Dardanelles naval operations

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military operation naval campaign

Dardanelles naval operations were a series of World War I Allied and Ottoman naval engagements in the Dardanelles Strait, primarily aimed at forcing a sea route to Russia and supporting the Gallipoli land campaign.

Aliases (8)

Battle of the Dardanelles ×1
Bombardment of the Dardanelles ×1
Dardanelles Campaign ×1
Dardanelles campaign ×1
Dardanelles naval campaign ×1
Gallipoli operations ×1
Mine warfare in the Dardanelles ×1
Submarine operations in the Dardanelles ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation → naval campaign →
aftermath	Allied evacuation from Gallipoli →
belligerent	Australia → France → New Zealand → Ottoman Empire → Russian Empire → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
commander	Admiral John de Robeck → Admiral Sackville Carden → Admiral Wilhelm Souchon → Cemal Pasha → Winston Churchill →
conflict	World War I →
defensiveForce	Ottoman coastal artillery → Ottoman minefields →
endTime	1916-01 →
goal	force a sea route to Russia → knock the Ottoman Empire out of World War I → support the Gallipoli land campaign →
hasPart	Bombardment of the Dardanelles → Mine warfare in the Dardanelles → Naval attack of 18 March 1915 → Submarine operations in the Dardanelles →
historicalSignificance	demonstrated vulnerability of capital ships to mines and coastal defenses →
involvedVessel	French battleship Bouvet → German battlecruiser Goeben → German light cruiser Breslau → HMS Inflexible NERFINISHED → HMS Irresistible NERFINISHED → HMS Ocean NERFINISHED → HMS Queen Elizabeth → Ottoman minelayer Nusret →
location	Dardanelles Strait → Ottoman Empire →
notableEvent	loss of British battleships HMS Irresistible and HMS Ocean on 18 March 1915 → sinking of French battleship Bouvet on 18 March 1915 →
opponent	Allies of World War I → Central Powers →
partOf	Gallipoli campaign →
relatedTo	Gallipoli landings of April 1915 →
result	Ottoman victory → failure of Allied naval breakthrough →
startTime	1915-02-19 →
strategicTheater	Eastern Mediterranean →
tactic	naval bombardment of shore fortifications → submarine penetration of the straits → use of minefields →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dardanelles naval operations ("Bombardment of the Dardanelles") → Dardanelles naval operations ("Mine warfare in the Dardanelles") → Dardanelles naval operations ("Submarine operations in the Dardanelles") →	hasPart
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) ("Dardanelles Campaign") → HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) ("Gallipoli operations") →	participatedIn
John de Robeck ("Dardanelles naval campaign") →	associatedWith
HMS Indefatigable ("Battle of the Dardanelles") →	battle
Battle of Gallipoli ("Dardanelles campaign") →	partOf
Gallipoli Campaign air operations →	relatedTo