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Gallipoli in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Gallipoli in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels2 people1915–1915

Historical events in Gallipoli

1915

1915
Gallipoli Defence System Reorganised
Otto Liman von Sanders · World War, 1st

Liman von Sanders redistributes Ottoman formations and prepares mobile reserves against expected Allied landings.

24 March 1915
Ottoman Fifth Army Command Assumed
Otto Liman von Sanders · World War, 1st

Liman von Sanders takes command of the Ottoman Fifth Army responsible for defending Gallipoli.

April 1915
Fifth Army Defence Sectors Assigned
Otto Liman von Sanders · World War, 1st

Liman von Sanders assigns divisions to protect Bulair, the peninsula and the Asian shore.

7 August 1915
Ottoman Ninth Division Alerted to Suvla Landing
Hans Kannengiesser · World War, 1st

Kannengiesser receives warning that Allied troops have landed north of Ari Burnu and moves to assess the Suvla threat.

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