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.
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.
@@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.
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 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.
@@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.
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.
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. 😋
@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....
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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.❤❤❤
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
@@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
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 👍🇬🇧😎
@@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. 😅👌
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. 🌹
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
“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.”
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.
Absolutely an amazing production! Hearing from both sides was fascinating and the merging between old film and new video was brilliant. I just wonder - what was the thinking of such a bad planned campaign? My curiosity about the "other front" of WWI has been piqued.
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
I think I've watched every WW1 documentary there is. But this new to me. Excellent production and content. And respectful to those who fought and died from both sides. Such a tragedy. One comment by a Turkish soldier to an Anzac soldier stands out on seeing two bodies on the battlefield. There is politics and there is diplomacy. My sons are all in their 20's. It makes you think.☹
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...
Today is march 18, the victory day of the Gallipoli War, but we are not celebrating this day, on the contrary today we mourn for the anzacs and the Turkish martyrs R.I.P. all martyrs
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!
The production team on this documentary deserve special mention. Equally the narrator's deserve special mention. All most people were told of this campaign was the failure of Churchill's leadership in it. This documentary has put light on what was a dreadful chapter in the story of the great war.
A stunningly beautiful production from start to finish, heartbreakingly honest and very moving, should be compulsive viewing for those willing to send other parents children to war.
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.
My Grand Da Morgan was at Gallipoli in the Newfoundland Regiment.
I visited Skew Bridge and the rest of the Peninsula last year. It is a very beautiful cemetery.
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.
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.
The best account of Gallipoli that I've seen so far. Fair-minded, deep and sensitive to everyone involved.
Glad you enjoyed it
And so says all of us. !!
@@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.
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.
Yeah, I agree, that's one heavy book. About as anti war as it gets mate.
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
that was churchill lol
@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.
@@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.
@@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.
Politicians don't care about the people. Never will. Power is all they care about and the people are just cannon fodder.
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.
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. 😋
@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....
@@rowdsall 'H' is silent when a 'I' follows it...
Dem English peoples talk funny
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.
This production is superb and the most heartbreaking documentary I have ever watched.
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.
My favourite documentary on Gallipoli.
"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.
Humans are naturally warlike. The military is finishing school to a natural instinct.
It could have been stopped before it started if not for stupid leaders like Winston Churchill and the admiralty
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.
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.
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.
The pride in that letter is worth more than all the money in the world.
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.
Amazing Documentary - Thanks for uploading very powerful.
It's probably the best documentary of the First World War I have ever seen.
I've watched it a dozen times, I tear up every time, as I am now.😞
Thank you so much
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
RIP for everyone who fought in this war
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 !
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.
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.
That is quite a family history. You are very fortunate both men lived through such times
With the scousers and manks, that would have been a bit of a jolt for a yank 😑
Heroes!
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
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!
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.
Strange comment
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.
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.
Ataturk was a great man. The present leader of Turkey has much to learn from him! He is not nearly the leader or man.
Wow.
Your opinion of a man is based on a compliment and kind words despite the graveyards of British soldiers he caused.
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.
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.
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.
dziękuję bardzo, wyśmienity program ukazujący tragedię obu walczących stron
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..
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.
Man's greed nd stupidity hasn't changed for millennium.
Failed indeed. Some do remember, but we are few.
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.❤❤❤
One of the best war, or rather, anti war documentaries I’ve ever seen- excellent job!
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
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.
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.
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.
Exactly and metallurgy so as to build dependable guns handling enormous pressures.
Superb documentary about Gallipoli.brave men on both sides,pity all soldiers in war.lest we forget
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.
My generation met many of those veterans before they passed.
We heard those horrror stories first hand,fifty or sixty years ago as kids.
@@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.
@@GMkid183perhaps he rubbed shoulders with my grandfather. He was also in north Africa, Italy and France.
@@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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Most of the Turkish army that fought at Gallipoli were destroyed by the Russians 😑
@@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
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 👍🇬🇧😎
An excellent and very moving film. War is a waste.
I am touched at the end, the letter of Turkish soldier Memet to his family.
I view the Turks and other peoples of Asia Minor, as Westerner, as admirable peoples.
I cry as I own a copy. Each time I hear that letter geing read I just feel overwhelmed.
Boohoo what happened to the Indigenous celts from Anatolia?....
@@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. 😅👌
@@wor53lg50the Greeks wiped them out lol, not us Turks
My father inlaw was a stretcher beare at Gallipoli one of the kindest gentlest people ive known god rest his soul
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. 🌹
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.
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.
Truthful. It shows the landing under shot and shell. The landing was unopposed. Face the truth.
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.
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Based on this idea.
"Peace at home peace in the world."
ATATÜRK
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
First rate documentary ! Very well done, and incredibly sad.
