✦ History

Gallipoli campaign

February 19, 1915 – January 9, 1916

Result Ottoman victory

Allied attempt to force the Dardanelles and take Constantinople, knocking the Ottoman Empire out of the First World War. British, French, Australian and New Zealand troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in April 1915 and were withdrawn in January 1916 after heavy losses.

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Battles 11

February 19 – March 18, 1915
Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign Ottoman victory Dardanelles Otto Liman von Sanders, Cevat Çobanlı, Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
April 25–26, 1915
Landing at Cape Helles Ottoman victory Landing at Cape Helles Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Halil Sami Bey
April 25, 1915
Battle of Kumkale Inconclusive Kumkale
June 28 – July 5, 1915
Battle of Gully Ravine Allied victory Cape Helles Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Faik Pasha
August 6–21, 1915
Battle of Sari Bair Ottoman victory Battle of Sari Bair Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Otto Liman von Sanders, Ian Hamilton
August 6–15, 1915
Landing at Suvla Bay Ottoman victory Landing at Suvla Bay Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Otto Liman von Sanders, Cevat Çobanlı
August 6–10, 1915
Battle of Lone Pine Allied victory Gallipoli Mehmet Esat Bülkat
August 6–13, 1915
Battle of Krithia Vineyard Ottoman victory Gallipoli Fevzi Çakmak
August 7, 1915
Battle of the Nek Ottoman victory ANZAC Cove Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
August 21–29, 1915
Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) Ottoman victory Gallipoli Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Cevat Çobanlı, William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
August 21, 1915
Battle of Scimitar Hill Ottoman victory Suvla Bay Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Key commanders

Allies 8

Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty Ian Hamilton military commander Henri Gouraud military commander John de Robeck military commander Aylmer Hunter-Weston military commander Frederick Stopford military commander Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes military commander William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood military commander

Central Powers 8

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk military commander Enver Pasha military commander Otto Liman von Sanders military commander Cevat Çobanlı military commander Mehmet Esat Bülkat military commander Halil Sami Bey military commander Faik Pasha military commander Fevzi Çakmak military commander