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Gallipoli campaign

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The battles and other operations of the Gallipoli campaign

 

  The landing at Gallipoli The Anzac Landing (anzacsite.gov.au)
See also the crossword Why Land at Gallipoli? which is based on this website.

25 April 1915 The landing (awm.gov.au - Australian War Memorial)
Photographs and brief story.

Landing at Anzac Cove (en.wikipedia.org)
Includes overview, geography, the landing plan, the first wave, the second wave, Ottoman reaction, Baby 700, 400 Plateau, consolidating the landing, stalemate, aftermath.

The Landing (diggerhistory.info - if the link is not working, see Where is Digger History?)
Illustrated description of the landing at Gallipoli.

The First World War and the Anzac Legend [pdf] (cambridge.edu.au)
Sample pages from a commercially available book for secondary students, Analysing Australian History by Ken Webb (Cambridge web page). The chapter includes a short section on the landing at Gallipoli and a timeline for 1915.

Gallipoli Introduction (iwm.org.uk)
British website. From Gallipoli 1915: The Drama of the Dardanelles.

 
  Summaries of the Gallipoli campaign

Timelines

For TIMELINES of the Gallipoli campaign see our
Timelines
page

The Gallipoli Campaign [pdf] (dva.gov.au)
Summary of the Gallipoli Campaign, commemorating the 2010 95th anniversary of the campaign. Covers main Anzac battles, the evacuation, casualties (including statistics), Anzac Day.

Anzac Day: The Gallipoli Campaign (australia.gov.au, previously at cultureandrecreation.gov.au)
Scroll down for
a brief summary of "The Gallipoli campaign".

The Gallipoli Campaign (Skwirk.com.au Interactive Schooling)
Summary of the Gallipoli Campaign, who participated, the landing, the Battle of Lone Pine, the Battle of the Nek, the evacuation. (The site is a commercial site that requires membership to access further material.) For a dot-point summary, see Gallipoli and the ANZACs Chapter 1: The Gallipoli Campaign.

The Gallipoli campaign [pdf]
From Defence Magazine, Issue 7, 2007-08. [Saved from http://www.defence.gov.au/defencemagazine/editions/200708_07/feat_gallipoli.pdf.]

Gallipoli (Parliament of Australia: Parliamentary library)
Includes:
- Gallipoli: what happened on 25 April 1915?
- Gallipoli: frequently asked questions

(Note that many links are not accessible as this material was produced for users of the Parliamentary Library.)

Despatches from Gallipoli: Gallipoli (nla.gov.au)
National Library of Australia Online Exhibition. For documents and photographs relating to individual battles, click on GALLIPOLI at the top or the links at the bottom of the screen.

 

  The Campaign in more detail

New book on the Gallipoli Campaign planning and landings

36 Days: The Untold Story behind the Gallipoli Landings, by Hugh Dolan

Interview with author Hugh Lunn, ABC Evenings with Steve Austin (blogs.abc.net.au)
Links to audio (mp3)
See also 2UE audio (2ue.com.au).

Success, not failure, is the real Anzac story (smh.com.au)
"New evidence suggests the landings at Gallipoli were, in fact, a cleverly orchestrated and successful assault, writes Steve Meacham."

 

The lead up to Gallipoli (anzacs.net)
See also The Anzac Story.

History of the Gallipoli Campaign (gallipoli100.com.au)
Includes maps, past and present photographs.

RSL: ANZAC Day (clubsonline.com)

Basic facts of the Gallipoli Campaign. If this link doesn't work, go to the main RSL website, then cick on Commemoration, then Anzac Day.

Gallipoli: A Short History of the Campaign (users.online.be/~snelders)
A succinct but wide-ranging history of the Gallipoli campaign.

North Beach Gallipoli 1915 (dva.gov.au)

Note the links to the 13 pages in the menu on the left. includes sketches by Leslie Fraser Standish Hore MC.

  Battles in particular Battle of Gallipoli (en.wikipedia.org)
From the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia, which is written by volunteers.

Battle at Gallipoli (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

British website. (There were Irish, and others, with the Australians and New Zealanders at Gallipoli).

