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Gallipoli Campaign

On 25 April 1915, ANZAC troops landed at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, to fight the Ottoman Empire. Explore this significant First World War Dardanelles campaign, through maps, diaries, paintings, photographs and memorials. SCIS no. 1816212

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Landing at Gallipoli

Landing at Gallipoli

New Zealand troops were part of the Allied invasion force that landed at what soon became known as Anzac Cove. For eight long months New Zealanders, Australians and troops from Britain and France ...

Gallipoli: The New Zealand story

Gallipoli: The New Zealand story

This documentary tells the stories of the New Zealand soldiers who were part of the identity-defining Gallipoli campaign in World War I. In the ill-fated mission to take a piece of Turkish coastlin...

Arrival of the Māori Contingent at Gallipoli

Newspaper article: Feilding Star, 04 September 1915

The Gallipoli campaign

Each year on Anzac Day, New Zealanders (and Australians) mark the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of 25 April 1915. On that day, thousands of young men, far from their homes, stormed the beac...

Revealing Gallipoli

Revealing Gallipoli

A documentary co-produced by the combatant nations who fought together, and against each other, in World War One’s Gallipoli Campaign. “REVEALING GALLIPOLI gives the full story of what happened on...

Landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli

Landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. Photograph taken by L E Tatton. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Landing at Anzac Cove (Dardanells) 25th April 1915....

Headquarters signals at ANZAC Cove

Headquarters for signals at ANZAC Cove

Headquarters Signals at ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey. View of the exterior and interior of the shelter where soldiers can be seen operating electric signaling apparatus. Photographed by an unkno...

Wounded Indian soldiers

Wounded Indian soldiers

Two wounded Indian soldiers [Gurkhas], Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Wounded Indians Quantity: 1 b&w original phot...

Interior of dug-out, Gallipoli

Interior of dug-out, Gallipoli

The interior of Captain Withers dug-out, Gallipoli, Turkey. There is a bed, table, shelves cut out against the walls, and Withers personal belongings. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1...

New Zealanders in a trench, Gallipoli

New Zealanders in a trench, Gallipoli

Soldiers in a trench in Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

The evacuation of Suvla Bay

The evacuation of Suvla Bay, Gallipoli

This watercolour, The evacuation of Suvla Bay, by Geoffrey S. Allfree, depicts a huge explosion and fire seen across water, with the last ship sailing away

The Homecoming from Gallipoli

The Homecoming from Gallipoli

On 9 January 1916, the eight month long Gallipoli Campaign finally ended with the evacuation of the last British troops from the area. Aiming to secure a sea route to Russia and to capture the Otto...

'The spirit of his fathers'

'The spirit of his fathers'

A cartoon of a Māori soldier at Gallipoli attacking two Turkish soldiers.

The coast north of Anzac Cove

The coast north of Anzac Cove

A painting showing the coastline of Gallipoli north of Anzac Cove.

Gallipoli invasion map

Gallipoli invasion map

Map showing Ottoman defences of the Dardanelles and Allied invasion of Gallipoli, Mar-Apr 1915

View of Anzac Cove

View of Anzac Cove

View of the beach at Anzac Cove, Turkey, during World War I, taken ca 1915 by an unidentified photographer. Shows crates stacked up on the beach and bivouacs. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath im...

The letters ANZAC soldiers sent from Gallipoli

The letters ANZAC soldiers sent from Gallipoli

Glyn Harper is a military historian and author who has collected and read hundreds of letters sent home by New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli.. His book Jim's Letters is for children, and based...

Children of Gallipoli

Children of Gallipoli

Children of Gallipoli offered viewers another angle on the Gallipoli story. Produced for TVNZ and Turkish television, the documentary focuses on four young people, two Turks and two New Zealanders....

The New Zealanders on Gallipoli

A 1915 article on how the New Zealanders were surviving at Gallipoli.

Anzac poster

This New Zealand First World War poster features a summary of the Anzac's achievements up to August 1916. The text is as follows: 'A.N.Z.A.C. It needed a new word to adequately mark the historic ra...

War story: George Bollinger

War story: George Bollinger

George Bollinger was a young man from Taranaki who fought in the First World War.

