What was the aim of the Gallipoli campaign and why did it fail?
The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli from April 1915 to January 1916 during the First World War. A combined British Empire and French opera â¦ tion was mounted in order to eventually capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul).   In brief, the campaign was a failure. It was a failure as we did not successfully push through the Turkish lines to Istanbul, and then on to attack the Germans on another front to help the Russians who were suffering heavy causualties at the time.