Gallipoli Campaign: Overlay Images Show The First World War Battlefield Then and Today

The Gallipoli Campaign (Battle of Gallipoli) was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. It was carried out between 25th April 1915 and 9th January 1916 on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. The doomed campaign was thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating a new war front that the Ottomans could not cope with.

The campaign was one of the greatest Ottoman victories during the war. In Turkey, it is regarded as a defining moment in the nation's history: a final surge in the defence of the motherland as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. The campaign is often considered as marking the birth of national consciousness in Australia and New Zealand and the date of the landing, 25 April, is known as "Anzac Day" which is the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in those two countries, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day).

This digital composite image shows British troops advancing up a hillside on the Gallipoli Peninsula on August 6, 2015 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and a hillside at Suvla Bay, where the British August, 1915, offensive took place, on August 7, 2015 at Suvla Bay, Turkey. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This digital composite images shows troops landing at Anzac Cove during the Gallipoli campaign (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and Anzac Cove on April 7, 2015. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This digital composite image shows Australian infantrymen sitting on a transport boat as they head towards the beach at the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in 1915 (Photo by Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection) and the Aegean Sea as seen from Anzac cove on April 7,2015 near Eceabat, Turkey. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This digital composite image shows Australian soldiers, including many wounded, at Anzac cove on the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images) and Anzac cove on April 9, 2015 (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This digital composite image shows a British 60-pounder heavy field gun in action on a cliff top at Helles Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey, during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 (Photo by Ernest Brooks/Getty Images) and a meadow at Helles Bay on April 7, 2015. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This digital composite image shows British troops of the IX Corps on the beach after landing at Suvla Bay on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula, August 1915. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) and the beach at Suvla Bay on April 8, 2015 (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)