Gallipoli Campaign Gallipoli Campaign The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (), was a long unsuccessful campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey). The Allied powers Britain and France, sought to greatly weaken the Ottoman Empire by capturing control of the straits that provided a supply route to their ally Russia. The invaders launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula. They hoped to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. The naval attack was repelled and after
1915: A Novel of Gallipoli and one that promises much from his next novel nevertheless." McDonald wrote the television script for a seven part series which was broadcast on ABC TV in 1982. 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli is a 1979 historical novel by Roger McDonald. The book is about two friends, Walter and Billy, who join the AIF and go to fight at Gallipoli. The novel follows the story of the two men from their adolescence in the Australian bush to their coming of age on the battlefields of World War I. "Kirkus Reviews" wrote "A standard kit of