What is Gallipoli Campaign?
The '''Gallipoli Campaign''' <ref>or the '''Dardanelles Campaign''' and the '''Battle of Gallipoli'''</ref> was an attack during [[World War I]] on the [[Gallipoli]] peninsula between April 25, 1915, and January 9, 1916. The Allied forces of the [[British Empire]] and of [[France]] fought the [[Ottoman Empire]] with the purpose of allowing ships to bring supplies by the [[Black Sea]]. That would help the [[Russian Empire]] break its [[stalemate]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]]. {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Gallipoli Campaign | partof = the [[Middle East]]ern Theatre ([[First World War]]) | image = G.C. 18 March 1915 Gallipoli Campaign Article.jpg | caption = Gallipoli Campaign, April 1915 | date = 25 April 1915&nbsp;– 9 January 1916 | place = [[Gallipoli]] peninsula | result = Decisive Ottoman victory | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>{{flagicon|German Empire}} [[German Empire]] | combatant2 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[British Empire]]<br>{{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[French Empire]] | commander1 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Enver Pasha]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[Ian Hamilton]]<br>{{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[Henri Gouraud]]{{WIA}}<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[Winston Churchill]] }} [[File:HMS Irresistible abandoned 18 March 1915.jpg|thumb|HMS Irresistible sinking because of Ottoman Artillery on the coast on 18 March 1915]] The campaign started with a [[navy|naval]] attack along the [[Dardanelles]]. [[Naval mine]]s sank or damaged several ships, and the Ottomans fought back and stopped the Allies from entering the [[Sea of Marmara]]. It was decided that if the Russians were to receive any British help, a land [[invasion]] would be necessary. On April 25, 1915, Allied forces landed at various locations along the peninsula. Many of the British soldiers landed in the wrong places