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Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (L), Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C), and Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (R) attend a service to commemorate ANZAC day and the centenary of the Battle of Gallipoli at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London on April 25, 2015. A century ago, Allied troops waded ashore on the Gallipoli peninsula at the start of an ill-fated land campaign to wrest the Dardanelles Strait from the Ottoman Empire. The disastrous World War I battle began on April 25, 1915, and pitted troops from countries including Australia, Britain, France and New Zealand against the Ottoman forces backed by Germany. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL