Gallipoli campaign
Ottoman strait assault
The Gallipoli campaign was a failed Allied military operation in 1915–16 during World War I, attempting to secure a sea route to Russia by capturing the Dardanelles strait and Constantinople from the Ottoman Empire.
The campaign resulted in heavy casualties on both sides and became synonymous with military disaster and futile sacrifice: The invasion was shaping up to be another Gallipoli.
The campaign holds particular significance in Australian and New Zealand national identity, commemorated annually on ANZAC Day.
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
- Allied PowersCoalition against fascist aggressors
- trench warfareCombat from fortified ditches
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1944 Normandy invasion
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