 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Turkey yakanga yapinda muhondo parutivi rweGermany pana 31 October 1914. Chimwe chezviito zvayo zvokutanga chaiva chokuvhara Dardanelles Straits kuvaAllies. Muna April 1915, mushure mekukundikana kwekuedza kweRoyal Navy kutora Dardanelles, mauto eBritish neANZAC akaburuka muGallipoli peninsula, achitungamirirwa naGeneral Ian Hamilton. Kurwisa kukuru kweBritain kwakanga kuri hondo yokutanga, yechipiri neyechitatu yeKrithiya. Aya aiva nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwekudzivirirwa kweTurkey kwakanangana nekutora zvinangwa zvepakutanga zvaApril 25, 1915. Vose vakakundikana kuita zvavaida. Muna August, kumwe kumhara kwakaitwa paSuvla Bay. Kuburuka kweSuvla kwakasimbiswa nekusvika kweChikamu chegumi kubva kuNew Army yaKitchener, 53rd, 54th yekutanga-mutsara weMatunhu zvikamu uye yeomanry yakadzingwa ye2nd Mounted Division. Chikamu chechi29 chakatamisirwawo kubva kuHelles kuenda kuSuvla nokuda kweimwezve nhamburiko. Kuedza kwokupedzisira kweBritain kumutsidzira kurwisa kwakauya musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu, nekurwisa paScimitar Hill neHill 60. Kudzora makomo aya kungadai kwakabatanidza mauto eAnzac neSuvla, asi hapana hondo yakabudirira. Apo kurwisana paGomo 60 kwakaguma musi wa 29 August, hondo yeSari Bair yakakwirira, uye zvirokwazvo, hondo yepeninsula, yakanga yapera; naJanuary 1916, vaAllies vakanga vabva. 