Jeremy irons and Sam Neil as narration! Awesome
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.
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yes..there was a respect there..
What a great documentary. What a pity both sides had to endure for a battle that should have never been fought.
Very moving account of that unnecessary disaster.
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.
Attaturks speech "Your sons are now our sons" still moves me.
One of the greatest speeches by a leader in mu opinion
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.
Thank you so much. I believe they made a study guide to accompany the documentary for Australian schools.
No Thank You Sir
thank you for not blurring the visuals.
Thank you. Heart breaking.
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
Moral...don't trust. Think critically!
@@GaryArmstrongmacghHumanitarian thought prevails. You make excuses
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!
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.
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.
Truly fantastic, effort well done.
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.
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.
Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.
incredible production God bless the fallen who had no choice but to fight
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
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it
I learned many things that I didn't know about this time. Thanks for sharing.
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.
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!
“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.”
Beautiful, thank you.
Those letters home...it doesn't get more real than that. 🌹
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.
Thank you for this great doc.
Excellent documentary. Thanks for sharing!
Amazing show!!!! Thank you
One of the finest documentaries I've ever seen
So powerfully rendered .. thank you.
thank you....
Blimey!
That was very well put together eh?
Two hours well spent I'd say 👍
I watch all kinds of War videos and this is fantastic sir
What a brilliant film! Thank you for making it possible
Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting.
A very powerful documentary.
It makes you weep thinking man's inhumanity to man.RIP ❤ to all those men on both sides
Thank you all who gave your life to give use a better one
Superb historical narration ....I have been to Gallipoli, thank you .
Churchill passed all his life making war.
Gallipoli was not the worst of all his wars.
Churchill is rotting in hell
There is no hell...there is no God! And Churchill eventually figured out how to win a war. You will always be a loser!
@@GraymennChurchill. Had nothing to do with ground war at Gallipoli.
Politicians are very quick to send others off to fight their wars. If they had to fight them we would have no wars.
@@pxtokarev Australia has never had anyone remotely near the stature of Churchill who was a giant in WW2.
Excellent documentary!
Absolutely an amazing production! Hearing from both sides was fascinating and the merging between old film and new video was brilliant. I just wonder - what was the thinking of such a bad planned campaign? My curiosity about the "other front" of WWI has been piqued.
Another brilliant British plan, like Market Garden.
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
And Dieppe.
Actually anyone who knows the history of this war, knows it was the Russians who hollowed out the Turkish military 🙂
this one was much closer than Monty's cock up..Turks were leaving Constantinople, after the mines took out those ships British stopped
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
I'm glad it showed the Turkish side with sympathy and respect. The movie "Galipoli" only dealt with the Australian contingent of the allies.
Please check the produktion
I think I've watched every WW1 documentary there is. But this new to me. Excellent production and content. And respectful to those who fought and died from both sides. Such a tragedy. One comment by a Turkish soldier to an Anzac soldier stands out on seeing two bodies on the battlefield. There is politics and there is diplomacy. My sons are all in their 20's. It makes you think.☹
Thank you for the best documentary I e er. Saw about the great war and Gallipoli.
Can you imagine if the film was color and with sound. I think we are all blessed that technology was still very primitive at that time.
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...
Perhaps the theme music to the movie, "Midnight Express " by the Italian composer Georgio Moroder might just have surpassed this one.
@@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.
Today is march 18, the victory day of the Gallipoli War, but we are not celebrating this day, on the contrary today we mourn for the anzacs and the Turkish martyrs
R.I.P. all martyrs
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!
The production team on this documentary deserve special mention. Equally the narrator's deserve special mention. All most people were told of this campaign was the failure of Churchill's leadership in it. This documentary has put light on what was a dreadful chapter in the story of the great war.
Never again will Australian and NZ be used as Cannon Fodder for the British never!!!!!
A stunningly beautiful production from start to finish, heartbreakingly honest and very moving, should be compulsive viewing for those willing to send other parents children to war.
I’ve noticed how most modern wars are won by the once who have the most supplies. You run out of supplies, you lose even if you’re the better fighter.
A very moving film.
mothers of enemie soldiers , dont cry. your sons sleeping her side by side with turkish friends.
M. K. Atatürk
antonio montana not true, Ataturk never said those words. They first appear in Queensland.
Russell Garbett, who Saïd it then, where and when?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4614434/Turkey-s-Anzac-memorial-Islamic-stance.html
Is that true?
www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/20/ataturks-johnnies-and-mehmets-words-about-the-anzacs-are-shrouded-in-doubt
The narration is unsurpassable. He sounds as majestic as William F Buckley.
I have to work tomorrow but I promise to watch this in it's entirety tomorrow Evening And it's gonna be awesome I can tell