ANZAC Day & World War I, Gallipoli
ANZAC Day
Anzac is the name of the generals has to the soldiers who jumped ashore at a place called Gallipoli in 25 April 1915. Those brave soldiers showed bravery and they fought for eight months in Gallipoli. The fighting continued and thousands of men and women lost their lives during the war.
Australian commorate 25 April every year. Men and women who have survived these wars put on their medals and march down on city streets to celebrate ‘ANZAC day’. It is also appreciating living in an Australia, in a country without wars. More than 20,000 Australian and New Zealand army corps (ANZAC) went ashore at Gallipoli
Peninsula. These soldiers fought the Ottoman Army. The ANZAC army‘s aim was to drive the Turkish defenders in to the hills. 7600 Australians and nearly 2500 New Zealanders had been killed and mortally wounded there, and 24,000 more (19,000 Australians and 5,000 New Zealanders) had been wounded, while fewer than 100 were prisoners.
World War I
Gallipoli
Gallipoli is the name of a small town in Turkish coast. On 25 April 1915, the ANZACs landed in the shore of Gallipoli. The Turks were waiting amongst the cliffs and sand dunes and begin shooting from the hills.
The ANZACs who landed that day were met with terrible gun fire. Turkish bullets were whizzing through the air like hail those first few hours.
Some men didn't even get out of the boats, some who did; they found the water was up to their shoulders. Some men drowned because their packs were so heavy and they did know how to swim. When the ANZACs landed, they became confused. They arrived at the base of some cliffs. They had landed in the wrong place!
At the end of the ANZAC day 2000 soldier were killed and wounded, however they did not give up. That day Lieutenant General Hunter Weston led the British army. They were 35,000 men. And the second army was led by General William Birdwood, there were 17,000 men from Australia and New Zealand army corps (ANZAC) landed in Gallipoli.
The ANZACs climbing up from the beach.
After eight months of fighting, the British High Command decided that the war at Gallipoli was too costly when they were also fighting other battles in Europe. The ANZACs alone had lost 10,000 men, and so the order came for a withdrawal.
The ANZACs were sad, because they did not want to leave Gallipoli until they had won. Thousands of soldiers died. Over two weeks, 35,000 Australians were evacuated from Gallipoli. First off were the wounded, then the mules and heavy guns and equipment, and finally the soldiers.
Useful Resources
www.anzacsite.gov.au
www.anzacs.org
www.awm.gov.au/kidshq
www.awm.gov.au
www.awm.gov.au/education/activ
www.google.com.au (type in ANZAC Day)
www.awm.gov.au/people/index.asp
www.anzacsite.gov.au/
www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww1/anzac/gallipoli.htm
www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/1-01-the_landing.html
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/anzac/
http://anzac.homestead.com/index.html
www.anzacday.gov.au/
www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/
www.anzacday.org.au/history/history.html
www.teacherstoolkit.net.au/images/TTPDF_lesson/LOW/TT02_AnzacDay.pdf
www.teachers.ash.org.au/hippohelper/integrated/MPUP%20anzacideas.pdf
home.exetel.com.au/eduweb/AusWW1/index.html
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