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Allied Landings at Gallipoli

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British, French, Australian, and New Zealand troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula to open a new front against the Ottoman Empire. British forces landed at Cape Helles while ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) came ashore at what became ANZAC Cove, about a mile north of their intended beach. Ottoman forces under Mustafa Kemal put up fierce resistance, confining the Allies to narrow beachheads from which they never managed to break out.

Sources

  • T2 Les Carlyon, Gallipoli (2001) Major
  • T1 Australian War Memorial, Official History of Australia in the War Vol. I Official
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