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Cape Helles

Meaning of "Cape Helles" in the English dictionary

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Cape Helles


WHAT DOES CAPE HELLES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cape Helles

Cape Helles is the rocky headland at the southwesternmost tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey. It was the scene of heavy fighting between Turkish and British troops during the landing at Cape Helles at the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915. The name derives from the greek Helle; Helles means "Helle's" in greek. It is now the site of one of the main memorials of the campaign maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, particularly for those that were part of British and Indian forces fighting there.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPE HELLES

Cape Comorin · Cape Delgado · Cape Dezhnev · Cape doctor · Cape Dutch · Cape Finisterre · Cape Flats · cape gooseberry · Cape Guardafui · Cape Hatteras · Cape Horn · Cape jasmine · Cape Kennedy · Cape Matapan · Cape of Good Hope · Cape of Good Hope Province · Cape Ortegal · Cape Peninsula · Cape pigeon · Cape primrose

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPE HELLES

Achilles · Antilles · Apelles · Bruxelles · dalles · Dardanelles · Dulles · duxelles · Helles · marseilles · mesdemoiselles · Netherlands Antilles · Pelles · satelles · Seychelles · the Greater Antilles · the Lesser Antilles · the Netherlands Antilles · Versailles · Welles

Synonyms and antonyms of Cape Helles in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Cape Helles» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Cape Helles to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Cape Helles from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cape Helles» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

海角Helles
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Cabo Helles
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Cape Helles
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

केप helles
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كيب حلس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Мыс Хеллес
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Cabo Helles
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কেপ হেলস
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Cap Helles
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cape Helles
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kap Helles
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ケープヘレス
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

케이프 Helles
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cape Helles
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Cape Helles
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கேப் ஹெலீஸ்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

केप हील्स
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Cape Helles
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Capo Helles
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Cape Helles
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мис Хеллес
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Cape Helles
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ακρωτήριο Helles
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Cape Helles
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cape Helles
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Cape Helles
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPE HELLES»

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Landing at Cape Helles
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
2
Climax at Gallipoli: The Failure of the August Offensive
119. 120. 121. “Notes by Brigadier-General Simpson Baikie on the Artillery at Cape Helles in the Dardanelles Expedition,” n.d., Hamilton Papers, LHCMA, HAMILTON 7/10/5. Diary entry, 11 August 1915, GS WD, GHQ MEF, AWM 4, 1/4/ 5 pt. 1.
Rhys Crawley, 2014
3
Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far
The French plan was to land on the coast between Anzac and Cape Helles, but it was ill-advised because this area was strongly held by the Turkish army. Hamilton learned in April, with the Cape Helles landing, that it was very difficult to land ...
Ashley Ekins, 2013
4
Information Strategy and Warfare: A Guide to Theory and Practice
The remaining Allied force of four divisions (35,268 troops) were crowded into the twelve square mile beachhead at Cape Helles. Facing them was a vastly larger force of Turks directed by General von Sanders. With the British evacuation of ...
John Arquilla, Douglas A. Borer, 2007
5
Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Service: The World War 1 ...
The World War 1 Experience of the 9th Battalion (Queensland) AIF & Reflections on the Gallipoli Campaign Chris Lowndes. View from the headland today, where the Turkish trenches were located looking down on to VBeach at Cape Helles.
Chris Lowndes, 2011
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Gallipoli
It is however, certain that they watched us far more narrowly at Cape Helles afterthe Anzac evacuation. Aeroplanes cruised over our position frequently, and shellfire increased and became very heavy. Still, when the time came, the burning ...
John Masefield, 2012
7
Echoes of Gallipoli: In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted ...
In late April General Hamilton decided to launch a major attack at Cape Helles to capture Achi Baba and the nearby village of Krithia. The Anzacs up the coast were told to keep the Turks opposite them busy in order to hold them back from ...
Terry Kinloch, 2005
8
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study
Ottoman tactical reorganisation, Anzac, 5 May 1915 In early May 1915, the Ottoman III Corps found itself fighting on two separate fronts (Anzac and Cape Helles) and commanding regiments that cumulatively totalled over seven infantry  ...
Edward J. Erickson, 2007
9
Exploring Gallipoli: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide
Apart from the planned Anzac landing at 'Z' Beach near Gabe Tepe (a couple of kilometressouth ofwhere theyactually landed),major landings were alsoto occuratthe tip ofthe Peninsula at'V' and 'W'beaches around Cape Helles. These wereto ...
Glenn Wahlert, 2011
10
The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, ...
The only possible way in which the Allies might have prevailed was if the Cape Helles commitments had been less and the Ari Burnu commitment had been correspondingly greater. Even so, given what was to happen on other fronts, such an ...
H. P. Willmott, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPE HELLES»

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Australian frigate visits Cape Town on commemoration tour
... deployment include events in the Sea of Marmara, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Italy and Malta, along with 'D Day' commemorations at Normandy. «defenceWeb, Jul 15»
2
We will remember them – July 1915
The Allied forces (British, Australian, New Zealand and French) were entrenched around their two bridgeheads at Cape Helles and ANZAC ... «alderleyedge.com, Jul 15»
3
Plaque to Plymouth war hero who dodged machine gun fire is …
... displayed during a hard-won beach landing that took place in the early hours of the morning on April 25, 1915 west of Cape Helles, Turkey. «Plymouth Herald, Jun 15»
4
Hereford woman reveals her grandfather's military story
In the Sunday Mercury Captain Butler wrote about the day his fleet landed at W beach on April 25 at Cape Helles and came under heavy ... «Evesham Journal, Jun 15»
5
Russia, WW2: Female snipers are a (deadly) thing. Thirty years …
... tags of 16 of her victims — first appears in an account of April 25th, as the Brits attack W Beach at Cape Helles in the south of the peninsula. «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
6
Left to bring up seven children on her own
As they were expecting their seventh child in May/June 1915 Kenerick did not travel with his comrades to Cape Helles, instead he saw the birth ... «Worcester News, Jun 15»
7
War life remembered
A British soldier pays his respects at the grave of a colleague near Cape Helles, where the Gallipoli landings took place. ... World War One ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jun 15»
8
The Gurkhas at Gallipoli
Even so, casualties in the Cape Helles sector had mounted. The attacking forces and the enemy were by now both in trenches which in the ... «Nepali times, Jun 15»
9
War History: Nondescript beach at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli will …
At the same time, as a subsidiary of the plan, the Anzacs were ordered to land 12 miles north of Cape Helles, north of Gaba Tepe. Hamilton's ... «Ipswich Star, May 15»
10
Bravery and Folly at Gallipoli, One-Hundred Years Ago
The April landings at Cape Helles and Anzac Cove as well as the August landing at Suvla Bay were intended to break Turkish defenses and ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Apr 15»
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