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Intro to the Soldiers who fought on Gallipoli
from WW1: GALIPOLLI
by Sonya Dunn
Soldiers who fought at Gallipoli arrived at Anzac Cove on the 25th of April 4:15 am for the hopes that they could force their way through the narrow straits also known as the Dardanelles to conquer Turkey and relieve pressure on their ally country Russia who were fighting on the Eastern Front. However, a lot of malfunctions caused one of the three main boats went off course and one of the chimneys sparked which caused Turkey soldiers to spot them. This caused for a rain of bullets on arrival causing 2,000 soldiers out of the 16000 soldiers to die on day 1. Even though a lot of soldiers died on arrival the soldiers remaining still pushed up the mountains to claim the lower trenches. This was extremely dangerous because some of the trenches were barely four metres apart in some areas. The soldiers who fought in Gallipoli were later called the ANZACs (Australian New Zealand Army Corporation) due to their mate ship, courage and persistence.
This was the location where they arrived: https://earth.google.com/web/@40.2449389,26.2818756,6.94 227993a,1000.00000001d,30y,0h,0.0000451t,0r
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