Umkhankaso waseGallipoli waba nini?
Context:Umkhankaso waseGallipoli[a] kwakuwumkhankaso wezempi eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala owawubanjelwe enhlonhlweni yaseGallipoli (Gelibolu eTurkey yanamuhla), kusukela ngoFebhuwari 19, 1915 kuya kuJanuwari 9, 1916. Amandla e-Entente, iBrithani, iFrance kanye noMbuso WaseRussia, azama ukwenza buthakathaka uMbuso Wase-Ottoman, ongomunye Wamazwe Aphakathi, ngokulawula izifufula zase-Ottoman. Lokhu kwakuyobangela ukuba inhloko - dolobha yama - Ottoman eConstantinople ihlatshwe amabutho e - Allied ngemikhumbi yempi futhi inqanyulwe engxenyeni yase - Asia yombuso. Njengoba iTurkey yayisinqotshiwe, iSuez Canal yayiyoba ephephile futhi umzila wokuthumela izimpahla zeZizwe Ezihlangene unyaka wonke wawungavulwa ngeLwandle Olumnyama uye emachwebeni aseRussia anamanzi afudumele.
Umkhankaso waseGallipoli wenziwa kusukela ngoFebruary 19, 1915 kuya kuJanuary 9, 1916.