In an attempt to capture the strategic Dardanelles Straits from Turkey, Allied troops (including French, British, Australian, and New Zealand forces) land at Gallipoli. Despite earlier bombardment by British naval forces, Turkish troops under Mustafa Kemal hold firm through nine months of brutal fighting, with 50,000 Allied casualties and 250,000 Turkish soldiers killed or wounded.

25 Apr.

In an attempt to capture the strategic Dardanelles Straits from Turkey, Allied troops (including French, British, Australian, and New Zealand forces) land Gallipoli. Despite earlier bombardment by British naval forces, Turkish troops under Mustafa Kemal hold firm through nine months of brutal fighting, with 50,000 Allied casualties and 250,000 Turkish soldiers killed or wounded.

26 Apr.

In London, Russia, Great Britain, and France conclude a series of secret treaties that establish a plan for dividing the postwar spoils. England is to receive most of Germany's colonial holdings; Russia is to have Poland and Constantinople; and France...