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[[File:Achi Baba seen from the British front line.jpg|thumb|270px|Achi Baba seen from the British front line]]
[[File:Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Q44314.jpg|thumb|270px|View of Achi Baba from the 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's Geographical Dictionary, p.5</ref>
'''Achi Baba''' (''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>


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* ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460.
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View of Achi Baba from the front line trench. Gallipoli, 29 April 1915.

Achi Baba (Turkish Alçi 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. 1.0 1.1 Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460. p.5
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