Gallipoli/Dardanelles campaign

Gallipoli/Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16. In February and March 1915, following a call for help from their Russian ally, the British and French navies mounted an attack against the Turkish defences on the Gallipoli peninsula. Despite bitter fighting, the British, French, Australian, and New Zealand forces only secured some small beachheads. Ironically the most successful part of the operation was the evacuation of the allied troops between December 1915 and January 1916.