dardanelles in English

noun
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a narrow strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey (called the Hellespont in classical times) that links the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea. It is 38 miles (60 km) long. In 1915, it was the scene of an unsuccessful attack on Turkey by Allied troops (see Gallipoli ).

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1. An ancient city of northwest Asia Minor near the Dardanelles River.

2. A sea of northwest Turkey between Europe and Asia SeaAegean Sea through the Dardanelles.

3. The ship sailed from the Black Sea, through Bosphorus , Dardanelles Straits and into the Mediterranean.

4. As First Lord of the Admiralty , Churchill was involved in the Dardanelles campaign in 19

5. Bombardes au Mont-Saint-Michel‎ (10 F) Boxted Bombard‎ (1 F) D Dardanelles Gun‎ (3 F)

6. Strategically important from antiquity, the Dardanelles was defended by Troy from its position on the Asian side.

7. Graham Clews’s first book was Churchill’s Dilemma: The Real Story Behind the Origins of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign (2010)

8. Anzac and other Allied forces tried to take control of a narrow passage of water called the Dardanelles Strait

9. Birkenhead said it was the most difficult decision since the evacuation of the Dardanelles, but that did not help much.

10. Inflexible bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles in 1915, but was damaged by return fire and struck a mine while maneuvering.

11. Thracian Chersonese, ancient region comprising the modern Gallipoli Peninsula, located on the European side of the Hellespont (the Dardanelles, in modern Turkey)

12. Anzac, combined corps that served with distinction in World War I during the ill-fated 1915 Gallipoli Campaign, an attempt to capture the Dardanelles from Turkey

13. From the Troian War to the 1915 Dardanelles (Çanakkale) battles of the First World War, the motive for Belligerencies always remained the same: controlling the Peninsula, a channel-gate and a bridge-heat in one

14. From the Troian War to the 1915 Dardanelles (Çanakkale) battles of the First World War, the motive for Belligerencies always remained the same: controlling the Peninsula, a channel-gate and a bridge-heat in one