File:Dardanelles defences 1915.png

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Summary

Map of the Dardanelles defences in February and March, 1915. The original lines of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a> are numbered 1 to 10. The 11th line, laid in Erin Keui Bay by the minelayer Nusrat on 8 March, is numbered 11. The anti-submarine nets are shown as dotted lines. Major forts are indicated with blue boxes and the Turkish name and equivalent British number for the fort is given, if known.

Based on a maps from:

  • A Short Military History of World War I - Atlas, edited by T. Dodson Stamps and Vincent J. Esposito, 1950
  • Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide, Phil Taylor & Pam Cupper, 1989
  • Gallipoli, Les Carlyon, 2001.

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current16:12, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:12, 3 January 2017600 × 620 (137 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>Map of the Dardanelles defences in February and March, 1915. The original lines of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a> are numbered 1 to 10. The 11th line, laid in Erin Keui Bay by the minelayer <i>Nusrat</i> on 8 March, is numbered 11. The anti-submarine nets are shown as dotted lines. Major forts are indicated with blue boxes and the Turkish name and equivalent British number for the fort is given, if known. </p> <p>Based on a maps from: </p> <ul> <li> <i>A Short Military History of World War I - Atlas</i>, edited by T. Dodson Stamps and Vincent J. Esposito, 1950</li> <li> <i>Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide</i>, Phil Taylor & Pam Cupper, 1989</li> <li> <i>Gallipoli</i>, Les Carlyon, 2001.</li> </ul>
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