The Australian Troops landed at Gallipoli on 24th of April 1915, and started war on the 25th April 1915 at 2:30am and ended the Australian troops were evacuated on the 20th of December and the battle finished on 9th January 1916. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/battle-of-gallipoli The Gallipoli Campaign started because when there was a failed naval attack from British and French ships Dardanelles Straits in March-February 1915 and then continued with a major land invasion on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25th April involving the British and French troops as well as the divisions Australian and New Zealand troops (ANZAC) http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/battle-of-gallipoli. The countries that were involved were Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Turkey, France and Europe. The aim of the battle was to strike across the Gallipoli …show more content…
It began as a naval campaign, with British battleships sent to attack Constantinople. This failed when the warships were unable to force a way through the straits known as the Dardanelles. The loss of life was a tragic loss, Australia lost a total of 8709 dead, 19441 injured, New Zealand with a total of 2701 dead and 4852 injured, Britain with 21255 dead and 52230 injured with France there was a uncertain number of 10000 dead and 17000 injured, and an uncertain number of 86000 dead a and 128000 injured for