Second Battle of Krithia

Quand

6 mai 1915 – 8 mai 1915

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

40.08° N, 26.20° E

Location

Krithia, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire

Outcome

Ottoman victory

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire contre British Empire, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, France

Battle of the Gallipoli Campaign in WWI

The Second Battle of Krithia continued the Allies' attempts to advance on the Helles battlefield during the Battle of Gallipoli of the First World War. The village of Krithia and neighbouring hill of Achi Baba had to be captured in order for the British to advance up the Gallipoli peninsula to the forts that controlled passage of the Dardanelles straits.

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