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ANZAC day...
Posted: 2003-04-24 07:58pm
by weemadando
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
Posted: 2003-04-24 08:16pm
by Sea Skimmer
Obviously tens of thousands of British, French, Australian and New Zealand troops where more expendable then Predreadnoughts sent out specifically because they where expendable and the Allies had about fifty of them with nothing better to do.
The campaign for Gallipoli was among the worst of a war won by attrition, even if the numbers where not very large compared to those of the western and eastern fronts. Even on the Somme the Allies did gain some ground.
Posted: 2003-04-24 08:28pm
by Frank Hipper
I've read an account of an ANZAC at Gallipoli, where he said that after a week of being in a trench with dysentery, he and his fellow soldiers were reduced to tears, "not because we were afraid, but because we were so dirty". A little considered horror of war. The whole damned thing was a nightmare that beggars imagination.
Posted: 2003-04-24 09:04pm
by Gandalf
Lest We Forget
Weemadando, how are you spending your ANZAC Day?
Posted: 2003-04-24 09:47pm
by weemadando
Gandalf wrote:Lest We Forget
Weemadando, how are you spending your ANZAC Day?
Well I went to the dawn service (after 2 hours sleep), then have been cleaning and re-arranging my room.
Now, I'm about to watch "Battle of Britain" on TV while doing a bit of work.
Posted: 2003-04-24 10:02pm
by Raptor 597
Long live the ANZACs, one of the toughest fighting forces I've ever seen.
Posted: 2003-04-24 10:32pm
by Gandalf
weemadando wrote:Now, I'm about to watch "Battle of Britain" on TV while doing a bit of work.
I'm watching that too.
Posted: 2003-04-24 11:39pm
by Raptor 597
If I may ask, is it a movie or documentary? If it's a documentary then I probably saw it already.
Posted: 2003-04-24 11:48pm
by weemadando
Captain Lennox wrote:If I may ask, is it a movie or documentary? If it's a documentary then I probably saw it already.
1969 war movie featuring pretty much every Brit actor and actress ever.
Re: ANZAC day...
Posted: 2003-04-25 10:19am
by Zaia
weemadando wrote:They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
...........
Posted: 2003-04-25 10:45am
by Vympel
The worst part of the Gallipoli debacle was that Allied troops dug trenches when they could've advanced, IIRC. It's been a while since I did Aussie WW1 history (high school, actually).