单词 | gallipoli campaign |
释义 | > as lemmasGallipoli campaign 1. attributive. Designating a campaign of the First World War which took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in 1915–16; esp. in Gallipoli campaign. Also: involved in or relating to this campaign.The campaign was an unsuccessful Allied attempt to gain control of the Dardanelles and subsequently capture Constantinople (Istanbul). The Allied army included a large contingent of troops from Australia and New Zealand (cf. Anzac n.). After eight months of inconclusive fighting and many thousands of casualties on both sides, the Allies withdrew. ΚΠ 1915 Times 24 Feb. 5/2 (headline) The Gallipoli expedition. 1919 W. J. Denny Diggers 5 Every Australian officer and soldier who took part in the Gallipoli campaign shall wear a brass letter ‘A’. 1952 J. R. Tyrrell Old Bks., Old Friends, Old Sydney 69 An old Gallipoli Digger..recalls seeing him hunched down on his heels..over a small fire in a trench at Anzac, cooking gruel. 1976 Amer. Hist. Rev. 81 866/1 Churchill returned to the corridors of power after the Gallipoli disaster. 2003 R. Harries After Evil i. 9 Those who survived the terrible carnage of the Gallipoli campaign..were very reluctant to talk about their devastating experience. < as lemmas |
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