1914/11/00 |
First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, proposes to break through to Russia and seize Constantinople via a naval attack on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Dardanelles, the narrow 38-mile strait that links the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. |
The Admiralty, London
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1915/01/02 |
British and French battleships begin long-range bombardment of the Gallipoli Peninsula on the morning of 19 February 1915. |
Gallipoli Battlefields, Eceabat, TR
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1915/01/02 |
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia request grain and guns from the Britain to fight the Ottomans in the Caucasus. |
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1915/02/19 |
The Royal Navy begins bombardment of Turkish fortifications at the Dardanelles. |
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1915/04/25 |
HMA Submarine AE2 enters the Dardanelles and sinks a Turkish warship. |
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1915/04/25 |
British, French and members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) participate in a series of co-ordinated landings on Gallipoli. The month-long delay allowed the Turks to bring reinforcements to the peninsula. |
ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Eceabat, TR
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1915/05/00 |
Mauretania carries troops to the Dardenelles during the Gallipoli campaign. |
Gallipoli Battlefields, Eceabat, TR
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1915/05/00 |
To accommodate casualties from Gallipoli, No 2 Australian General Hospital at Mena House opens a second hospital at Ghezireh Palace. The two hospitals had a total of 1500 beds with a staff of 14 officers, 51 nurses and 133 others. |
Gezirah Palace Hotel, Cairo, Cairo
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1915/05/25 |
Churchill is dismissed as First Lord of the Admiralty by Prime Minister Asquith. |
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1915/12/20 |
Last troops retreat from Suvla and Anzac before dawn on 20 December 1915. |
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1916/01/00 |
Last Allied troops are evacuated from Gallipoli. Both sides suffered a total of 250,000 casualties with 46,000 Allied troops and 65,000 Turkish troops killed. |
Gallipoli Battlefields, Eceabat, TR
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1916/01/25 |
Mauretania finishes her duty as a troop hospital ship, treating soldiers wounded at Gallipoli. |
Gallipoli Battlefields, Eceabat, TR
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1916/04/25 |
A fund is established for an ANZAC Memorial on the first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. |
ANZAC Memorial, Sydney
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