What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1915 – 13 Aug 1915
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.08° N, 26.20° E
- Description
- 1915 battle
- War
- World War I
Battles of Krithia
1915 WWI battles in Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
During the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, several battles were fought near the village of Krithia, today Alçıtepe. The village was an objective of the first day of the landing, 25 April 1915. Over the following months, invading British Empire and French troops, who had landed near Cape Helles at the end of the peninsula, made several attempts to capture the village.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “6-8 mai, 4 juin : les Alliés échouent à prendre Krithia après une série de combats”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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