Roll of honour

Portraits of New Zealand soldiers killed, wounded, or missing at Gallipoli.

Māori at Gallipoli

Māori at Gallipoli

Te Papa curator Puawai Cairns has been researching the stories of Maori men at Gallipoli. She discusses their reasons for volunteering, what happened to them and reuniting families with the stories...

Rifle, short, magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE), Mark 1

Rifle, short, magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE), Mark 1

Letters from the front (Tuapeka Times 17-11-1915)

Letters from the front (Tuapeka Times 17-11-1915)

A letter by David Christie to his sister from his dugout on Gallipoli.

As you sit there

Gallipoli cartoon: As you sit there

Gallipoli cartoon by Tom Scott.

Atatürk memorial

Atatürk memorial

New Zealand has numerous First World War memorials. Many record deaths at Gallipoli Peninsula, the site of the unsuccessful invasion of Turkey in April 1915 which caused heavy losses on both sides....

Dug-out shelters

Dug-out shelters

Look closely at this photograph and you will see that the dugout and its surrounds are partly covered with snow. On 27 November there had been a severe storm with thunder and hail, and this was fol...

WWI Gallipoli veteran to sleep through centenary

A tortoise called Torty in New Zealand is the only living survivor of the Gallipoli campaign.

Gallipoli centenary: Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day

A series of events on Saturday marked the centenary of the Allied attack on the Gallipoli peninsula.

20 Remarkable photos from Gallipoli

A selection of photographs taken during the Gallipoli campaign.

Gallipoli: Soldiers letters from hell

The Anzac battles fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula are documented here by ordinary soldiers through their letters.

Gallipoli centenary marked with feelings of sadness and pride

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders pay their respects at Gallipoli.

Explore Gallipoli

An app that lets you follow in the footsteps of the Anzacs and guides you through the Gallipoli campaign.

See Gallipoli then and now

Explore these interactive photos to see how the Gallipoli battlefield looked - in 1915 and now.

The 2779 Kiwi Anzacs who gave their lives at Gallipoli

Of the 14,000 New Zealanders who served on Gallipoli, 2779 would be forever bonded by the statistic of death.

Battle at Gallipoli 1915

Witness history through the eyes of the people who lived it.

The Gallipoli series: Sidney Nolan’s artwork

Sidney Nolan’s artwork explores the connections between Troy and Gallipoli battlefields.

Māori Contingent Gallipoli

Māori Contingent Gallipoli

This photo was taken before the attack on Sari Bair on the 6 August. The Māori Contingent led by Captain Pirimi Tahiwi and Captain Roger Dansey, aimed to capture the three key points of Chunuk Bair...

New Zealand Patriotic Society combined schools' concert

New Zealand Patriotic Society combined schools' concert

Support for New Zealand troops at Gallipoli extended to fundraising by school children, as this concert cover shows. This concert involved 810 Wellington children, who were selected from 23 local s...

New Zealand machine gunner

New Zealand machine gunner

Working from a dug out these two soldiers have very little to protect themselves. The men are wearing New Zealand infantry uniforms with the lightweight head gear made of cork or dried pith, covere...

Troopship and boats of soldiers, Gallipoli

Troopship and boats of soldiers, Gallipoli

On the night of 24 April, warships sailed from Mudros Harbour on Lemnos Island, packed with troops for the Gallipoli landings. Anzac troops were to land at Gaba Tepe, halfway up the peninsula. Brit...

Two soldiers guarding water tanks

Two soldiers guarding water tanks

One of the major shortages at Gallipoli was water, which had to be shipped in from the island of Lemnos and further afield from Malta. The shortage resulted from a lack of flowing creeks and rivers...

Making the feathers fly

1915 cartoon: Making the feathers fly

New Zealand, symbolised by a kiwi, spears three turkeys (symbolising Turks) with its beak (kebab-style). This symbolically refers to the fine spirit and determination demonstrated by New Zealand so...

View in Russell's top trenches

View in Russell's top trenches

This is a view along the inside of Anzac trenches on Russell's Top, Gallipoli. Trenches at Gallipoli were often crude compared to the sophisticated trench systems that operated on the Western Front...

