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It was a diversionary attack on the Ottoman Empire to help take pressure of Russia's front. There was a hope that in the process of the Gallipoli campaign that the Turks would have a Coup D'etat (a revolution) and join the allies.
the battle stratergy was to distract the Turks and go round and land on the beach of turkey, but the Turks found out and waited on the cliffs waiting for them to arrive, which then brought the battle...
A Great War Battle concieved by Winston Churchill as the First Lord of
the Admiralty to attack the "soft underbelly" of Europe. Turkey was allied
with Germany and the strategic concept was to cut...
It depends what you deem a battle. At Anzac there was the landings then the August Offensive. Battles like Lone Pine, the Nek and Chunuk Bair occured here.
At Suvla Bay and Cape Helles there were...