landings at Cape Helles

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amphibious assault battle of the Gallipoli campaign military operation

The landings at Cape Helles were a major Allied amphibious assault by British and French forces on the southern tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula during the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign in World War I.

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Gallipoli landings 1915	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amphibious assault ⓘ battle of the Gallipoli campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
belligerent	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire ⓘ France ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignGoal	knock Ottoman Empire out of World War I ⓘ
commander	Aylmer Hunter-Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sackville Carden NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date	25 April 1915 ⓘ
front	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedUnit	29th Division (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ French Oriental Expeditionary Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Naval Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish 26th Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish 9th Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Cape Helles NERFINISHED ⓘ southern tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
notableLandingBeaches	S Beach GENERATED ⓘ V Beach GENERATED ⓘ W Beach GENERATED ⓘ X Beach GENERATED ⓘ Y Beach GENERATED ⓘ
objective	capture the forts guarding the Dardanelles Strait ⓘ secure the southern part of the Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
opposingCommander	Esad Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Liman von Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingForce	Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Allied attempt to force the Dardanelles Strait ⓘ Dardanelles Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallipoli campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Gallipoli Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Anzac Cove landings NERFINISHED ⓘ naval operations in the Dardanelles ⓘ
result	Allied failure to achieve objectives ⓘ Ottoman defensive victory ⓘ
startDate	25 April 1915 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of sea route from Mediterranean to Black Sea ⓘ
tactics	preliminary naval bombardment followed by infantry landings ⓘ
theatre	Dardanelles NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOperation	amphibious landing ⓘ

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