Periscope rifle, Gallipoli

Periscope rifle, Gallipoli

With ‘necessity’ often referred to as ‘the Mother of invention’ it is not surprising that by May 1915 the periscope rifle had been designed. With the enemy at times within 6 metres, men were being ...

Wounded soldiers, Gallipoli

Wounded soldiers, Gallipoli

These wounded soldiers were photographed on a hillside above Anzac Cove on 7 August. They would be waiting to be taken down to the field hospitals at the beach. You can see white squares of cloth o...

It's first anniversary. Can we ever forget it?

It's first anniversary. Can we ever forget it?

Shows two women wearing helmets, swords and togas (Australia and New Zealand). They have their arms around each other and one of them (New Zealand) is placing a wreath on an ANZAC memorial. Refers ...

A Gallipoli souvenir

A Gallipoli souvenir

This postcard reproduces a poem Bravo Anzacs. With words in the poem like; fame, glory, valiant, praises, loyal, brave, noble, and hero it sounds like Australia and New Zealand troops were victorio...

Gallipoli study

Gallipoli study

Archaeologists have made some surprising discoveries in the first-ever joint Australian, Turkish and New Zealand survey of the Anzac battlefield. The findings include 12 cemeteries, concrete bounda...

First World War: Gallipoli and the war against Turkey

Egyptian interlude While the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) crossed the Indian Ocean, the Ottoman Empire (a multi-nation empire in which Turks and Arabs were the largest groups) entered the...

Gallipoli, battle of Canakkale

Presents a series of photographs covering of New Zealanders at Gallipoli.

Gallipoli campaign

Infographic that investigates the Gallipoli campaign.

The Story of Gallipoli

An interactive that tells the story of Gallipoli.

The Turkish view of the Gallipoli campaign

Covers the history of the Gallipoli campaign, from a Turkish perspective.

Gallipoli: The landing on 25 April 1915

An interactive of the key events throughout the landing on 25 April 1915.

Kiwis at war - Gallipoli

Explore the stories behind our New Zealand war history including examples from Gallipoli.

Gallipoli landings - Anzac day

Dan Snow visits Gallipoli to mark 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli.

A New view of the battle of Gallipoli

The Turks are now rethinking their historic victory in the terrible battle.

Leaving Gallipoli

The New Zealand series War News transports viewers to Gallipoli by embedding a TV current affairs team.

Gallipoli: The New Zealand story

Video about Gallipoli as experienced by New Zealand soldiers.

Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War

This ground-breaking exhibition tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign in World War I.

How many New Zealanders served on Gallipoli?

For almost 100 years we've significantly underestimated the number of men who served at Gallipoli.

Gallipoli, the Turkish view

New Zealanders were 'pawns in a very dirty British game'.

The history of Anzac Day

Presents websites that give you more information about the Gallipoli campaign.

Rewriting Gallipoli

A Turkish perspective of Gallipoli.

Gallipoli campaign

Gallipoli campaign

Many Answers has information about the ANZACs and Anzac Day.

Turkish prisoner of war, Gallipoli, Turkey

Turkish prisoner of war, Gallipoli, Turkey

A group of Turkish prisoners of war watched over by two New Zealand soldiers. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - right of image - Prisoners Quantity: 1 b...

Find more information about the Gallipoli campaign on EPIC. Databases recommended: Australia New Zealand Reference Centre Plus, New Zealand Geographic Online and The New Zealand History Collection.

The Daily Telegraph war map of the Gallipoli Peninsula

The Daily Telegraph war map of the Gallipoli Peninsula

A map of the Gallipoli peninsula showing areas where ANZAC troops were entrenched

Remembering Armistice – Soldier's perspective

Remembering Armistice – Soldier's perspective

After four terrible years, the First World War finally came to an end on 11 November 1918. For the more than 50,000 New Zealanders serving overseas at the time, news of the end of the war was met w...

Great War Stories 1 - Rikihana Carkeek

Great War Stories 1 - Rikihana Carkeek

This edition of a series of TV3 shorts retelling Kiwi World War I stories follows Māori soldier Rikihana Carkeek into war. The 24-year-old Te Aute College old boy was working as a clerk in Wellingt...

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