25 April 1915
Anzac Cove: the landing at Gallipoli
On 25 April 1915 British troops land at Cape Helles, and Australian and New Zealand troops land at Anzac Cove. Mustafa Kemal's 19th Division is the reserve. He marches the 57th Regiment to the ridge above the landing on his own initiative and holds the ridge through the day. The order attributed to him, "I do not order you to attack, I order you to die", belongs to this morning.
Australian troops landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915Wikimedia Commons, Published by Brookes, Public domain (Landing of Australian troops at ANZAC Cove, 25 April 1915 slnsw.jpg)
An Ottoman regimental flag at Lone Pine, 1915Wikimedia Commons, Unknown photographer, Ottoman Army, Public domain (Ottoman regimental flag at Kanlisirt.jpg)
Anzac Cove on the morning of 25 April 1915, HMS Bacchante offshoreWikimedia Commons, Photograph by C.E.W. Bean, Public domain (Anzac Cove and HMS Bacchante 25 April 1915.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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