The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli, took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli

Gallipoli

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 in the Ottoman Empire

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 (in modern day Turkey

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) between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War

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. A joint British

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  and French

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 operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople

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 and secure a sea route to Russia

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. The attempt failed, with heavy casualties on both sides.