The Battle of Gallipoli - Landing at Anzac Cove

DATE: 12/07/2026

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: WW2

MAP(S): Altis

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): W.Jarvis

SLOTS: 63 / 77

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RATING: (33)

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The landing at Anzac Cove, also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe, was an amphibious invasion that took place in the early hours of the 25th of April 1915, as part of the grander land phase of the Gallipoli campaign commencing that day. 

The assault force, consisting largely of troops drawn from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), had been ordered to land under the cover of darkness on the western side of the Gallipoli peninsula at Gaba Tepe. However, due to issues in navigation and landing craft becoming mixed up in the darkness, the 1st wave of the assault force had been put ashore one mile north of their intended landing beach, at a cove near Ari Burnu. 

Ottoman resistance was mixed, some units faced little opposition as they came ashore while others were hit by accurate rifle and machine gun fire as soon as they attempted to disembark their landing craft. Despite this, the assault force gradually made their way inland under increasingly determined Ottoman resistance. 

As a result of the confusion of the landings, the ANZAC plans had essentially been discarded as units had become mixed and battalions received mixed orders, some had continued to advance on their designated objectives while others had been diverted from their intended targets to dig in along defensive ridge lines. 

Although the ANZACs had failed to achieve their objectives, they had managed to form a beachhead by nightfall. During the action, two Allied divisions had been landed successfully around Ari Burnu, however, in doing so they had suffered over 2,000 men killed or wounded, alongside a similar number of Ottoman casualties. 

05:00 Hours, Ari Burnu, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Turkey, 25th April, 1915 - Under the cover of darkness, the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion prepares to launch an amphibious assault against Ottoman positions around Ari Burnu as part of the larger Gallipoli campaign.