This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli campaign during 1915.
This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli campaign during 1915.
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [1]
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
New Zealand and Australian Division
ANZAC Corps Troops
Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient
1re Division
'Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' (General Sir Ian Hamilton) [3] [4] 
Oriental Expeditionary Corps (General Maurice Bailloud)
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Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps:
In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the command of First Army. [9]
Fifth Army (Otto Liman von Sanders) [10] This is the Operation Telic order of battle, which lists the British forces that took part in Operation Telic, including
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