Gallipoli Campaign 1915

The Allied landings at the Dardanelles fail; Mustafa Kemal makes his name in the defence.

Map showing the location of Gallipoli Campaign — Border map for 1914. See Europe in 1914.

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Key facts

Date	1915
Type	Battle
Location	40.20° N, 26.30° E
Nearest city on the map	Edirne (about 166 km)
Territory of (map of 1914)	Bulgaria

Rulers in 1915

Realm	Ruler	Reign
Franks / HRE / Germany	Kaiser Wilhelm II	1888–1918
France	Third Republic	1870–1940
England / UK	George V	1910–1936
Rus' / Russia	Nicholas II	1894–1917
Ottomans / Turkey	Mehmed V	1909–1918

Europe around 1915

Year	Event	Where
1914	Sarajevo assassination; First World War begins	Sarajevo
1916	Verdun and the Somme	Battle of Verdun
1917	Russian October Revolution	St Petersburg
1918	WWI ends; empires collapse
1919	Treaty of Versailles	Versailles

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