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#OTD in #WW1 The landings at #SuvlaBay were an absolute shambles; here they are in painful detail #Gallipoli

This post is about the events of today on Gallipoli, at Suvla Bay. For the Battle of Sari Bair at ANZAC Cove, see this post. Landings at Suvla The sun rises. According to the plan, IX Corps should already have captured Chocolate Hill. They should then be using this position to take the W Hills this morning, and be well on the way to Kiretch Tepe and Tekke Tepe by the afternoon. They’re opposed…