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) ⓘ