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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Beautifully narrated by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill, produced in over six years in seven different countries, “Gallipoli,” is the most comprehensive and moving documentary every produced on the battle that changed the fate of nations.
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    This is the first time the Gallipoli campaign is viewed through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it-from both sides of the conflict. Using their diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, filmmakers trace the personal journeys of Turkish, Australian, New Zealand, and British soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak. The experience is revealed in their own words, while dramatic recreations place you in the heart of the battle.
    Director: Tolga Örnek
    Writer: Tolga Örnek
    Music: Demir Demirkan
    Producer: Tolga Örnek and Burak Örnek
    Narrator: Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill
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Комментарии • 923

  • @barlowalan
    @barlowalan Месяц назад +16

    My father, John William Barlow was sent to Gallipoli as a member of the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division. After several bouts of intestinal disease he was evacuated back to the naval hospital in England from which he was invalided out of the navy in 1916 and married my mother. He never fully recovered from his time at Gallipoli and died from the after-effects in 1945 at the age of 49 years (I was5). No one in my fanily ever told me anything about his service so this documentary has finally given me a balanced account of the conditions my father endured. I am truly grateful for it.

  • @brianshipman5313
    @brianshipman5313 6 месяцев назад +116

    My wifes great uncle died in Gallipoli and his grave is at Skew Bridge Cemetery in Gallipoli. We visited his grave for the first time two years ago.

    • @brianmorgan5739
      @brianmorgan5739 5 месяцев назад +11

      My Grand Da Morgan was at Gallipoli in the Newfoundland Regiment.

    • @toodletrike
      @toodletrike 3 месяца назад +5

      I visited Skew Bridge and the rest of the Peninsula last year. It is a very beautiful cemetery.

    • @nobrenobre1
      @nobrenobre1 2 месяца назад +3

      I've been in Kanakalé 30 years ago and was too young to know this dramatic history part. Don't even know, that French took a part of it.

    • @nostaljiturkce
      @nostaljiturkce Месяц назад +2

      Not only the French but the Greeks, the Armenians, the Italians, the Russians, of course the Aussies led by the Brits all came to end the Caliphate and the Ottoman rule for good. Many innocent souls were lost 😞 This tragedy at least planted a seed of friendship between Aussies and the Turks. May everyone rest in peace. May ❤, ✌️ and prosperity be upon us all living and nonliving.

    • @yaz5413
      @yaz5413 15 дней назад

      Where in the world are invaders' graves maintained and held in high regard, other than in Turkiye. Some of the most prestigious lands across the coast have been declared a war memorial for the fallen on both sides. To the Mehmets and the Johnny's, buried with friends forever now. 34:38

  • @terry1548
    @terry1548 4 месяца назад +47

    Awesome documentary. As a Kiwi I feel so many different emotions watching this . Despite its graphic nature, i think this documentary should be part of the Secondary School syllabus, for all NZ/Australians & maybe others . My best mate and I were lucky enough to have meet some of the 'old diggers' at Gallipoli (Çanakkale) on Anzac Day , back in the early 90's. Things were less regimented back then, so we arrived the day before the ceremony , wandered around the hills on our own all day, then someone lite a fire on the beach that night, (which a group of us gathered around) . We made a toast to the fallen (both sides) and listened to a young Australian Historian tell us stories about the campaign. We then slept the night under the stars, just as these guys would have many decades before. Even in summer & in a modern sleeping bag, it was a cold night.

    • @ThePerch-m1m
      @ThePerch-m1m 3 месяца назад +9

      As a Canadian who's worked and lived in NZ and Australia I don't know if I can ever forgive the English aristocracy and Churchill for what they did to our ANZAC cousins.

    • @sherkinbrain
      @sherkinbrain 2 месяца назад +4

      ​The warriors were mere 'subjects' - disposable... @@ThePerch-m1m

  • @MatCendana
    @MatCendana 5 месяцев назад +59

    The best account of Gallipoli that I've seen so far. Fair-minded, deep and sensitive to everyone involved.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  5 месяцев назад +14

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @glenvalley4326
      @glenvalley4326 4 месяца назад +6

      And so says all of us. !!

    • @David-og7di
      @David-og7di 2 месяца назад +5

      @@Tolga_Ornek Thank you for posting this. As a New Zealander many of us had militay grandparents and great grandparents in both world wars. Turkey is a beautiful country; wars should not happen.

    • @charliekezza
      @charliekezza Месяц назад +3

      Although my family was on the ANZACS side I'm glad you showed both side. They were all just doing what they were told from their higher ups and if it was Australia or New Zealand attacked we would have fought tooth and nail too. Much respect for both sides

  • @VSdrummer010
    @VSdrummer010 9 месяцев назад +188

    A documentary that doesn't shy away from telling of the brutality and horrors of war... the kind of film that politicians should be forced to view before sending lives to the slaughter and depredations of war.
    Powerful film

    • @helloicanseeu2
      @helloicanseeu2 9 месяцев назад +6

      that was churchill lol

    • @VSdrummer010
      @VSdrummer010 9 месяцев назад +23

      @helloicanseeu2 it sure was. Churchill is grossly overly glorified and revered, in my (unpopular) opinion; I don't believe he's worthy of the fanfare he receives in modern times.

