Event    From 25/4/1915  To 25/4/1915

Anzac Cove landing

Countries: Australia, Turkey

Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The assault did not go as planned and at least 2,000 men died, on both sides.

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Anzac Cove landing

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