Gallipoli
Turkish peninsula battle
Gallipoli is a peninsula in northwestern Turkey, site of a disastrous Allied military campaign in 1915–16 during World War I.
The failed attempt to secure a sea route to Russia cost hundreds of thousands of casualties and holds particular significance in Australian and New Zealand national memory—ANZAC Day commemorates troops who fought there.
His grandfather died at Gallipoli.
Elongated ground excavations
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- ANZACAntipodean military corps
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
- landingDescent's final moment
offensive · infantry · assault · naval · Ottoman · frontline · stalemate · casualties
Antipodean military memorial day
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- poppyScarlet bloom, opium source
- wreathDecorative foliage circle
dawn service · commemoration · veterans · fallen · war dead · pilgrimage · tribute · silence
Narrow Turkish waterway
- HellespontNarrow strait, classical name
- straitConstricted marine passage
- AnatoliaWestern Asian peninsula
- TurkeyTranscontinental Eurasian republic
cape · headland · coastline · beaches · cliffs · Aegean · promontory · terrain
Having dropped down
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- lossBeing without something
- braveryBoldness before danger
valor · heroism · courage · death · service · volunteers · patriotism · fortitude
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- ANZACAntipodean military corps
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
landing · offensive · infantry · assault · naval · Ottoman · frontline · stalemate · casualties · Churchill
ANZAC Day
Antipodean military memorial day
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- poppyScarlet bloom, opium source
wreath · dawn service · commemoration · veterans · fallen · war dead · pilgrimage · tribute · silence · reverence
Dardanelles
Narrow Turkish waterway
- HellespontNarrow strait, classical name
- straitConstricted marine passage
- AnatoliaWestern Asian peninsula
Turkey · cape · headland · coastline · beaches · cliffs · Aegean · promontory · terrain · coves
fallen
Having dropped down
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- lossBeing without something
bravery · valor · heroism · courage · death · service · volunteers · patriotism · fortitude · grief
- British BattlesHastings, Waterloo, Trafalgar, Agincourt, Blenheim
- Historic BattlefieldsYorktown, Concord, Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Saratoga
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- Battle SitesGettysburg, Normandy, Waterloo, Antietam, Stalingrad
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
GallipoliD-Day
1944 Normandy invasion
triumph · Normandy landings · decisive victory · victory · Inchon
GallipoliD-Day
1944 Normandy invasion
Operation Overlord · strategic genius · Normandy · calculated risk
- Gallipoli campaignWWI strait invasion failure