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered 9 месяцев назад

      @@VSdrummer010 Agreed his only useful purpose is rallying a country around to fight. Beyond that he is as useless as t*ts on a bull.

    • @fizzmoe9846
      @fizzmoe9846 9 месяцев назад

      @@VSdrummer010 Churchill in WW1, yes. Not the best leader. Churchill in WW2, no. He was exactly what Britain needed. He unified the country and brought Europe back from the brink.

    • @josephdelp87
      @josephdelp87 9 месяцев назад

      Politicians don't care about the people. Never will. Power is all they care about and the people are just cannon fodder.

  • @paulopheim4224
    @paulopheim4224 8 месяцев назад +57

    Should be required viewing in all schools as well as reading Johnny Got His Gun. Thank you for making and sharing this painful, tragic film.

    • @paulrummery6905
      @paulrummery6905 6 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, I agree, that's one heavy book. About as anti war as it gets mate.

    • @ResIpsaquitur
      @ResIpsaquitur Месяц назад

      ​@@paulrummery6905Does it say how the Rothschilds'City of London banking cartel is behind all these wars?

  • @PeterPsn-z9o
    @PeterPsn-z9o 2 месяца назад +5

    I am a retired military servicemen 20 years . When i watch or read about WW1 i feel the tears running down my face . I have experienced a lot in life but nothing like this . giants of men hetoes all.

  • @BillyTwoKnives
    @BillyTwoKnives 7 месяцев назад +34

    This production is superb and the most heartbreaking documentary I have ever watched.

  • @delzworld2007
    @delzworld2007 9 месяцев назад +113

    The narration for this truthful description of an horrendous event carries us back over 100 years. Thanks to the two talented actors Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill.

    • @rowds
      @rowds 6 месяцев назад

      It would actually be "a historic" not "an historic"... if the H were silent, then yes it would be "an"...but alas, this is a mistake a lot of people make. 😋

    • @britgerus1956Glenn
      @britgerus1956Glenn 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@rowds However, some people choose to say an historic as in This is an historic event. Why? The simplest explanation is they may just have a personal preference and think that an historic sounds better than a historic. There may be other reasons, though. Historically, both forms were commonly used until the 1940s, when a historic began to overtake an historic. By the 1990s, a historic was much more common than an historic. It’s possible that the preference for an historic may be generational or a person may have “inherited” it from a parent or teacher of an older generation.
      Alternatively, the preference could be due to regional accents or dialects. English speakers didn’t actually pronounce the H in historic until relatively modern times. This is most likely because the English word historic was influenced by the French historique, which has an unpronounced H. Regional English dialects that practice “h-dropping” may still not pronounce the H in historic, and these speakers are more likely to use an historic (an ’istoric) than a historic.
      All of this tells us that both sides of the an historic and a historic debate have support for their argument. In informal writing, either form would be considered acceptable (and likely to face criticism from the other side.) .
      So there you go.......Hence not a mistake....

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@rowdsall 'H' is silent when a 'I' follows it...

    • @markbahouth2713
      @markbahouth2713 5 месяцев назад +1

      Dem English peoples talk funny

    • @markbahouth2713
      @markbahouth2713 5 месяцев назад

      The English pronounce been there as bean there .
      The English sprinkle there prose with the word BLOODY . Bloody this Bloody that …. “We had a bloody good time “
      They tend to be an arrogant and vain lot. Superior to all other people from different geographical areas of the planet earth.
      “The sun never sets on the English empire “
      was at one time true.

  • @Gettingback997
    @Gettingback997 9 месяцев назад +39

    An amazing documentary about a war I’ve always wondered about. I was in Istanbul on the 100 th anniversary of Gallipoli and there were many visitors from Australia and New Zealand , all children or descendants of the fallen. My heart went out to them as well as to descendants of Turkish soldiers.

  • @patriciamackinlay6495
    @patriciamackinlay6495 7 лет назад +30

    "War is a terrible game" such a waste of life on both sides whilst incapable politicians dithered around a desk.A wonderful documentary showing all sides .One wonders what the photographers thought as they recorded the horrors of war.Praying for peace as we continue to see war constantly raising its ugly head.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh 6 лет назад +2

      Humans are naturally warlike. The military is finishing school to a natural instinct.

    • @martinmayhew145
      @martinmayhew145 9 месяцев назад +2

      It could have been stopped before it started if not for stupid leaders like Winston Churchill and the admiralty

  • @sniperelite360
    @sniperelite360 8 лет назад +37

    My favourite documentary on Gallipoli.

  • @Gman0208
    @Gman0208 7 лет назад +81

    This the best ww1 documentary I've ever seen. I was legit a bit shaken after watching this. I felt for men and their stories even though they have been dead 100+ years.

    • @den264
      @den264 9 месяцев назад +3

      Peter Jackson's movie "they shall not grow old" is the gold standard in world war documentary movies. If you have not seen it ! Please do.

  • @basilcrapster680
    @basilcrapster680 6 месяцев назад +9

    Showing both sides is admirable. Both sides were human beings doing what they thought of as their duty. They contested honorably. A sad and tragic piece of history.

