ANZAC DAY FAST FACTS

ANZAC DAY FAST FACTS

WHAT HAPPEND AT GALLIPOLI

At dawn on 25 April 1915, Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Ottoman Turkey. The Gallipoli campaign was the land-based element of a strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople (now Istanbul) and ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. 

WHY DID AUSTRALIA FIGHT IN GALLIPOLI 

The Gallipoli campaign was intended to force Germany's ally, Turkey, out of the war. It began as a naval campaign, with British battleships sent to attack Constantinople (now Istanbul). ... This would eliminate the Turkish land and shore defenses and open up the Dardanelles for the passage of the navy.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED IN GALLIPOLI 

The Gallipoli campaign was a costly failure for the Allies, with an estimated 27,000 French, and 115,000 British and dominion troops (Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Newfoundland) killed or wounded. Over half these casualties (73,485) were British and Irish troops.