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3 days ago · Total: 255,268 (56,643 dead) [6] [11] The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli ( Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
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4 days ago · Australian War Memorial - Understanding Gallipoli (May 27, 2024) Summarize This Article. Dardanelles. Gallipoli 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Anzac Day Remembrances. Anzac Day solemnly marks the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915, serving as a time-honored commemoration of the brave Australians who not only sacrificed their lives in various wars but also contributed to peacekeeping operations and conflicts globally. Embodied by courage, camaraderie, and unwavering ...
3 days ago · Kemal Atatürk (born 1881, Salonika [now Thessaloníki], Greece—died November 10, 1938, Istanbul, Turkey) was a soldier, statesman, and reformer who was the founder and first president (1923–38) of the Republic of Turkey. He modernized the country’s legal and educational systems and encouraged the adoption of a European way of life, with ...
- Norman Itzkowitz
- Kemal Atatürk was founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, having galvanized the Turkish people after the defeat of the Ottoman Empir...
- Kemal Atatürk’s father, a local lieutenant in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, dedicated him to military service and sent him to a modern secular...
- Kemal Atatürk became a national hero after turning back the Allies at Gallipoli during World War I. Still, the Ottomans were defeated. To prevent p...
- Aside from being the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Atatürk laid the groundwork for Turkey’s state ideology, known as Kemalism. Its principles are...
2 days ago · Eventbrite - The Anzac Memorial presents Anzac Memorial Highlights Tour - Wednesday, 18 January 2023 | Sunday, 29 December 2024 at Anzac Memorial, Sydney, NSW. Find event and ticket information. A free one-hour highlights tour of the architectural and sculptural features of the Anzac Memorial.
2 days ago · Soldiers from the Hungarian Defence Forces form a guard of honour at a welcome ceremony for US president George W. Bush's visit to Hungary, 2006. A guard of honour (Commonwealth English), honor guard (American English) or ceremonial guard, is a group of people, typically drawn from the military, appointed to perform ceremonial duties – for example, to receive or guard a head of state or ...
4 days ago · The Australian War Memorial says that ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. When war broke out in 1914, Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years. The new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world.
