Battle of Gallipoli
1915 CE · Turkey
The Battle of Gallipoli was fought in 1915 CE in Turkey between British Empire and France vs the Ottoman Empire and Germany; decisive Ottoman victory; the Allies evacuated the peninsula after eight months.
Battle of Gallipoli: quick facts
- Date
- 1915 CE
- Location
- Turkey
- Belligerents
- British Empire and France vs the Ottoman Empire and Germany
- Commanders
- Ian Hamilton vs Otto Liman von Sanders and Mustafa Kemal
- Result
- decisive Ottoman victory; the Allies evacuated the peninsula after eight months.
- Era
- ⚔️ Ottoman & Islamic Empires
- Quiz difficulty
- medium
What happened at the Battle of Gallipoli?
The Allied attempt to force the Dardanelles strait and knock the Ottoman Empire out of World War I ended in a costly eight-month failure. ANZAC and British forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula but could never break through Ottoman defenses commanded by Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk). The campaign cost over 250,000 Allied casualties and forged the national identities of Australia, New Zealand, and modern Turkey.
Did you know?
Mustafa Kemal (later Ataturk) told his soldiers at Gallipoli: 'I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die.' He went on to found the modern Republic of Turkey.
Sources and further reading
- Battle of Gallipoli on Wikipedia for the full account, historiography and primary sources.
- How BattleGuess compiles and checks battle facts: see the About page.
Entry last reviewed 26 September 2026.