My grandfather was a Turk and fought in Gallipoli. He died in 1980 at the age of 85. I don't remember him receiving veterans' benefits. But he had a medal. He would tell that they helped a wounded British soldier and had him treated at the headquarters. That was all he said about the war. He loved the great Turkish commander Mustafa Kemal Atatürk very much.
My grandfather was on Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, usually a kilted regiment , but sensibly in shorts & tropical kit for this one. He wasn't in the initial; landiings fortunately. Like all veterans, he never spoke of his experiences but he certainly held the Turkish troops in high regard - particularly their snipers. Anyway, he survived that and then the whole Palestine campaign, being withdrawn just before the capture of Jerusalem and sent to the Western Front for what would be the last year of the war. Wounded twice and suffering from malaria for many years he got a War Pension of 6/- from 1919 which gradually rose to £6 by the time of his death in 1983 at the age of 94. I never heard him complain about anything - it was subsequent generations who did all the complaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary.
My grandad was at Gallipoli he was in the Sherwood Rangers. He took his horse to war with him and when his ship was approaching Gallipoli it was torpedoed, all the soldiers had to get into life rafts but the horses went down with ship. Evan as an old man he would wake in the night crying because he could still hear the horses screams as they drowned. His best friend who he’d known all his life was decapitated standing next to him and he was wounded and caught malaria. He was taken to a field hospital in Malta and his parents received a letter saying they thought he would die. He didn’t get home until 1918 and his parents barely recognised him, he struggled to hold down a job and life generally was difficult, no support whatsoever from the state. Eventually he settled into civvy life and died in 1976. He was a lovely sweet natured soul. It wasn’t just awful for the Anzac’s the Brits suffered too.
My grandfather was also at Gallipoli with the British Somerset Light Infantry. Landed at Suvla Bay. Injured and lost an eye. He was also evacuated initially to Malta. Brave young men. Married my grandmother, they had 9 children. 92 when he died, in 1988.
The US Vets from WW1 protested getting defrauded by Wall Street on the war bonds they bought. They were routed off the Washington DC mall by none other than Patton!
War is an awful thing that affects everybody involved in different ways. That's why it should be avoided if at all possible. We should all be very wary of politicians that like so many of their class avoid the sounds and smells of combat while sending other people's children off to get maimed and killed for power, resources and money that they look to gain from wars. One of big truths about history is that it's written to suit the interests of the people in power. WW1 and WW2 were both very avoidable events in our history that if all sides had possessed better leadership would have never happened. My grandfather was in the US Army during WW1 but caught the flu and was never sent to France. My father was a US combat Marine in the Central Pacific in WW2 who made 4 landings as part of the 4th Marine Division. Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas Islands and lastly Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands. All landings were made in the first wave. The next scheduled operation for his Division was to be on Kyushu. One of the main Japanese home islands. That was to be be followed by a landing opposite Tokyo on the island of Honshu. Were it not for the use of the A-Bombs he quite possibly wouldn't have survived the war. While what he went through back then didn't affect me or my family directly, I do believe that it had changed him by just being a part of it all. What he saw and did had to. The damage that war does is incalculable. We really have to have to avoid demonizing other peoples and countries so corporations and banks can maximize their profits. Nothing at all good will come from it. Right now we are at a point where we are teetering again on the brink of another world war. It must be avoided!
As an Aussie and American citizen and retired military member, I appreciate his service. Yes, there was no support in many nations when they came back. The elites made plenty of money and watched the parades, but no help for the ones who were shot at. I did not know about the ship sinking and the horses. It's terrible for all. God bless, Rick
As an American, I was introduced to the story of Gallipoli from the 70's anti-war ballad, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," by Eric Bogle. Hauntingly beautiful, it remains the most powerful anti-war song I've ever heard. We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs Then we started all over again
I experienced ANZAC day with the Aussies and New Zealanders in Afghanistan. It was quite an event. The Kiwis treated us to a haka, and I've still got a cap with an embroidered kiwi feather given me as a gift that day.
I never was a fan of Winston Churchill's military achievements (or lack thereof) but one must salute the brave British and French seamen and the British and ANZAC soldiers and Marines that fought in this bloody campaign. Johnny Turk is also to be honored for his staunch defense of his homeland in this crucial battle under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, their greatest general and founder of the Turkish republic in the wake of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. This is an excellent documentary, well worth a watch to all students of the the Great War and war generally.
