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Turkey signed with Germany against Russia
Turkey signed a secret treaty with Germany against Russia. -
60,000 Greek Troops
The Greeks prouduced a detailed plan for the capture of Gallipoli that involovd aprox 60,000 Greek troops -
The threat from Turkey
"The price to be paid in taking Gallipoli, would no doubt be heavy, but there would be no more war with Turkey, A good army of 50,000 men and sea power-that is the end of th Turkish menace" -Winston Churchill. -
Dardenelle's Foreign Ships
Turkey refused to close the Dardanelles to foreign ships. -
Turkish fleet bombarded the Russian Black Sea ports
The Turkish fleet bombarded the Russian Black Sea ports of Odessa. -
British Warships- Opended fire on Turkish forts
British warships on orders, opened fire on Turkish forts guarding the enterance to the Dardenelles. -
General Sir Ian Hamilton
General Sir Ian Hamilton was appointed to command a proposd Constantinople Expeditionary Force comprising the British division. -
British and French Battleships attacked the Dardanelles forts.
18 British and French battleships, guarded by other warships, attacked the Dardanelles Forts -
ANZAC 'The Landing'
On the 25th of April 1915, the ANZACs landed in Gallipoli to fight in WW1. -
A gale smashed landing piers at Helles and Anzac
All along the beach above the roar of the waves could be heard the crash of the great barges as the sea hurled them again and again against the shore. -Captain Pawson ( Military landing officer) -
Gallipoli should be evacuated
this would involve taking off more than 93,00o troops, 200 guns and more than 5,000 animals. -
Helles
The British Government ordered the evacualtion of Helles. -
Blizzards hit Gallipoli
More than 280 men died and there was 16,000 cases of frostbites. -
Joseph Murray, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Helles, wrote:
"The beginning of the New Year. It looks much the same as the old one and shells instead of bells heralded it in." -
Map of Dardenelles
Helles is the short version of Dardenelles, which is in Turkey. -
Brittish Troops
Turkish forces at Helles launched a major attack on the remaining 19,000 British troops. -
Brittish Soldiers were evacuated from Helles
On the night of 8–9 January, 17,000 British soldiers were evacuated from Helles, bringing the three-week evacuation, and the Gallipoli campaign, to a close. -
Turkish Newspaper
Turkish newspapers reported that ‘the whole of the Gallipoli Peninsula is now free from the enemy. They are driven out of Sedduülbahir (Sed-el - Bahr)’.
