research notes on Galliopli campaign

25th of April 1915 was when the Gallipoli campaign started. on this date the Anzac landed two  kilometers north of the intended position at gaba tepe. Turks forces were located at at the top of the steep cliffs  that fringed the tiny landing beach, later known as Anzac cove.  These ideas were initially sidelined, but in early 1915 the Russians found themselves threatened by the Turks in the Caucasus and appealed for some relief. The British decided to mount a naval expedition to bombard and take the Gallipoli Peninsula on the western shore of the Dardanelles, with Constantinople as its objective. By capturing Constantinople, the British hoped to link up with the Russians, knock Turkey out of the war and possibly persuade the Balkan states to join the Allies.

The naval attack began on 19 February. Bad weather caused delays and the attack was abandoned after three battleships had been sunk and three others damaged. Military assistance was required, but by the time troops began to land on 25 April, the Turks had had ample time to prepare adequate fortifications and the defending armies were now six times larger than when the campaign began. 

List of most popular weapons used at Gallipoli:

• .303 Enfield rifles
• .455 Wembly revolvers
• Light Field Artillery (primarily 6 pounder)
• Vickers Heavy Machine Gun
• Short Range Trench Mortars
• Webley Mk IV to VI Revolver
• Mk1 Grenade
• Lewis Gun
• Lee Enfield Mk III (SMLE)
• Stokes Mortar
• Mosin Nagant
• German and Turkish-produced Mauser Rifles
• Periodically, naval guns were available (depending on ships in area, 12 in. to 14 in. were the largest)

notes on the Gallipoli campaign

Gallipoloi campaign

this term i have lean't about wwI then i went into the gallipoli campaign. this i did reseach on it: