Gallipoli
Why is Turkey Significant?
Turkey is Germany’s
weaker ally
 Britain and France
want to take care of
Turkey quickly
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– then give more
attention to Russia
What is the Dardanelles?
Narrow strip of water
between Sea of
Marmara and
Constantinople
 Key to defeating
Turkey
 To take Turkey, must
take Gallipoli
peninsula
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When did ANZAC troops land at
Gallipoli?
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April 25th 1915
Still celebrated as ANZAC Day
 [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]
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Why were the attacks on Lone Pine
and Nek made?
Diversionary purposes
 British plan to land at
Suvla
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What was ANZAC Cove like?
Photo Courtesy of the
Australian War
Memorial
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Supplies had to come from Egypt
Health risks were high – dysentery, diseases
VERY close to enemy trenches
ALL the makings of a LEGEND!
What is the ANZAC legend?
The legend is the attention given to the
ANZACs at Gallipoli which turns military
defeat into moral victory.
 C.E.W. Bean – Australian correspondent,
then war historian, director of Australian
War Memorial
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– Links Australians as soldiers to local conditions
in Australia
(myth of the bush man)
Peter Weir’s Film Gallipoli
1981
 As we view the film, think, then write
answers to these:
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– How does it contribute to the ANZAC legend?
– Who are the heroes? How are they elevated?
Gallipoli
Gallipoli
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Motives for joining?
– Patriotism; want to do "their bit"
– Thirst for adventure; to escape boredom
– Get a job & fancy uniform ("…girls love the
uniform…")
Gallipoli
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Was this an informed decision?
– Propaganda
 "I don’t know what started it, but it was the
Germans' fault…"
 "If we don’t stop them there, they'll come here
next…"
– "…and they're welcome to it…"
 "Don't see what its got to do with us…"
During World War I
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Australia was a Dominion of the British
Empire, along with Canada & New Zealand
– Not completely independent in military
matters
 When Great Britain went to war in 1914, Australia,
Canada & New Zealand automatically did too