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In Australia and New Zealand, Gallipoli is the name given to the Allied campaign on the Peninsula during World War I, usually known in Britain as the Dardanelles Campaign and in Turkey as the Battle of Çanakkale. This was an attempt to push through the Dardanelles and capture Constantinople. On April 25, 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at a small bay at the western end of the Peninsula (today officially called Anzac Cove). The campaign ended in stalemate with the Anzacs being evacuated on December 19December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining. Events 1732 Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack 1777 George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge,, 1915. There were around 180,000 Allied casualties and 220,000 Turkish casualties. This campaign has become a " founding mythFounding myths are a subclass of the general category of mythical events. Nearly every nation-state has some kind of founding myth—be it a liberating war of independence, peaceful transition from colony to independent nation state or semi-divine original" for both Australia and New Zealand, and Anzac Day is still commemorated as a holiday in both countries. Many mementos of the Gallipoli campaign can be seen in the museum at the Australian War MemorialThe Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died in the wars of the modern state of Australia. The Memorial is located in Australia's capital, Canberra. It is th in CanberraFor other meanings see Canberra (disambiguation). Canberra (pronounced CAN-bruh) is Australia's capital city and largest inland city, though only the 7th largest overall in the country. It is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
The Gallipoli campaign also gave an important boost to the career of Mustafa Kemal, a little known army commander who exceeded his authority and contravened orders in order to halt the Allied advance and eventually drive them back. Mustafa Kemal, who eventually changed his name to Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal Ataturk ( March 12, 1881 November 10, 1938), Turkish soldier and statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. He was born in the Ottoman city of Selanik (previously and currently called Thessaloniki in Greece), w, became the founder of the modern Turkish state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Gallipoli is also a small city in the province of Lecce in Southern Italy.
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