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First Krithia Offensive Fails

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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1915

Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton28 April 1915

Cape Helles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Hamilton's first Helles offensive fails to break the Ottoman line despite heavy Allied casualties.

Names involved

Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton

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