  • @sumazdar
    @sumazdar 8 месяцев назад +8

    dziękuję bardzo, wyśmienity program ukazujący tragedię obu walczących stron

  • @sharonshea3261
    @sharonshea3261 8 лет назад +23

    Really outstanding. There was well deserved heroism, but it was tempered with the insanity of this whole event. And this was a wonderfully even handed documentary, showing the heroism and the tragedy equally for both sides.

  • @fivecitydirttracker4776
    @fivecitydirttracker4776 6 месяцев назад +9

    This is devastating.
    Politicians are evil with their greed and opulence of ignorance.
    May ALL who suffered in this great war find peace and happiness.
    Also thank you to the ones who made this presentation. I found in educational and very moving.

  • @david-lx7uj
    @david-lx7uj 5 месяцев назад +9

    My Grandfather, #698,NFLD. Regiment,was at Gallipoli.The Regiment helped hold the line while the evacuation was going on.After that he went to France and got buried in a trench by a shell explosion,poor Dada.They dug him out and after that he had Neurostemia, or Shellshock.He left a good job as a linesman in ST. JOHN'S,$8O a month or so and volunteered.He was 28 years old at the time.#698P.J. ENGLISH GOD LOVE HIM.❤❤❤

  • @slmsahin
    @slmsahin 2 месяца назад +3

    As far as I remember, this documentary was released in 2005. My history teacher took the whole class to the cinema so that everybody could see this great content. I still remember this documentary on the anniversary of this tragic event. It doesn't just give you information chronologically. There is definitely something in this documentary that touches your emotions. The music and the narration are perfectly coherent (in both Turkish and English version). I have never understood why this work has not received the attention it deserves. Thank you for this wonderful work.

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 Месяц назад +1

      Gallipoli was one of the worst military attacks ever from the futility of it.

  • @jamesherold8655
    @jamesherold8655 4 месяца назад +13

    My wife s Grandfather was in the Naval Brigade he survived Gallipoli and went on through the Somme and most of the major Battles and was captured in December 1917 we have a letter from the King sent to him on his return.

  • @clivet3846
    @clivet3846 6 месяцев назад +20

    Attaturks speech "Your sons are now our sons" still moves me.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  5 месяцев назад +7

      One of the greatest speeches by a leader in mu opinion

  • @SpiritGirlSF
    @SpiritGirlSF 4 месяца назад +4

    Young men enduring fighting and dying for the games of men with money. Thank you for humanizing what war was is like for the people who had to live it.

  • @cwnapier67
    @cwnapier67 8 лет назад +21

    Amazing Documentary - Thanks for uploading very powerful.

  • @pieinher67
    @pieinher67 3 месяца назад +3

    Yes agreed. As an amateur but persistent and widely read military historian I agree whole heartedly with you others - that this is the Best 'tale of both Turkish and Allied sides' Gallipoli documentary probably ever made. Having Sam Neil and Jeremy Irons narrate is the masterful cherry. So pleased it resurfaced on RUclips. I remember showing this to my high school students and you could have heard a pin drop. Deeply poignant but thoroughly recommended to All.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much. I believe they made a study guide to accompany the documentary for Australian schools.

    • @pieinher67
      @pieinher67 3 месяца назад

      No Thank You Sir

  • @johnhough9593
    @johnhough9593 7 месяцев назад +8

    One of the best war, or rather, anti war documentaries I’ve ever seen- excellent job!

  • @mikegray8776
    @mikegray8776 3 месяца назад +5

    A monumentally poignant and disturbing story, beautifully narrated and minutely researched. Well done indeed for compiling and presenting such a moving and detailed account of an event few of the surviving generations could even visualise as part of our very worst nightmares.
    Along with the Somme and Verdun, the recollections of such catastrophic events should serve as a warning to current and future generations ever to entertain the thought of hand to hand warfare again ….. however much the Islamists may idolise the concept.
    Yet here we are in the 2020’s - only 100 years later - making concession after concession to those who would gleefully draw us into such a situation any time soon.
    Our mortal enemy is not Russia, nor is it China, - it is those who draw completely on religious ideology for their entire perspective on life, death, and tolerant coexistence - and we absolutely need to keep the maximum distance between us and them, to minimise ANY risk of this sort of history repeating itself.

    • @hasankilic9825
      @hasankilic9825 Месяц назад

      I guess, you talk about the biblical lies of zionist jews for the greater Israel

    • @hasankilic9825
      @hasankilic9825 Месяц назад

      I guess you talk about so called biblical lies of the zionist Israel..

  • @roberttrout3588
    @roberttrout3588 Месяц назад +1

    And we have learned nothing as war rages in Europe and Israel 🙏 we need more documentaries like this that tell of the horrors of war. Thank you Tolga

  • @Flyingkiwi-j2o
    @Flyingkiwi-j2o 6 месяцев назад +6

    My father inlaw was a stretcher beare at Gallipoli one of the kindest gentlest people ive known god rest his soul

    • @akademik_literaturk
      @akademik_literaturk 5 месяцев назад +1

      Tüm nazik ve insan seven yüreklerin ruhları huzur bulsun. Barış tüm yobazlara rağmen daim olsun. / May the souls of all kind and human loving hearts find peace. May peace endure despite all bigots. 🌹

  • @stevekangal
    @stevekangal 2 месяца назад +2

    Balanced coverage, fair description of gallant soldiers from both sides. A generation of Turkish college students and graduates perished at Gallipoli.

