On 24 April, 2015, British Commonwealth marked the 100 years of Gallipoli campaign. Gallipoli campaign was a campaign of World War I that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. Both, the British empire and the Turkish empire, lost about 200,000 men each. Official Indian causalities -1358. Turks beat back the invasion, the Brits abandoned the campaign. It revived the Turkish spirit, Kemal Ataturk earned a name for himself as a Commander in this battle.
Gallipoli
Gallipoli
Gallipoli
On 24 April, 2015, British Commonwealth marked the 100 years of Gallipoli campaign. Gallipoli campaign was a campaign of World War I that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. Both, the British empire and the Turkish empire, lost about 200,000 men each. Official Indian causalities -1358. Turks beat back the invasion, the Brits abandoned the campaign. It revived the Turkish spirit, Kemal Ataturk earned a name for himself as a Commander in this battle.