Gallipoli & ANZAC Commemorative Events

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Dean of Westminster Dr John Hall escorts Queen Elizabeth II as she leaves the Service of Commemoration at Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli and Anzac campaigns at Westminster Abbey on April 25, 2015 in London, England. The Gallipoli land campaign, in which a combined Allied force of British, French, Australian, New Zealand and Indian troops sought to occupy the Gallipoli Peninsula and the strategic Dardanelles Strait during World War I, began on April 25, 1915 against Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire. The Allies, unable to advance more than a few kilometers, withdrew after eight months. The campaign cost the Allies approximately 50,000 killed and up to 200,000 wounded, the Ottomans approximately 85,000 killed and 160,000 wounded. (Photo by Hannah McKay-WPA Pool/Getty Images)