Gallipoli essay
Gallipoli Report Introduction: In August 1914 war broke out causing Australia it get involved at Gallipoli. ... The events at Gallipoli help shape Australia’s national identity and created the Anzac legend. FINDINGS: Location: Gallipoli is located on the north peninsula of Turkey just south of Istanbul. Both Gallipoli’s east and west coasts are surrounded by the Aegean sea. ... The landscape of Gallipoli included many hill and valleys both man made and natural. ... Gallipoli was the first battle Australia had been involved in. EVALUATION: Events: Australia’s involvement in Gallipoli was crucial to the British campaign in turkey. ... When the soldiers arrived at Gallipoli they arrived to an onslaught of Turkish troops. ... After months of fighting Gallipoli was a series of muddy trenches littered with boxes carts and dead bodies. The final conditions of Gallipoli was a hill side of graves where close to 26 000 Australians died. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CAMPAIGN: The Gallipoli campaign was a complete disaster. ... Towards the end of the Gallipoli campaign the Turkish had won some land, which Australia couldn’t recover from as they were losing ground, men and spirit. When it was seen that Gallipoli had turned into a massacre there was no choice but concede defeat and retreat from Gallipoli.