Battles - the Gallipoli Front (firstworldwar.com)

Lists the various battles. Appears to be a British website.

Farthest In (users.skynet.be/Gallipoli/)
The battle on the morning of 25 April 1915, with labelled photographs of the same battlefields today.

The Battles of the Great War (learningonline.com.au)
See especially: The Gallipoli Campaign.

Battles involving the Light Horse

Note that the Light Horse soldiers did not have horses at Gallipoli. Photographs, notes and maps included.
- Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915
- Sea of Marmara, Turkey, 25-30 April 1915
- Baby 700, Turkey, 2 May 1915
- Krithia, Turkey, May 8, 1915
- Lone Pine, Turkey, 6-9 August 1915

- The Nek - Gallipoli, 7 August 1915

- Hill 971, Turkey, August 8, 1915
- Hill 60, Turkey, August 21 to 22 and 27, 1915


 
  General Gallipoli (users.online.be/~snelders)
Includes Gallipoli slang, place names, timeline, more.

The Anzac Story (anzacs.net
)
A range of topics related to the Gallipoli campaign.

Digger History - Master Index (diggerhistory.info - if the link is not working, see Where is Digger History?)
A lot of material here - worth browsing.

Gallipoli - the facts behind the myths
diggerhistory.info - if the link is not working, see Where is Digger History?)

Anzac Memories (worldwar1.com)

 ● See also: Gallipoli and Australian Identity: 1915-2000
(pdf file) pages 4-7

 
  Evacuation Evacuation (diggerhistroy.info)
Letter by Corproal Edgar Worall about the evacuation from Gallipoli.

The evacuation of Anzac, December 1915 (anzacsite.gov.au)
Includes planning for the evacuation. Continues to a second page. Warning: Begins with the audio turned on.

The Evacuation at Gallipoli (nla.gov.au)
Brief summary. Includes links to Charles Bean's official reports of the evacuation.

Evacuation - brief summary (awm.gov.au)
Overall summary of the evacuation.

The evacuation of Anzac Cove, Suvla Bay and Helles, 1915-16 (firstworldwar.com)
A British perspective on the evacuation.

Sound clip: the evacuation from Gallipoli (nzhistory.net.nz)
Five minute radio documentary on the evacuation of Gallipoli - New Zealand perspective.
 
  Soldiers' conditions Gallipoli: The conditions (Skwirk.com.au Interactive Schooling)
Climate, food and water, disease. (The site is a commercial site that requires membership to access further material.) For a dot-point summary, see Gallipoli and the ANZACs Chapter 2: The conditions.

Water and food: Anzac interview grabs (learningonline.com.au)
Memories of some Gallipoli soldiers on food and water at Gallipoli. Note that the soldier responding to a question about "Anzac biscuits" appears to be referring to "Anzac tiles" (which are much harder than Anzac biscuits).

Gallipoli: in their own words (theage.com.au)
Based on letters, diaries and photographs.

Gallipoli Weather (user.online.be/~snelders)
The weather had an important influence on the Gallipoli Campaign.

Fooling the Enemy (users.skynet.be/Gallipoli)
Photographs of some of the tricks the Australian troops used to mislead their Turkish opponents.

 
  Special classroom units on the Campaign Gallipoli and the Anzacs: A Resource for Secondary Schools  (dva.gov.au)
Scroll down to "Gallipoli and the Anzacs". Note these units:
- Unit 2: The Dardanelles strategy and geography [pdf file]
- Unit 3: The Landings at Gallipoli 25 April 1915 [pdf file]
- Unit 4: The Gallipoli Campaign [pdf file]
- Unit 5: Fighting and surviving at Anzac [pdf file]
(
Teachers guideGallipoli and the Anzacs )
For more units to download see Booklets

See also Classroom activities

 ● See also: Gallipoli Campaign, Soldiers and Military Operations printable and interactive wordsearches

 
  MORE... See also:
Australia and World War One: Documents (exetel.com.au/eduweb)

A variety of documents from and about World War 1.

See also:

Maps
Timelines

Gallipoli photographs
Gallipoli films
Slideshow videos
Diaries
Letters

Biographies
Reports
Early books
Booklets

 

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