Battle

Landing at Suvla Bay

6 Aug 1915 – 15 Aug 1915 · 40.31° N, 26.23° E

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When
6 Aug 1915 – 15 Aug 1915
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
40.31° N, 26.23° E
Description
1915 Landing Operation in Gallipoli Campaign
War
World War I

Landing at Suvla Bay

1915 World War I amphibious landing

The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire as part of the August Offensive, the final British attempt to break the deadlock of the Battle of Gallipoli. The landing, which commenced on the night of 6 August 1915, was intended to support a breakout from the ANZAC sector, five miles (8 km) to the south.

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