by Mitch Brunke | Feb 3, 2020
‘Casualties? What do I care about casualties?’ attributed to General Aylmer Hunter-Weston Two brigades of Australians and New Zealanders were taken from Anzac Cove to Helles for the Second Battle of Krithia on May 6. The First Battle of Krithia on April 28 had been a...
by Mitch Brunke | Feb 3, 2020
‘As they rose Turkish machine guns just poured out lead and our fellows went down like corn before a scythe.’ Only the New Zealanders ended the night march somewhere near their objective at dawn on August 7. As they climbed to the top of Rhododendron Ridge, they could...
by Mitch Brunke | Feb 3, 2020
‘A chap’s horse proves his best friend’ ‘Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as the elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition.’ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100046415 An interpretation centre about...
by Mitch Brunke | Feb 3, 2020
‘They pinked me nicely – it was fun while it lasted’ Unable to achieve their objectives on the heights of Chunuk Bair and Achi Baba, the Anzacs and the British dug in. Gallipoli, like the Western Front, turned into a war of attrition. The German commander, Liman von...
by Mitch Brunke | Feb 3, 2020
Less than 24 hours after the landing, the Gallipoli expedition leader Sir Ian Hamilton was sound asleep in his cabin aboard the warship Queen Elizabeth. Both the British and the Anzac landings had been brutal as thousands died. At Cape Helles, the British had faced...
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