The Gallipoli Campaign was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.
The Allies failed to secure the Dardanelles, a crucial strait that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire.
1914
November
1 – First convoy of Australian and New Zealand troops departs for Europe from Albany, Western Australia
5 – The United Kingdom declares war on Turkey
1915
January
13 – British War Council approves naval operation to the Dardanelles
March
18 – French and British naval operation fails
22 – Britain decides to launch land campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula
Allied troops bringing Weapons to Fort Sedd-el-Bahr during the 1915 campaign
April
25 – Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) land at Anzac Cove, more than 1700 casualties evacuated in first 24 hours
26 – Australian submarine HMAS AE2 is first Allied vessel to sneak through the Dardanelles
27-29 – Anzac troops survive Turkish attempts to drive them into the sea
May
5 – Turkish shell Anzac Cove in what’s known as “Beachy Bill”, resulting in more than 1000 casualties
8 – Anzac troops join British attack at Helles, losing 1000 men out of 2000.
15 – Major General WT Bridge, commander of the Australian 1st Division is wounded, later dies on May 18, 1915.
A Faugh-aBallagh (Royal Irish Fusilier) teases a Turkish sniper, Gallipoli, Turkey
19 – Australian legend John Simpson Kirkpatrick, famed for rescuing fallen troops with his donkey, is killed
24 – Armistice declared for nine hours to bury dead soldiers in no man’s land
August
6 – The major battle of the Gallipoli campaign, the August Offensive begins
6 – The six-day Lone Pine diversion starts
7 – Four waves of men in Australia’s 3rd Light Horse Brigade wiped out at the Battle of the Nek
8 – New Zealand and English forces gain foothold at vital outpost Chunuk Bair
10 – Turkish troops force Allied servicemen off Chunuk Bair
21-29 – The Battle for Hill 60 ends with major casualties, August Offensive fails
Troops landing at Anzac Cove in the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War
November
22 – English Secretary of State for War Horatio Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla
27 – Blizzard hits Gallipoli peninsula, reinforcing the need to evacuate
December
9-18 – More than 16,000 troops evacuated from Anzac Cove mostly at night
18-20 – Remaining 20,000 Australia and New Zealand soldiers withdrawn
20 – Evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla completed before dawn.
Some 22,000 Allied soldiers died and 55,000 were injured in the failed campaign.
Source: Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Monash University professor Bruce Scates.
The interior of the signal tent at Divisional headquarters in Gallipoli