  • @kiel4
    @kiel4 7 месяцев назад +3

    I have viewed many of these types of docs, but this one with the narration and LETTERS HOME brings us into the minds and feelings of the soldiers on both sides and the futile slaughter of war directed by old men without a plan.

  • @brucebean2805
    @brucebean2805 Месяц назад +1

    This, by far, is the best video showing the incredible loss of human life in this war of global politics. Required viewing for high-school history. It redrew the maps of Europe and the middle East. 😢

  • @GMkid183
    @GMkid183 6 месяцев назад +14

    Soldiers were so weak they fell and drowned in the latrine. That’s probably one of the most horrific things I have ever heard.
    This definitely needs to be shown in all schools.

    • @philiprufus4427
      @philiprufus4427 3 месяца назад

      My generation met many of those veterans before they passed.
      We heard those horrror stories first hand,fifty or sixty years ago as kids.

    • @GMkid183
      @GMkid183 3 месяца назад

      @@philiprufus4427 I had a great uncle whom I never met that fought in World War 2. He was in North Africa and Italy. He fought at Anzio. Ever since my dad told me stories about him, I’ve always had a passion for history.

    • @gutsfinky
      @gutsfinky 3 месяца назад

      ​@@GMkid183perhaps he rubbed shoulders with my grandfather. He was also in north Africa, Italy and France.

    • @GMkid183
      @GMkid183 3 месяца назад

      @@gutsfinky maybe. I’m not sure what his unit was. I donated a suitcase full of letters, photos and Army papers to a historical society in my hometown in Ohio. My dad said, he met Ernie Pyle the war correspondent.

  • @stephenkgordon6856
    @stephenkgordon6856 2 месяца назад +6

    It's probably the best documentary of the First World War I have ever seen.

  • @siebenspeer3372
    @siebenspeer3372 8 лет назад +43

    I have watched this 'film' in the cinemas with my ma whole family in Istanbul. We were bit disappointed at the beginning that it was actually documentary. But at the end we all liked it. I was around 14 yold. At the age of 18 I came to Melbourne, Australia for bachelor degree. Still here.
    You never now what your life will bring to ya. I think (we)Turks-Abdhuls hospitalise Johnies so well. I have always receive warm gestures from people around me here DownUnder.
    I guess it wasnt war between those 2 but It was a start of a friendship.

  • @andrewbird57
    @andrewbird57 9 месяцев назад +50

    I learned only recently that my dad's dad was at Gallipoli, a Yank born and bred in Brooklyn, NY who crossed the Atlantic and enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915 a few weeks after a German Uboat sunk the Lusitania. I only met my grandad once that I remember when I was a boy. He died in 1968 when I was 11. I knew he had served in WWI and had married an English girl while stationed in Manchester. But I had assumed he served in the U.S. Army. I didn't know he had served in the British army until I was in my 30s in the '90s. It's funny that his war service was never talked about. My dad, born in Manchester during WWI, grew up mostly in the U.S., but enlisted in the Canadian army early in WWII because he wanted to get into the fight while the USA was still neutral. He was captured at Dieppe in 1942 and was a POW for nearly 3 years. His war experience kind of overshadowed his father's.

    • @maryjocully8806
      @maryjocully8806 9 месяцев назад +15

      That is quite a family history. You are very fortunate both men lived through such times

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 9 месяцев назад

      With the scousers and manks, that would have been a bit of a jolt for a yank 😑

    • @spharion7988
      @spharion7988 8 месяцев назад +7

      Heroes!

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico 6 месяцев назад

      Heroism applies to those who protect their own country. Fighting for no reason in a geography you don't know is not heroic. If those people do not harm you, where do you get this right from?​@@maryjocully8806

    • @djbarnes11
      @djbarnes11 6 месяцев назад +3

      Sounds like you come from a distinguished lineage. With all the generations from this time there remains a level of respect, this stoicism is truly missed today!

  • @skippygatten8572
    @skippygatten8572 9 месяцев назад +12

    I like in the opening they show the effect of artillery on a trench. WWI was an artillery war and the advances in high explosives made it devastating.

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 9 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly and metallurgy so as to build dependable guns handling enormous pressures.

  • @shanks6404
    @shanks6404 8 лет назад +57

    RIP for everyone who fought in this war

    • @philiprufus4427
      @philiprufus4427 3 месяца назад

      R I P, For those who fight in ANY war ! You honestly think you are more aware than those who went before.
      Many of those poor fellows knew what was ahead of them. They still did it !

  • @kiel4
    @kiel4 5 месяцев назад +27

    As usual, young men sent to war by old men , playing my empire is bigger than yours. Deep respect for all those who served, US Army 3/2 ACR 1973-75

    • @loriguinn2216
      @loriguinn2216 Месяц назад

      War is hell none should be fought unless absolutely sure which is not a given bless all whom have given so much for very little

  • @ianclaproth3675
    @ianclaproth3675 3 месяца назад +1

    A superb production, with many deeply moving personal stories. I have read of this campaign but now feel so very much more enlightened. Rest in peace all of those brave and patriotic soldiers. I agree entirely with comments below that this should be part of school education in any country who sends its soldiers abroad to fight for the greed and ego of the inhuman elites.

