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Turkish soldiers participated at the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial ( Turkish : Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı ) is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli , which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War .
Redoubt Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey. It is located near Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
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 memorial is the main Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign, and also commemorates the 20,956 Commonwealth servicemen with no known grave who died in the campaign in 1915–1916, during the First World War.
The fall of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu'nun Fethi, lit. ' Conquest of Gelibolu ') was the siege and capture of the Gallipoli fortress and peninsula, by the Ottoman Turks , in March 1354. After suffering a half-century of defeats at the hands of the Ottomans, the Byzantine Empire had lost nearly all of its possessions in Anatolia , except ...
The Gallipoli Newfoundland Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Gallipoli campaign, of World War I. [1] Located at the southwest end of the Gallipoli Peninsula , Turkey , near Suvla Bay the memorial commemorates the participation of the Newfoundland Regiment in the landing at ...
The Gallipoli Peninsula Historical Site is best known for the battles fought in the First World War. Most notably, the Canakkale Sea and shore battles fought in 1915. Various remnants can still be found at the park, such as building structures and sunken ships. The memorials remember soldiers from Turkey, England, France, Australia, and New ...
The Battle of Gallipoli occurred on 29 May 1416 between the fleets of the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire off the port city of Gallipoli, the main Ottoman naval base. The battle was the main episode of a brief conflict between the two powers, resulting from Ottoman attacks against possessions and shipping of the Venetians and their ...