Figure 1.--Here we an ANZAC Day ceremony at a New Zealand school. It at first focused on Galipoli, but today honors the important role ANZAC troops played in World War I and later World War II. ANZAC Day commemorates their valiant service. |
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Australians and New Zelanders beginning with From dawn services and then parades, ceremonies at schools and other places gather to reflect on the valor of the servicemen and atrocities of war. They , remember those who died and honor the contributions of veterans to the Allied victory. ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand is a holiday (April 25) that originally focused on the landing during World War I, of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, at the time the Ottoman Empire (1915). The Allies wanted to open supply routes to Tsarist Russia. Normal supply routes through the Baltic which as a result if he War had become a German lake. Gallipoli would have enable the Allies to gain control of the strategic Dardanelles. The Ottomans had joined the Central Powers in World War I (October 1914). The Dardanelles Campaign began (February 1915). The ANZAC forces landed and secured a beachhead at what came to be called ANZAC Cove (April 1915). This was on the Aegean coast of the peninsula. This was followed by further troop reinforcements during the succeeding months, but the Allies could not capture the strait. The ANZACs suffered appalling losses from both the fighting and disease. The troops were poorly supported. The Allies, mostly ANZAC forces, were withdrawn by December 1915). The operation was the brain child of Winston Churchill and its failure tarnished his reputation. This is unfair, because the concept was brilliant and old have significantly impacted both the War and future of Russia. The deteriorating conditions in poorly supported Russia would lead to the Russian Revolution and he rise of Communism (1917). It was the execution by the militancy that was the disaster. It also impaired how Australians and New Zelanders looked on the British. ANZAC troops went on to play an important role in World War I and later World War II. ANZAC Day commemorates their valiant service.
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