  • @craigjohn3524
    @craigjohn3524 9 месяцев назад +6

    Superb documentary about Gallipoli.brave men on both sides,pity all soldiers in war.lest we forget

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 Месяц назад +3

    So well done. Absolutely captivating. Thank you. Thank you

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

  • @jrgaskin01
    @jrgaskin01 4 месяца назад +3

    thank you for not blurring the visuals.

  • @MichaelSmith-mc8bd
    @MichaelSmith-mc8bd 5 дней назад +1

    Incredible documentary, many thanks for the production. . God rest peacefully all involved.

  • @gordonhulcombe9604
    @gordonhulcombe9604 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is one of the realistic, truthful world war 1 documentary, I have ever witnessed. A excellent production, kudos to all that helped in this piece of work.

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 7 месяцев назад

      Truthful. It shows the landing under shot and shell. The landing was unopposed. Face the truth.

  • @i76sin2
    @i76sin2 Месяц назад +1

    How have i never seen this, one of my favorite historical battles.

  • @paulkillick527
    @paulkillick527 5 месяцев назад +4

    Brilliant documentary may all those that perished on both sides rest in peace 🙏 bloody governments and incompetent generals who sent these poor soldiers to their deaths are pure evil

  • @Cloudberry46
    @Cloudberry46 4 месяца назад +2

    Can something be excellent and awful? Because that is what this documentary is. ''What can I say to those who made us come here and kill each other?'' A young Turkish officer said. What should we say to those who still perpetuate war? Thankyou for this excellent documentary.

  • @traceyc2981
    @traceyc2981 6 лет назад +4

    An excellent and very moving film. War is a waste.

  • @sayedmustar7132
    @sayedmustar7132 21 день назад +1

    Tq for this superb documentary

  • @albatigris3582
    @albatigris3582 8 лет назад +11

    The doco was great and appeared to remain unbiased as it explored both sides of the 8 month campaign. It would be nice to say that we all learnt a lesson from this and other battles, but unfortunately we haven't. There is alway an idiot amongst us who can't help themselves instigating disrespectful and negative diatribe.
    THE LAST TO LEAVE
    The guns were silent, and the silent hills
    Had bowed their grasses to a gentle breeze.
    I gazed upon the vales and on the rills,
    And whispered, ‘What of these?’ and, ‘What of these?
    These long-forgotten dead with sunken graves,
    Some crossless, with unwritten memories;
    Their only mourners are the moaning waves;
    Their only minstrels are the singing trees.’
    And thus I mused and sorrowed wistfully.

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico 6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for your wonderful comment. Based on this idea.
      "Peace at home peace in the world."
      ATATÜRK

  • @EpicCBgamerOfficial
    @EpicCBgamerOfficial 7 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you. Heart breaking.

  • @uyghursaction4130
    @uyghursaction4130 7 лет назад +40

    I am touched at the end, the letter of Turkish soldier Memet to his family.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh 6 лет назад +5

      I view the Turks and other peoples of Asia Minor, as Westerner, as admirable peoples.

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 9 месяцев назад +5

      I cry as I own a copy. Each time I hear that letter geing read I just feel overwhelmed.

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 7 месяцев назад

      Boohoo what happened to the Indigenous celts from Anatolia?....

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@wor53lg5015% of the people living in Turkey have Central Asian genes, the remaining 85% have merged with the natives of these lands. If history were like your ridiculous problem, what are the Russians doing in Central Asia? You have crazy ideas. 😅👌

    • @keeshans5768
      @keeshans5768 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@wor53lg50the Greeks wiped them out lol, not us Turks

  • @utkuzor2723
    @utkuzor2723 6 месяцев назад +13

    My grandfather's father was a veteran who was wounded in this war and caught in typhus. It is said that he is a silent man who has passed through the circle of fate. I offer my respects to all the men who have fought, died here without discrimination. The fact that the wars are still going on shows that we have failed as a species and I am hopeless..

    • @johnmartlew5897
      @johnmartlew5897 5 месяцев назад +2

      Please don’t feel hopeless. Your words recited hold the key. It is the circle of fate. We have no choice regarding the times we live in. It’s what we do with the time we are given regardless of the circumstances. My grandfather on mums side also served as a newly commissioned lieutenant at Gallipoli. He lost a foot to shrapnel and is incredibly fortunate to have survived. Not because of the wound itself, but the outrageous conditions in which the wound happened. My cousin has his commission certificate hand signed by Edward VII. The last commission to be hand signed by the reigning monarch of the time. His younger brother has his sword. I’m proud of my family’s response to the times they were caught in, during both Great Wars, and after.

    • @kingkenny2797
      @kingkenny2797 4 месяца назад

      Man's greed nd stupidity hasn't changed for millennium.

    • @colinbryant5598
      @colinbryant5598 4 месяца назад +1

      Failed indeed. Some do remember, but we are few.

  • @marcus3060
    @marcus3060 22 дня назад +1

    Mate, this channel and it content should be massive 👏 👌

  • @hemmarket
    @hemmarket 8 лет назад +3

    First rate documentary ! Very well done, and incredibly sad.

  • @pup1008
    @pup1008 8 месяцев назад +2

    My dad was in WW2 & insisted some people were just never going to get shot. *Guy Nightingale* in this seems to be one such person - being in many truly perilous situations & the area generally & not even getting a scratch!

