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Gallipoli and the Anzac Legend

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:11:47
Category: / Literature / Poetry
Length: 7 pages (1992 words)
The landing at Gallipoli was necessary because of the Navy's failure to push on through the Dardanelles Straits and take out Constantinople due to sea mines. The original campaign had been planned so that once the Straits were taken, Allied ships could assist Russia, bolstering the Eastern Front and knocking Turkey out of the war. However after the loss of one third of its fleet due to mines and mortar damage from the forts the …
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…there was a lot of grudging respect from both sides this respect would have been mainly for the soldiers they encountered. I doubt if the Turks would have held much respect for the commanding officers or Allies for that matter due to the recklessness and inefficiency displayed when they ordered the Anzacs into battle. Due to this lack of planning and forethought the Turks might have even thought that Allied governments were stupid and arrogant.
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