Battle of the Nek
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battle-of-the-nek-193-8968630
title:
Battle of the Nek
text:
The Battle of the Nek was a minor battle that took place on 7 August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a "mountain pass" but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defend, as had been proven during an Ottoman attack in June. It connected Australian and New Zealand trenches on the ridge known as "Russell's Top" to the knoll called "Baby 700" on which
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World War I battle of the Gallipoli campaign
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nek
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date modified:
2023-02-09T04:11:04Z
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