  • @banditbait3310
    @banditbait3310 5 месяцев назад +4

    one of the best ww1 documentaries i have seen .. rest in peace to all the innocent men and animals that were pawns in these battles

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you. I’m glad you liked it

  • @ez12like
    @ez12like 6 лет назад +1

    What a great documentary. What a pity both sides had to endure for a battle that should have never been fought.

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 Месяц назад

      Totally senseless behavior from the allies especially when they failed to modify their policies.

  • @soulsablaze8020
    @soulsablaze8020 7 лет назад +6

    as i'm using this video as a source for my history internal assessment i have begun to see the impact and i am shocked of the decisions made by those of whom we trusted

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh 6 лет назад

      Moral...don't trust. Think critically!

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@GaryArmstrongmacghHumanitarian thought prevails. You make excuses

  • @DancingWithFools-b1y
    @DancingWithFools-b1y 5 месяцев назад +2

    Was worth watching. Thanks for uploading.
    Please ignore most of the comments... it's largely by those who couldn't fight their way out of a wet dream!

  • @StratfordWingRider
    @StratfordWingRider 9 месяцев назад +6

    Jeremy irons and Sam Neil as narration! Awesome

  • @titicoqui
    @titicoqui 7 лет назад +6

    incredible production God bless the fallen who had no choice but to fight

  • @TheNord06
    @TheNord06 8 лет назад +81

    survivors of this war founded the new republic. my great grandfather fought in gallipoli as a lieutenant at the age of 16 because of officer shortage. he survived and went to palestine to fight the british again, captured and when released, he joined the turkish revolutionary army. he retired as major general. according to my father, he didnt regret his decisions he made, and if ever needed, he would fight for his country again. this is what british high command forgot. i'm sure they were able man, but they never got in a position to defend their homeland in ww1 and they should've observed their allies french more closely. what a sad war and tale.

    • @lonw.7016
      @lonw.7016 7 лет назад +2

      Palestine? Or the Sanjat of Jerusalem? Maybe I misunderstood. EDit: Cannot erase facts that are the truth. :) Was it Mandated to Britain and France? Or was it still Ottoman?

    • @wickedlee664
      @wickedlee664 7 лет назад +4

      Yavuz Selim Yağsan the comments on these documentaries are so funny. A person just watches a moving and potentially perspective altering documentary ant the first thing they want to say is something about themselves or their life. So sorry the focus was of your life for a bit there. Don't worry, focus is back on you now.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 9 месяцев назад +1

      Most of the Turkish army that fought at Gallipoli were destroyed by the Russians 😑

    • @Rob-pc2ju
      @Rob-pc2ju 9 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@wickedlee664well, I for one am interested in hearing what the Turkish man has to say, his grandfather fought there, 3 of my uncle's also. It's interesting to hear from the other side of it

    • @davebarber9510
      @davebarber9510 9 месяцев назад +2

      I as an ex infantry man think the Turks fought well and hard and the allies did the same but also fought the geography of the country and were commanded by on the whole bafoons Water was priority but no one took command lots of officers stayed on the ship and were not interested Churchill was the scapegoat. Calamity at its best 👍🇬🇧😎

  • @carolking6355
    @carolking6355 8 месяцев назад +3

    My darling dad went from Canterbury nz with his horse as a Medic. He was on Gallipoli. He stayed a 5th year as a peace keeper. He was 52 when I was born. How I loved him. He had so many friends. He died at 77.he was a Methodist and didn’t d.rink but they were given cigarettes and I think that killed him. Where are all those lovely young men today. Why do the young drink, smoke and kill? Dreadfully sad.

  • @bashirmuhammad8181
    @bashirmuhammad8181 6 месяцев назад +4

    A very powerful documentary.

  • @shealey9763
    @shealey9763 4 месяца назад

    What a wonderfully made documentary, respectful to all concerned. I have a great uncle who was killed at Suvla Bay and whose name is on the memorial there. Thank you.

  • @roycanriz
    @roycanriz Месяц назад +3

    Winston Churchill is viewed as a great hero by the British.
    There are some profound questions about his strategic grasp.
    Gallipoli is one example of his serious mistakes.
    Another is his attitude to the defence of Singapore. Did he leave her naked when a greater deployment of resources might have saved Singapore? He placed reliance on General Percival. That turned out to be a great mistake.
    Only Dowding saved the RAF from great losses in the Battle of France. He had to face Churchill’s wrath.

    • @vicsaul5459
      @vicsaul5459 20 дней назад

      My thoughts entirely. Air Chief Marshall Dowding, is the real hero that won the Battle of Britain 🇬🇧
      His wisdom and strategy was for me the pivotal point of WW2, the RAF won air superiority and the Royal Navy stood firm.

  • @azreanaibrahim2721
    @azreanaibrahim2721 8 лет назад +1

    thank you....

  • @steroidsp3566
    @steroidsp3566 7 лет назад +161

    In 1934 Atatürk wrote a tribute to the ANZACs killed at Gallipoli
    Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh 6 лет назад +37

      Ataturk was a great man. The present leader of Turkey has much to learn from him! He is not nearly the leader or man.

    • @surfraptor
      @surfraptor 6 лет назад +6

      Wow.

