Vintage Photo Of The Landing Of The British Force In August 1915 At Suvla Bay. Editorial Image

Suvla Bay, Gallipoli - Scene at the landing of the British troops in August 1915. The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the 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. Military history of WW1. Social history.