Lone Pine (First World War battlefield at Gallipoli)

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Lone Pine was a fiercely contested First World War battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula, renowned for brutal trench fighting between Australian and Ottoman forces in August 1915.

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instanceOf First World War battlefield
battlefield
alsoKnownAs Kanlı Sırt
Plateau 400
associatedOperation August Offensive
casualtiesSide high Australian casualties
very high Ottoman casualties
commemoratedBy Lone Pine Cemetery
Lone Pine Memorial
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I
countryOfForcesInvolved Australia
Ottoman Empire
dateOfMajorBattle 1915-08-06
1915-08-07
1915-08-08
1915-08-09
1915-08-10
defendedBy Ottoman Army
distanceFrom approximately 1 kilometre inland from Anzac Cove
era 1915
hasHeritageStatus war memorial site
hasMemorial Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
hasWarCemetery Lone Pine Cemetery
languageOfLocalName Turkish
locatedIn Ottoman Empire
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedOn Gallipoli Peninsula
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
memorializes Australian soldiers killed at Gallipoli
New Zealand soldiers with no known grave
namedAfter solitary pine tree on the ridge
notableEngagement Battle of Lone Pine
notedFor fierce close-quarters combat
heavy casualties
offensiveLaunchedBy Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
partOf Gallipoli campaign
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

southern Anzac positions
partOfFront Anzac sector
linked to: Anzac Cove
resultOfBattle Allied capture of Ottoman front-line trenches
continued Ottoman resistance in support trenches
strategicRole diversionary attack for August Offensive
symbolicFor Anzac legend
Australian military sacrifice
terrainFeature network of trenches
ridge
typeOfCombat hand-to-hand fighting
trench warfare
visitedOn Anzac Day commemorations

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Lone Pine Barracks namedAfter Lone Pine (First World War battlefield at Gallipoli)