    • @williameaton9058
      @williameaton9058 6 лет назад +6

      Your opinion of a man is based on a compliment and kind words despite the graveyards of British soldiers he caused.

    • @josifalkhattab1
      @josifalkhattab1 6 лет назад +12

      Their graves stood as a witness of the absolute end at Gallipoli just to show what will happen to anyone that would dare to attack the great Turkish nation.

    • @gilmoyes2590
      @gilmoyes2590 6 лет назад +29

      William Eaton, the man that caused those death was Churchill and incompetent officers. Your comment shows a lack of understanding of the facts surrounding Gallipoli from day one.

  • @pieinher67
    @pieinher67 3 месяца назад

    P.s My still sharp 90 year old Mother was abandoned by her father in 1936. At age 17 he had seen combat in or near Macedonia. He was psychologically maimed upon returning to England and suffered a troubled life from then. Much time has passed but I know the hole in Mother's heart remains.. It's not Macedonia but your fine and sensitive film captures a rare Spirit that I think may still help to heal and bring her insight perhaps before she leaves? The idea just came to me from who knows where? Could be him? Nah, but God is Good and it's worth a try. I know and trust your film left alone with that tough old Boot. She'll handle it. Prefer to see it how it Is, no make up. Thats her. I shall let you know Sir. Thanks again.

  • @gedoug
    @gedoug 7 лет назад +6

    Very moving account of that unnecessary disaster.

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 9 месяцев назад +2

    Those letters home...it doesn't get more real than that. 🌹

  • @Rudolf.Aigner
    @Rudolf.Aigner 7 лет назад +4

    I learned many things that I didn't know about this time. Thanks for sharing.

  • @nathanroberts355
    @nathanroberts355 3 месяца назад +1

    My great grandfather was a lighthorseman at Gallipoli and Beersheba campaigns in first world war

  • @ikersamdagli4538
    @ikersamdagli4538 6 лет назад +14

    “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
    A response by an Anzac’s mother to Atatürk’s words:
    “The warmth of your words eased our sorrow for our sons who vanished in Gallipoli, and our tears ended. Your words are a consolation to me as a mother. Now we are sure that our sons rest in peace in their eternal rest. If your Excellency accepts, we would like to call you ‘Ata’, too. Because what you have said at the graves of our sons could only be said by their own fathers. In the name of all mothers, our respects to the Great Ata who embraced our children with the love of a father.”

    • @surfraptor
      @surfraptor 6 лет назад +2

      Beautiful, thank you.

  • @asufans5
    @asufans5 6 лет назад

    Amazing show!!!! Thank you

  • @MrRezillo
    @MrRezillo 3 месяца назад +3

    I'm glad it showed the Turkish side with sympathy and respect. The movie "Galipoli" only dealt with the Australian contingent of the allies.

  • @behindthespotlight7983
    @behindthespotlight7983 5 месяцев назад +2

    29 years later, Holland: “it was an intricate plan that required the strictest schedule”

  • @B50Stevie
    @B50Stevie 8 месяцев назад +4

    I remember my late Grandfathers memories of serving with the East Lancashire Regt, at Gallipoli, a horrendous experience which I’m sure he sanitized a little for my young ears, he was extremely lucky to get through that, and then was sent over to France/Belgium to go through all the horrors of the Western front, which included a German poison gas attack, which temporarily blinded him, and left him with damaged lungs for the rest of his life. He miraculously survived well into his 80s otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this. He even went on to serve in WW2 with an Anti Aircraft battery. Throughout his life he remained cheerful and loved to entertain others with his uke and accordion. R.I.P. Grandad ‘Sandy’ our family hero.

  • @ikersamdagli4538
    @ikersamdagli4538 6 лет назад

    Thank you for this great doc.

  • @mjc11a
    @mjc11a 7 лет назад +3

    Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting.

  • @josef56
    @josef56 Месяц назад +1

    My Great Uncle Leo landed in time to be at Lone Pine and survived to only be killed in France on the 9th of July 1918 at Hamel.

  • @nixops
    @nixops 8 лет назад +21

    What a waste of life..... I do like the fact that they bring out more about "Johnny Turk", it makes for a much better understanding of the insane campaign. "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." Attrbuted to Kemal Ataturk.

  • @memirandawong
    @memirandawong Месяц назад

    My second time watching this documentary. So well done!

  • @robinabbott5781
    @robinabbott5781 9 месяцев назад +7

    It makes you weep thinking man's inhumanity to man.RIP ❤ to all those men on both sides

  • @johndutchman
    @johndutchman Год назад +1

    So powerfully rendered .. thank you.

  • @TowGunner
    @TowGunner 7 лет назад +31

    Another brilliant British plan, like Market Garden.

    • @hissyhonker220
      @hissyhonker220 7 лет назад +5

      ACS Shap lol churchy and Monty sounds like a version of buster Keaton and fatty r buckle, sad they were playing with real lives though

    • @cotswoldcuckoo775
      @cotswoldcuckoo775 6 лет назад +6

      And Dieppe.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 9 месяцев назад

      Actually anyone who knows the history of this war, knows it was the Russians who hollowed out the Turkish military 🙂

    • @brentinnes5151
      @brentinnes5151 9 месяцев назад +1

      this one was much closer than Monty's cock up..Turks were leaving Constantinople, after the mines took out those ships British stopped

    • @MrReymoclif714
      @MrReymoclif714 Месяц назад

      @@cotswoldcuckoo775steep cliffs in that little area.

