Lone Pine (First World War battlefield at Gallipoli)
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Lone Pine was a fiercely contested First World War battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula, renowned for brutal trench fighting between Australian and Ottoman forces in August 1915.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First World War battlefield
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battlefield ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kanlı Sırt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plateau 400 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOperation | August Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualtiesSide |
high Australian casualties
ⓘ
very high Ottoman casualties ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Lone Pine Cemetery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lone Pine Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| countryOfForcesInvolved |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfMajorBattle |
1915-08-06
ⓘ
1915-08-07 ⓘ 1915-08-08 ⓘ 1915-08-09 ⓘ 1915-08-10 ⓘ |
| defendedBy | Ottoman Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 1 kilometre inland from Anzac Cove ⓘ |
| era | 1915 ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | war memorial site ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWarCemetery | Lone Pine Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalName | Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gallipoli Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializes |
Australian soldiers killed at Gallipoli
ⓘ
New Zealand soldiers with no known grave ⓘ |
| namedAfter | solitary pine tree on the ridge ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Battle of Lone Pine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
fierce close-quarters combat
ⓘ
heavy casualties ⓘ |
| offensiveLaunchedBy | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gallipoli campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Anzac positions ⓘ |
| partOfFront | Anzac sector NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfBattle |
Allied capture of Ottoman front-line trenches
ⓘ
continued Ottoman resistance in support trenches ⓘ |
| strategicRole | diversionary attack for August Offensive ⓘ |
| symbolicFor |
Anzac legend
ⓘ
Australian military sacrifice ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
network of trenches
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ridge ⓘ |
| typeOfCombat |
hand-to-hand fighting
ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ |
| visitedOn | Anzac Day commemorations ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.