Landing at Anzac Cove

Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye, with the eroded cliffs and scrub-covered ridges rising straight off the narrow beach. Australian and New Zealand troops came ashore here before dawn on April 25, 1915, and were soon held up by high cliffs, steep ridges, deep gullies and thick scrub. The photo explains the campaign better than any map: a strip of shingle barely wide enough to land on, overlooked by high ground the defenders held. The landing is remembered every year on Anzac Day.