This is ANZAC COVE... a beach at Gallipoli, Turkey... where - TopicsExpress



          

This is ANZAC COVE... a beach at Gallipoli, Turkey... where Australian, New Zealand, British troops landed in April 1915 with objective of overthrowing the Ottoman Turkish Empire... the Allied forces were routed by the Turks...and it is said Australia and New Zealand psychologically matured into true nation states as a result of this defeat... the English suffered the heaviest losses...but because of the far smaller populations of Australia and NZ, the shock of the losses was far greater on these two countries...
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:00:19 +0000

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