[[File:AchiKnatchbull BabaM seen from(capt the BritishHon) frontCollection lineQ44314.jpg|thumb|270px|View of Achi Baba seen from the British front line trench. Gallipoli, 29 April 1915.]]
'''Achi Baba''' (in ''Turkish'' '''Alçi Tepe''') is a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.<ref name="Merriam-Webster">''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460. p.5</ref> It was the main defensive position of the Ottoman Turkish defenses in 1915 during the First World War Gallipoli campaign.<ref name="Merriam-Webster" />
Achi Baba was the main defensive position of the Ottoman Turkish defenses in 1915 during the World War I Gallipoli campaign.<ref name>Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, p.5.</ref>
== References / notes ==
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* ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460.
View of Achi Baba from the front line trench. Gallipoli, 29 April 1915.
Achi Baba (TurkishAlçi Tepe) is a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.[1] It was the main defensive position of the Ottoman Turkish defenses in 1915 during the First World War Gallipoli campaign.[1]
References / notes
↑ 1.01.1Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460. p.5
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