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ISTANBUL – The World War I battlefield of the Gallipoli campaign, where throngs gather each April to remember the fallen, is a place of lore, an echo of ancient warfare that took place on the sa ...
The Gallipoli Peninsula, forming the western edge of the Çanakkale Strait (the Dardanelles), is where history whispers through the crisp fall air and the crunch of gravel underfoot.
BROADCAST: 1990.APR.24 Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the disastrous landing by allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Report shows World War One casualties. Hospital ship.
Experience the solemn grandeur of the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial, standing tall on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, honoring the soldiers who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.
Gallipoli was long a defining moment in Turkey's national consciousness. Young colonel Mustafa Kemal - later known as Ataturk - was its great hero, going on to found the secular republic on the ...
A simple plaque at the Helles War Memorial stands out: "From the town of Hawick, Scotland, in grateful memory of the officers and men of that town who fell in Gallipoli in the Great War 1915.’ ...
New Zealand soldiers at the Dardanelles. What follows is a first-hand account of what life was like for New Zealanders at Gallipoli: Trenches were deepened and fresh support and reserve lines dug ...
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish jets flew overhead and warships cut through rough waters in the Dardanelles Straits on Wednesday to mark the centenary of one of the Ottoman Empire ...