  • @cecildemille190
    @cecildemille190 5 дней назад +1

    Great documentary.Probably the best about this subject .

  • @-htl-
    @-htl- 8 лет назад +4

    On my travels in 1992 tacking me around Australia and New Zealand it was in Auckland that one of the most prominent buildings drawing my attention that would thought me about Gallipoli, the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Always had and interest for history. Still there has been nothing that touched me so much than reading a ‘substantial’ section of the original diary of one the man who fought on the peninsula of Gallipoli being displayed in a special section of the museum. Since I have seen ‘the movie’ and several documentaries, articles, Leon Uris follow up of the brilliant book Trinity, Redemption which takes you to Gallipoli as well. Beside the diary none ever told the story, the history, better then all being part in this documentary. It is sounds two way, and without simply trying to blame one or the other in any way even though especially some British commanders should had been put in front of a firing squad starting with one of the by far most incompetent commanders Haig although he had nothing directly to do with this but rather so much indirectly. It demonstrates that only ego can fail men and men kind can fail one another. Seeing this documentary it makes all understand so much better the declaration made at later date by the Turkish commander who had become AtaTurk. Best documentary on this event. Well done!

  • @aussiedownunder4186
    @aussiedownunder4186 9 месяцев назад +1

    The Best Doco on Gallipoli I have ever seen. 10 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿🇦🇺🇳🇿🇹🇷 🇹🇷

  • @pxtokarev
    @pxtokarev 7 лет назад +8

    Churchill passed all his life making war.
    Gallipoli was not the worst of all his wars.

    • @Graymenn
      @Graymenn 7 лет назад +2

      Churchill is rotting in hell

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh 6 лет назад

      There is no hell...there is no God! And Churchill eventually figured out how to win a war. You will always be a loser!

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@GraymennChurchill. Had nothing to do with ground war at Gallipoli.

    • @SusiesRepeat
      @SusiesRepeat 9 месяцев назад

      Politicians are very quick to send others off to fight their wars. If they had to fight them we would have no wars.

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@pxtokarev Australia has never had anyone remotely near the stature of Churchill who was a giant in WW2.

  • @lisanicholson-g4p
    @lisanicholson-g4p 9 месяцев назад +1

    One of the finest documentaries I've ever seen

  • @cemozcan3630
    @cemozcan3630 9 месяцев назад +5

    Demir Demirkan is a genius composer and musician. I cannot imagine a better music choices for the whole project! Especially that ending song right after the farewell letter...

    • @den264
      @den264 9 месяцев назад

      Perhaps the theme music to the movie, "Midnight Express " by the Italian composer Georgio Moroder might just have surpassed this one.

    • @cemozcan3630
      @cemozcan3630 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@den264 The music for "Midnight Express" is a true classic and a great work. But it is difficult to find Anatolian flavor in that composition.

  • @charlottecampbell4327
    @charlottecampbell4327 6 месяцев назад +1

    Two songs to listen to (on RUclips) relating to this tragedy are: "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," and "As If He Knows," both written and sung by Eric Bogle.

  • @joeyj6808
    @joeyj6808 8 месяцев назад +4

    My grandfather fought as a poilu in the Western Front. My other grandpa's brothers were gassed as Yanks in 1918, and altho they survived, suffered the rest of their lives. I have been fascinated with the Great War since I was a kid.
    Here's what I learned: people were very different back then. The horrors of the war were universal. Men walked into machinegun fire, endured the kind of conditions that would inspire instant mutiny today, and fought as bravely and died as uselessly as any man has ever died. And for what? A quarrel between inbred royals for more lands to exploit? There were not even any real ideologies at play! Good people died for four years for no good reason, other than that they didn't want to let their comrades down.
    May the memory of the bravery of the soldiers on both sides of the Gallipoli Campaign never be forgotten!

  • @peterunderdown4374
    @peterunderdown4374 5 месяцев назад +2

    Truly fantastic, effort well done.

  • @westerncherokeewireless642
    @westerncherokeewireless642 4 месяца назад +4

    Even as a very young child, I've felt as though I'm a reincarnated great war soldier. This brought me to tears for some reason. I hope one day there'll be no more wars.

    • @cjc132
      @cjc132 3 месяца назад +1

      Can you elaborate?

    • @cjc132
      @cjc132 3 месяца назад +1

      Can you elaborate?

    • @westerncherokeewireless642
      @westerncherokeewireless642 3 месяца назад

      @cjc132 I'm a retired Marine and have an unhealthy lack of empathy. Both sides seem to have been staffed with honorable volunteers who seemed to respect one another to the point that it seemed pointless. I blame this mess on one politician, Winston Churchill.

  • @Buce-ku9vx
    @Buce-ku9vx 6 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.

  • @LegionarioPersa
    @LegionarioPersa 7 лет назад +9

    Jeremy Irons?

  • @davidlewis2447
    @davidlewis2447 4 месяца назад +1

    What a great documentary having been to see the landing beaches and surrounding areas this brought home those memories even more To all that died and fought there may they never be forgotten