Haunted by the ghosts of Gallipoli, I went to my own war in Helmand
As a young British Army officer heading for Afghanistan, Barney Campbell visited the Dardanelles, scene of one of the First ...
RTE Online3 个月
Explainer: What was the Gallipoli campaign?
In late 1914 it was clear to the allies that there would be no quick victory in World War One ... the Dardanelles and taking Turkey out of the war. For the Turks Gallipoli was a great victory ...
BBC7 个月
World War One: Empires at war
From the 14th Century to the 20th Century, the Ottoman Empire, centred in modern-day Turkey, was one of the world’s largest and most powerful empires. The outbreak of World War One provided the ...
Westminster Abbey1 年
Remembering the ANZACs
ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915. What followed was one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, with heavy ...
DW on MSN6 个月
Turkey wildfires threaten homes and war memorials
Wildfires fanned by strong winds threatened parts of northwestern Turkey, including World War I memorials and graves at the ...
Dezeen5 个月
Seddülbahir Fortress
Turkey. Built in 1656 by an Ottoman sultan's mother, the Ottoman fortress of Seddülbahir was severely damaged by the Allied Forces during the Gallipoli battles of World War One. The restoration ...
Fears for Aussie war graves at Gallipoli as Turkish wildfires rage
Bushfires could ravage ANZAC war graves RSL is monitoring the situation in Turkey READ MORE ... referring to the Gallipoli ...