What the records say
- When
- 19 Feb 1915 – 18 Mar 1915
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.20° N, 26.40° E
- Description
- 1915 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War I
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign
Took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War
The naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign took place against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Ships of the Royal Navy, French Marine nationale, Imperial Russian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, attempted to force a passage through the Dardanelles Straits, a narrow, 41-mile-long (66 km) waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea further north.
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