Gallipoli Campaign

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Also Known As	Battle of Cannakkale • Dardanelles Campaign
Date	February 16, 1915 - January 9, 1916
Location	Dardanelles • Turkey
Participants	Australia • France • New Zealand • Ottoman Empire • United Kingdom
Context	World War I

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1915

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February 19, 1915 - March 18, 1915

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Winston Churchill

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Kemal Atatürk

president of Turkey

Sir Ian Hamilton

British general

Fevzi Çakmak

Turkish statesman

Otto Liman von Sanders

German general

Sir Charles Monro

British army officer

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