Gallipoli Campaign Canakkale"." 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
Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign First Army. Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915. Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 29th Division Royal Naval Division Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 1st Australian Division New Zealand and Australian Division ANZAC Corps Troops Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient 1er Division Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the