Labels:text | screenshot OCR: WORLD WAR I EUROPEAN FRONTS SCENE OF CONFLICT OVERVIEW WESTERN FRONT EUROPEAN FRONTS EASTERN FRONT EXPANDING CONFLICT BLOODY STALEMATE KEY PLAYERS Facing defeat, the Allies evacuate the beaches of Gallipoli 2: RETREAT FROM GALLIPOLI 2 Originally seen as the best chance of striking a decisive OTTOMAN EMPIRE AFTERMATH blow away from the deadlock of the Western Front, the Allied attempt to invade the Ottoman Empire was a total failure. Half a million men died in the six months before the Allies retreated from the Dardanelles in January 1916. MASS SLAUGHTER CHRONOLOGY .. NEWSFLASH ..