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April 25 in Military HistoryToday

ANZAC troops landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, the beginning of the eight-month campaign

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British, Australian, New Zealand, and French forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Ottoman Turkey, attempting to seize the Dardanelles straits. The ANZAC troops landed at what became known as Anzac Cove, facing fierce resistance from Ottoman defenders under Mustafa Kemal. The eight-month campaign cost over 250,000 Allied casualties.

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