Battle

naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

19 Feb 1915 – 18 Mar 1915 · 40.20° N, 26.40° E

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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

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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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