Suvla Bay

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The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire as part of the August Offensive, the final British attempt to break the deadlock of the Battle of Gallipoli. The landing, which commenced on the night of 6 August 1915, was intended to support a breakout from the Anzac sector, five miles (8 km) to the south.

Despite facing light opposition, the landing at Suvla was mismanaged from the outset and quickly reached the same stalemate conditions that prevailed on the Anzac and Helles fronts. On 15 August, after a week of indecision and inactivity, the British commander at Suvla, Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stopford was dismissed. His performance in command was one of the most incompetent feats of generalship of the First World War.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Suvla_Bay
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Coordinates:   40°18'12"N   26°13'55"E

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  • Sulva Bay the sight of British landings. The landing took place on August 6th and involved the landing of 63,000 Allied troops. These 63,000 men were meant to take the area around Sulva Bay and then link up with the ANZAC’s at Anzac Cove.
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