BTW, I was tremendously moved by the movie “Gallipoli”. Anything glaringly misleading, should I watch it again?
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To my NZ and Australian friends I charge my glass. (Not forgetting the Turkish, French and UK soldiers who died there).
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BTW there were also troops from India, Senegal, Newfoundland (which was independent at the time) and Germany there.
Thanks again to robinc308 for sharing your grandfather’s diary. Amazing. I feel shakey just reading it.
I second the thanks robinc308. My grandfather was also an ANZAC and fought at Gallipoli. We used to have some letters from him, but unfortunately they’ve gone astray over the years. We still have his medals though.
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BTW, I was tremendously moved by the movie “Gallipoli”. Anything glaringly misleading, should I watch it again?
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It portrayed Gallipoli as a matter of the poor ANZACs being sent to their deaths by the evil Brit commanders, while in fact, British losses were greater. Other than that i’ts ok-ish.
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Some want an alternative national day, but it would probably end up being bland and anonymous, whereas Anzac Day evokes a lot of genuine - as opposed to manufactured - feeling.
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That’s exactly why I’d oppose any call for Anzac Day to become our national day. Not our official one, anyway.
A toast: to the veterans of Anzac. What we can still learn, may we never forget.
from a damned yank who knew almost nothing about these brave men before this thread