<P> The Gallipoli Campaign , also known as the Dardanelles Campaign , the Battle of Gallipoli , or the Battle of Çanakkale ( Turkish : Çanakkale Savaşı ) , was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula ( Gelibolu in modern Turkey ) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916 . The peninsula forms the northern bank of the Dardanelles , a strait that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire , one of the Allied powers during the war . Intending to secure it , Russia 's allies , Britain and France , launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula , with the aim of capturing the Ottoman capital of Constantinople ( modern Istanbul ) . The naval attack was repelled and after eight months ' fighting , with many casualties on both sides , the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn to Egypt . </P>
<P> The Gallipoli Campaign , also known as the Dardanelles Campaign , the Battle of Gallipoli , or the Battle of Çanakkale ( Turkish : Çanakkale Savaşı ) , was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula ( Gelibolu in modern Turkey ) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916 . The peninsula forms the northern bank of the Dardanelles , a strait that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire , one of the Allied powers during the war . Intending to secure it , Russia 's allies , Britain and France , launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula , with the aim of capturing the Ottoman capital of Constantinople ( modern Istanbul ) . The naval attack was repelled and after eight months ' fighting , with many casualties on both sides , the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn to Egypt . </P>
when did the battle of gallipoli start and end
when did the battle of gallipoli start and end
between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916
between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916