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Gallipoli Campaign - Churchill's Folly in World War I
The Gallipoli Campaign took place in Turkey in 1915-16 during the First World War (1914-18). This major expedition involved British, French, Australian, and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops and was launched to break through the Dardanelles into...
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman (l. 1258-1326...
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Philippi
Philippi was an important city in eastern Macedon which flourished in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods. Situated between the Strymon and Nestos rivers, the city was valued in antiquity for its nearby gold mines. Site of the famous...
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Gallipoli Campaign Map
A map of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)
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Australian Troops Landing at Gallipoli
An April 1915 photograph of Australian troops, members of the ANZAC, landing during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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Evacuating Gallipoli
A December 1915 photograph showing the successful evacuation from the beaches of the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Maori Soldier, Gallipoli
A December 1915 photograph of a Maori soldier, member of the ANZAC, taken in the trenches during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Landing Beach, Gallipoli Campaign
A photograph of one of the Allied landing beaches during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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New Zealand Troops, Gallipoli
A November 1915 photograph of New Zealand troops, members of the ANZAC, about to land during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Islamic Caliphates
Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called...