Order of battle for the Gallipoli campaign

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Australian soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915

This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915.

Allied forces

Initial landings, 25 April 1915

August 1915

Naval forces

Ottoman forces

Initial landing, 25 April 1915

Ottoman dispositions, April 1915

Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the command of First Army.[5]

August 1915

Naval forces

  • U-21
  • Transport (sunk 27 April 1915)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Travers 2001, p. 270.
  2. ^ Gilbert 2013, p. 43.
  3. ^ Travers 2001, pp. 271–273.
  4. ^ a b Gilbert 2013, p. 44.
  5. ^ a b Erickson 2001, p. 86.
  6. ^ Erickson 2001, p. 109.

References

  • Erickson, Edward J. (2001) [2000]. Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0-313-31516-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gilbert, Greg (2013). "Air War Over the Dardanelles". Wartime (61). Canberra: Australian War Memorial: 42–47. ISSN 1328-2727. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Travers, Tim (2001). Gallipoli 1915. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 075242551X. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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