Gallipoli Krithia Village

Gallipoli Krithia Village

Krithia (Kirte, Alcitepe) is a Turkish village on the Gallipoli Peninsula, located approximately 4 miles north of Cape Helles. The Allied forces first aim, and throughout the entire Gallipoli Campaign, was to capture the low hill near Alcitepe named Achi Baba, which commanded the slopes down to the tip of the peninsula. The Third Battle of Krithia, fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I, was the final in a series of Allied attacks against the Turkish defences aimed at capturing the original objectives of April 25, 1915.

History:

Redoubt Cemetery (Krithia cemetery) is surrounded with trees. More than 1000 Australians died or were wounded in this sadly ineffectual attack and some of them lie among the many unidentified graves in Redoubt Cemetery.

Gallipoli Krithia Village

Gallipoli Krithia Village Museum