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Hace 15 horas · The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-1916 remains one of the most tragic and consequential episodes of World War I, with its impact still felt by the nations involved over a century later. At the heart of this campaign lies the Helles Memorial, a towering obelisk that stands as a testament to the courage and sacrifice of the thousands of Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives on the shores of ...
Hace 5 días · The British decision to launch any activity there was made tentatively, by Asquith’s War Council on 13 January 1915. It was a decision to undertake a (purely naval) attack to ‘bombard and take’ the Gallipoli peninsular, ‘with Constantinople as its objective’.
Hace 2 días · At approximately 6.49am on Saturday May 22, 1915, a troop-train carrying half of the 7th (Leith) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment) (7RS), collided head on with a local passenger train at approximately 6.49am on Saturday, May 22, 1915. The troops had been heading south after being deployed to Gallipoli.
Hace 4 días · The Ottoman XV Corps urgently left the area to defend the Gallipoli Peninsula against an expected Greek amphibious assault, which never materialized. The absence of the corps created an immediate vacuum between Adrianople and Demotika, and the 11th Infantry Division from the Eastern Army's IV Corps was moved there to replace it.
Hace 1 día · The Gallipoli Campaign (April 25, 1915 - January 9, 1916) aimed to secure a sea route to Russia by capturing the Dardanelles and Constantinople, but underest...
Hace 15 horas · He advised on 25 June 1915 against retreat to the Channel Ports, an option contemplated by the Cabinet after the defensive losses at Second Ypres, arguing that it would leave the British "helpless spectators" in France's defeat, and on 26 June, in response to a Churchill memorandum, that attacks on entrenched positions at Gallipoli had been just as costly as on the Western Front, but without ...
Hace 4 días · 2024-05-23 -. The Royal Scots Regimental Association will hold its annual memorial service at Rosebank Cemetery on Saturday to remember all those who lost their lives in the Gretna Rail Disaster in May 1915, the worst rail disaster in the country’s history. At approximately 6.49am on the morning of May 22, 1915 a troop-train carrying half ...
