing the Dardanelles Strait and capturing Constantinople. ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand) and British troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula but were pinned on the beaches by Turkish defenders under Mustafa Kemal. Eight months of futile fighting in the hills followed before evacuation.
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