Today is the anniversary of the Gallipoli campaing.
>those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
wasn't that battle mostly Australians dying under incompetent British command?
Gabriel Lee
>345,000 British (including Indians, Irish and Newfoundlanders) >79,000 French[6] >c.50,000 Australians >c.15,000 New Zealanders
Caleb Cook
A VERY sad battle :(
Thomas Bailey
No it's overplayed so much, more Aussies died at the Somme in 2 weeks than the entire Gallipoli campaign. It's disgusting really.
Christopher Peterson
who cares about new zealand right?
Mason Phillips
new what?
Hudson Morris
I find it pathetic how we as a nation love to focus on our defeats and humiliation instead of focusing on our victories, i.e. in the Pacific and North Africa in WW2.
Alexander James
>incompetent British command? The Anzac troops and officers in were easily as incompetent tbqphf >our battalion is opposed by a single platoon? >better dig in lol
Christian Williams
>soil of a friendly country
David Rivera
You don't need to worry about that. half of our population thinks we fought against Austrians.
Kayden Carter
no they don't.
Nathaniel Phillips
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Hudson Diaz
I was responding to the Poortuguese bloke who said it was about Australia you pommy nonce. I think it's endearing that we don't glorify battles like the US or Russia does but remember those that sacrificed there lives in both victory and defeat.
Easton Flores
>I think it's endearing that we don't glorify battles Thats exactly what Anzac day is though, its directly related to Gallipoli.
James Howard
I think he meant to say that we don't glorify victories
Leo Cook
a greater proportion of the deployed force died in Gallipoli
I don't, I much prefer the Australian attitude to war where everyone views it as absolute fucking shit. youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY is better than any AMERICA FUCK YEAH song
Pretty much everyone died under incompetent command, wasn't just the ANZAC forces- huge casualties in the UK forces too
Lot of it comes down to how the press reported battles back then. Part of me as a former serviceman thinks that our faults shouldn't be forgotten, but our successes are diminished in the focus on losses. As a country we also don't give enough credit to our NZ allies either.
Ethan Hughes
NZ don't deserve any credit for anything Tbh
Blake James
America Fuck Yeah songs are shit because they are American. European patriotic military songs are god-tier. Although that song is a classic tbf.
Caleb Walker
Yeah songs that tell of how shit war is are better. I was only 19 is one of my most favourite songs, this one is up there to. youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI
Connor Anderson
They are sheep rooting, peace loving filthy hippies that will steal our equipment given half a chance and can't into cricket, but their artillery and support has been bailing our arses out of nasty spots for a long time.
David Morris
Just realised you posted it before
James Hernandez
William Bridges – first Australian general to get killed in Gallipolli, one of the two whose bodies returned to Australia. Established the first military academy in Australia, the Royal Military College at Duntroon (Canberra). Picked to form the Australian Imperial Force. As they were heading to England for training, Australian forces were redirected to Egypt. Bridges suggested retreating from Gallipolli due to hopelessness of the assault, but was over-ruled.
Inspected the lines despite the risk of being shot by the Turks – in fact, died from hemorrhage after getting shot in his femoral artery (right leg) by a sniper. The only identified WW1 Australian whose body returned to Australia – the other one was unidenfied. After his death Australian public realised that perhaps the situation is far more serious than they expected. His horse returned to Australia as well – the only horse which did so.
Lucas Miller
>can't into cricket still makes me laugh
Aiden Diaz
Alexander Godley – chief of New Zealand military, reorganised the army, predicted the imminent war and prepared successful plans for capturing German Samoa and German New Guinea. Opted for merging NZ and Australian militaries into ANZAC. Was supposed to fight on the Western Front, moved to Egypt due to Turkey's joining the fray. Godley was insistent on training but relatively lax when it came to free time discipline.
Godley was an exceptional administrator but a mediocre commanding officer and there were plans to swap him. Godley suggested retreating from Gallipolli, but sir Ian Hamilton ordered him to hold still. Too tall for trenches, apparently. Later led the 2nd ANZAC Corps.
Fought in the Somme in 1916. Unpopular among his troops. At Passchendaele, he overestimated the weather and caused significant casualties. Tried to get replaced, but he was denied that. Took part in the Spring Offensive. Valued NZ soldiers, even though they didn't really value him. Later led the British XXII Corps, essentially what was left from ANZAC forces.
Julian Hall
William Birdwood – commanded the combined ANZAC forces. Under Hamilton during Gallipolli (ordered by Lord Kitchener). Both Godley and Bridges tried to urge him to stop the assault, but Birdwood ordered them to hold fast. The only commander in favour of staying in Gallipolli, ironically led the successful evacuation during the 1915-1916 winter. Later led the 1st ANZAC Corps.
Benjamin Moore
Ian Hamilton – considered less ruthless than other generals, although too much of a gentleman, too friendly and too smart for the Western Front. Ordered 150k men to capture the Dardanelles, got only 70k from Kitchener. Led an ineffectual assault on the Turks which ended his career.
Later in life an admirer of Adolf Hitler, but wasn't a Nazi and thought that it's all rhetoric and youthful stunts. He turned out to be gravely wrong.
Christopher Long
Winston Churchill - in charge of the Dardanelles. He fucked up big, which caused the future Gallipolli massacre.
Zachary Bailey
>He fucked up big And not for the last time.
Nathaniel Nguyen
>tfw to intelligent for the Western Front
Julian Murphy
>defending roaches why do self-proclaimed White and Christian nations do this?
Ayden Ward
At what post an Aussie defends us on any matter There is nothing to defend anyway, you dumb wh*teshit Its just two enemies respecting and honouring their fight with each other and thats it
Owen Watson
>respecting I'm probably going to get drunk and vomit on the Ataturk monument this year desu
Mason Evans
and I'd fight Turkey again tbhwyf. They've sunken so far...
