Gallipoli explained: video guides to the campaign’s defining moments

The Gallipoli Association has produced a series of short films explaining the key operations of the Dardanelles campaign. Three are available so far.

The first covers the Anzac landing at Gaba Tepe on the morning of 25 April 1915 — the dawn approach, the Ottoman defenders waiting on the heights above, and the opening hours of a fight that would last eight months.

The second covers the British landing at Cape Helles on the same morning — the naval bombardment, the troops going ashore at the five landing beaches, and the resistance they met from Ottoman riflemen entrenched along the cliffs.

The third covers the August offensive — the renewed Allied effort to break the deadlock, including the landing at Suvla Bay and the fighting on the Sari Bair range.

The films are clear, well-paced introductions for anyone coming to the campaign for the first time, and useful refreshers for those who know it well.

A day that shaped nations: the Anzac landing

Cape Helles: the impossible landing

The August offensive

The Gallipoli Association is the foremost organisation for the study and remembrance of the campaign. Membership starts from £20 per year: gallipoli-association.org.