On this day in 1916 – Gallipoli Campaign ends

110 years ago today, the Battle of Gallipoli came to an end, as Allied forces completed their evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula in eastern Turkey. The campaign, intended to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the First World War and open a sea route to Russia, instead became one of the most catastrophic defeats suffered by Britain and its allies. More than 60,000 allied soldiers, including roughly 10,000 Australians, died, and the disaster forced Winston Churchill to resign from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty.