The Gallipoli Campaign, a costly and ultimately unsuccessful Allied operation during World War I, involved amphibious landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Ottoman Turkey, aiming to secure the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople, but resulted in heavy casualties and a strategic failure
The campaign’s primary goal was to force the Dardanelles Strait, capture Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. After eight months of fighting, the Allied forces were evacuated from the Gallipoli Peninsula in January 1916.
The Gallipoli campaign remains a significant event in the history of World War I, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, where it is remembered as a defining moment in their national identity.