8 Beautiful Facts About Gallipoli
ANZAC Day , 25 April, is among Australia's essential nationwide occasions. It marks the anniversary of the very first major military action battled by Australian and New Zealand forces throughout the First World War. What does ANZAC mean? ANZAC represents Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became called Anzacs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this day. Why is this day special to Australians? When war broke out in 1914 Australia had been a federated nation for only 13 years, and its federal government aspired to develop a track record among the nations of the world. When Britain declared war in August 1914 Australia was instantly placed on the side of the Commonwealth. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the exploration that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The ultimate goal was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the ...