Question

Gallipoli-1915-1916

1. When did your chosen battle start?

2. Who were the countries involved?

3. What kind of fighting took place? (Attack, defence trench
warfare?)

4. How many soldiers were there?

5. How many died?

6. What kind of weapons were used?

7. Make sure you have at least 3 images of the battle

Answer 1

1. The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
2. Gallipoli campaign United Kingdom[show] France[show] Supported by: Russia Ottoman Empire Supported by: Germany Austria-Hungary.
3. The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I.
4. Gallipoli campaign Strength 5 divisions (initial) 15 divisions (final) Total: 489,000 345,000 British (including Indians and Newfoundlanders) 79,000 French c. 50,000 Australians c. 15,000 New Zealanders Supported by c. 2,000 civilian labourers 6 divisions (initial) 16 divisions (final) Total: 315,500 c. 700 Germans
5. Of the roughly 1 million British, French, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Canadian, African, Ottoman and German men who took part in the Gallipoli campaign, an estimated 110,000 died on the battlefield. Of the rest, only a handful lived to see the 21st century
6. Weapons used in the battle of Gallipoli were machine guns, rifles, hand grenades, and gas plus battleships were included. These weapons gave a big role in the battle because one of the warfare's was naval attack by the British and the French. Many soldiers from the central powers used rifles on foot

Answer 2

1-2.Gallipoli campaign begins -The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).

3. Gallipoli Campaign, also called Dardanelles Campaign, (February 1915–January 1916), in World War I, an Anglo-French operation against Turkey, intended to force the 38-mile- (61-km-) long Dardanelles channel and to occupy Constantinople.

4-5. The British government authorized the evacuation to begin from Sulva Bay on December 7; the last troops left Helles on January 9, 1916. In all, some 480,000 Allied forces took part in the Gallipoli Campaign, at a cost of more than 250,000 casualties, including some 46,000 dead.

6.Weapons used in the battle of Gallipoli were machine guns, rifles, hand grenades, and gas plus battleships were included.