1. T HE B ATTLE O F G ALLIPOLI By: Kaitlyn Kenna

2. W HERE ? A ND W HEN ? Gallipoli Peninsula of Turkey April 1915 to December 1915

3. T HE D ETAILS The allies struggled to take the peninsula Included ground and navel attacks

4. T HE C OUNTRIES I NVOLVED … Allies…Central Powers…

5. H OW I T F INALLY E NDED Ottoman Turkish Empire victory Allies = 44,000 dead and 97,000 wounded Central Powers = 87,000 dead and 165,000 wounded

6. A SHBAH The ghosts of American soldiers wander the streets of Balad by night, unsure of their way home, exhausted, the desert wind blowing trash down the narrow alleys as a voice sounds from the minaret, a soulfull call reminding them how alone they are, how lost. And the Iraqi dead, they watch in silence from rooftops as date palms line the shore in silhouette, leaning toward Mecca when the dawn wind blows.

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