Gallipoli WWI Battlefields Turkey Military History of the Dardanelles Campaign

20—27 May 2022

Military Historical Tours is proud to offer another in our series of historic tours of the world. We are happy to join in London for an outstanding tour of Turkey. After arriving in Istanbul we proceed to the historic sites of the Dardanelles Campaign, including the epic Battle of Gallipoli. During World War I, a joint British and French operation was mounted to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. We will see why the attempt failed, with heavy casualties on all sides.

The Gallipoli campaign resonated profoundly among all nations involved. In Turkey, the battle is perceived as a defining moment in the history of the Turkish people—a final surge in the defense of the motherland as the centuries-old Ottoman Empire was crumbling. The struggle laid the grounds for the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey eight years later under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, himself the a commander at Gallipoli whose heroic leadership and astute military actions were decisive.

The campaign was the first major battle undertaken by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), and is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in both of these countries. Upon returning to Istanbul we see the amazing sites of Constantinople as it was called dur- ing the Roman Empire.

All of these things, along with the fun loving participants who make this tour so special plus the most experienced staff of Tour Leaders and Historians combine to make your trip the most enjoyable, entertaining and education- al experience possible. We welcome your phone calls, letters or e-mails to discuss your tour with one of our Battlefield Consultant. Call us at 703-590- 1295 M-F 10AM- 5PM.

Ground Tour Price $ 1,850^ ^ - Based on double Occupancy Single Room Supplement $ 395

Tour Price Includes:

• Roundtrip air to Istanbul from London. Top: The Sphinx landmark today overlooks the landing beaches • Hotel Accommodations: Six Nights in the 3-Star and dawn ceremony site. Below: The Australian 3rd Infantry Kum Hotel & 4-Star Grand Hotel Halic or Crown Brigade climbs under fire towards Plugge’s Plateau with the Plaza Istanbul Old City. Sphinx in the distance in the famous Lambert painting. • Air-conditioned motorcoach • Meals (Breakfasts Daily (6) & 5 Dinners • Trip Kit containing tour ball cap, bag tags, name badge and travel info • Admission fees to all sites, museums and special attractions listed • Services of experienced WWI Battlefield Guide & Tour Leader AIRFARE TO LONDON (Heathrow) NOT IN- CLUDED: MHT can book you from your home city roundtrip to London via our Air- line Partners from anywhere in the U.S. and

is available upon request. Tour Itinerary

Day 1 - Travel Departure from USA airports for overnight flight to early morning arrival at London (Heathrow) for our flight to Istanbul, Turkey.

Day 2 - Arrival in London, Departure for Istanbul Fly to Istanbul where you will be met and transferred to your overnight hotel.

Day 3 - Gabatepe & Helles Memorial Early departure for the journey to Gallipoli. We have lunch in the town of Gallipoli, overlooking the Darda- nelles. Following check-in at our hotel where we stay for five nights, we visit the Helles Memorial to the Missing, where the vast majority of those who fell in ends on the New Zealand battlefield at Chunuk Bair, 1915 are commemorated. We also see the Turkish gun seeing preserved Turkish trenches. Meals: (B/D) battery guarding the straits. Meals: (Breakfast-B/D) Day 6 - Suvla Bay – Shell Green

Day 4 - British Landings Cape Helles – Krithia In the morning we go up to beautiful Suvla Bay, where We begin our look at Gallipoli by focussing on the land- some of the first British ‘Pals’ battalions came into ac- ings on 25th April 1915. We start on the British sector, tion in August 1915. Here we study the landings and seeing where the River Clyde landed the men of the also look at the history of the ‘Lost Battalion’, the 1/5th 29th Division on V Beach, Seddul Bair, and the nearby Norfolks: the men from the Sandringham Royal Estate V Beach Cemetery. We then move on to Lancashire who disappeared during the fighting at Suvla. We also Landing, where the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers won six visit the new Suvla Bay Museum in Anafarta. A picnic V.C.s before breakfast. (This visit requires some walk- lunch will be available. In the afternoon we return to ing as the roads to ANZAC and see the peaceful the beach are not ac- Shrapnel Valley Cemetery and cessible by coach.) take a walk up to Shell Green At X Beach we see where the Australians played a where HMS Implaca- game of cricket in full view of the Turks. Meals: (B/D) ble landed 2nd Royal Fusiliers, and have a Day 7 - Channakale – Troy picnic lunch before We cross the Dardanelles to we look at the visit Channakale, seeing the ground fought over military cemetery, with free by the British in the time for some shopping and second phase of the lunch. In the afternoon we campaign. travel to Troy, visiting the site Meals: (B/D) of the siege and seeing the ar-

Day 5 - ANZAC chaeological re- Beach – Lone Pine mains, before re- Continuing with our look at the 25th April turning to Gallip- landings we move north to ANZAC, oli. We also see where the Australians and New Zealanders the impressive landed. We visit ANZAC itself, spending Turkish Mono- lith. Meals: (B/D) the morning walking along the landing beach and seeing the battlefield and near- Day 8 - Depar- by military cemeteries. Picnic lunch at ture Lone Pine, where we look at the Australi- Fly back to the an attack and see the Lone Pine Memorial UK from Istanbul and Cemetery. We see where Albert Jacka to London became the first Australian to win the V.C. (Heathrow) for in WWI, and go to the Nek, where the your connecting Australian Light Horse suffered heavily in back to the USA. the August offensives – as graphically il- Meals: (B) lustrated in the film ‘Gallipoli’. The day

Above: Group at ANZAC Cove - Today. Top Right: The ANZAC Memorial Right: The Machine Gun was used with devastating effect by both sides at Gallipoli Left: ANZAC Cove during the 1915 Landings.