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Description: Map of the Dardanelles defences in February and March, 1915. The original lines of naval mines are numbered 1 to 10. The 11th line, laid in Erin Keui Bay by the minelayer Nusrat on 8 March, is numbered 11. The anti-submarine nets are shown as dotted lines. Major forts are indicated with blue boxes and the Turkish name and equivalent British number for the fort is given, if known.
Title: Dardanelles defences 1915
Credit: Own work based on: A Short Military History of World War I - Atlas, edited by T. Dodson Stamps and Vincent J. Esposito, 1950 Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide, Phil Taylor & Pam Cupper, 1989 Gallipoli, Les Carlyon, 2001.
Author: Gsl
Permission: Released to public domain
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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