Robert GillardHMS MinervaDardanelles

Where Are The Dardanelles?

Brief Background

Frustrated by slow progress on the Western front, the allies looked for a breakthroughDardanelles was geographically significant to both allies and central powersThe build up to the campaign started early 1915, with the main assault in Mar 1915The allies were defeated with heavy casualties, in particular by Australian & NZ troops

Highlights Of Naval Diary, actors voice (8mins)Covers The Period Sep 1914 to Jun 1916(War Photos From Imperial War Museum, Imperial War Museum)

Robert Gillard

HMS MinervaImperial War Museum

Royal Navy battleship HMS Albion being towed by HMS Canopus after running aground off Gaba Tepe in the Dardanelles, 23 May 1915Imperial War Museum

Third Battle of Krithia, 4th June 1915. British staff officers of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division., questioning Turkish officers in the fieldImperial War Museum

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British soldiers and rescued civilians on a boat in the Dardanelles.Imperial War Museum