Crypto finances terrorism nuclear materials human trafficking child crime that is against promises to the troops WW2 by FDR and his Bulldog Churchill the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ratification.. Also bans unreported profits on currency speculation on war pandemic terrorism etc on currency speculation... My Aunt Bletchley Park ww2 told me that Hitler and some SPECULATOR PRESS blamed innocent people and migrants by generalisation against race religions disability etc including children especially Jewish people and their children and not to forget the children it's the most important thing. It is because now they sell kids on the dark Web for body parts sex slaves torture by sadistic racists fascists etc using crypto. And government can't work out that if we ban crypto by promises to the troops WW2 for Stabilization of world currencies it renders the dark Web as like a gun without bullets or a torturer without tweezers for pulling on toe nails or a lynch mob without a rope....or Geoffrey Dahmer without some victims...or Fred West...etc A good name for a new crypto.. So had they reported the profits on ww1 in their press the war would have been over before the Anzacs even left Australia...I suggest... But next time you see a Bush fire or fire in Europe California... Think has a fx crypto trader started that to gain on falling currencies? If we do meet them from WW1 and you do trade Fx crypto... The last thing to say"too many people " They ll tell you that if there's too many people...we discuss it in the UN cooperation of nations and its old men like me first who volunteer....for the chop....not running around Tiranic stealing wallets gleefully pushing children in the sea for a place in a lifeboat....
Several years ago my Dad was working and living in Turkey. We were able to tour Gallipoli and was truly heart breaking as well as very interesting. I have been to so many battlefields and all just truly amazes me at the bravery.
I’m surprised no mention of Churchill. His public self-flagellating and subsequent decade “in the wilderness” were very much considered cause & effect between the two World Wars. First Lord of the Admiralty to a Colonel on the field of battle is a significant descent down the often unfair ladder of life. Every biography I’ve read about Churchill devoted heavy page count to his responsibilities at Gallipoli. PS: OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217he was a racist and war criminal does not deserve the adulation he is afforded created the worst famine in India during the first world war to feed his troops in the trenches slaughtered thousands of civilians in the Amrita massacre
Interesting, Churchill was Not the battlefield commander responsible for making any of the decisions you saw presented here. The on scene commanders were.
I knew 2 of the Old Boys that we’re at Gallipoli. They worked for my Dad on the Farm. One of them was a sniper. Great Old Boys, one of them in particular, Old Jimmy Grant, a lovely gentle soul, I’ll never forget him. They never talked about it, never. I remember the two of us taking shelter in a small hollow, like a shallow trench, in a passing heavy wind driven shower, as we hunched down it passed through my mind, I wonder if he felt the same.
this is the best documentary i have ever read or seen on gallipoli. it changed my view and i must alter the story my workmates indoctrinated me with when i was a young man, living down under for a while. i ever had a obsession with this particular battle of WWI just as if i had taken part in it in a previous live. congrat on the well done research.
This was a fascinating documentary. My Great Grandfather was killed in Action in Suvla Bay and I think he also survived V Beach landing before that. He was in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He is commemorated on the Cape Hellas Memorial.
Yes the Dublin Fusiliers landed from the River Clyde (along with the Munster Fusiliers). Casualties were so high they were merged and nicknamed the 'Dubsters'.
My Grandfather Percy Bruce was part of the initial beach landings at Gallipoli. He was in the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He told my Uncle that many of his comrades were so badly injured on the beach they had to be put out of their misery! He was wounded in the arm and leg during the campaign and after the withdrawal was shipped over to the Somme where he was gassed. My Mums description of his temperament after the war would suggest he was suffering from PTSD and I'm not surprised. Sadly I never met him as he passed 2 weeks before I was born.
Very interesting history, well done research. It is very important to get our history accurate and correct! Thank You for sharing this video with us. ♥️🇦🇺🇳🇿💙🌻🇺🇦💪🏽
My great uncle landed first day at Gallipoli with the 16th Battalion AIF , he was English born in Eastwood Nottingham, immigrated to Australia 1912, he was wounded in the face, luckily by a spent bullet. He lay in no man’s land for 12 hours. Until found by a stretcher party, while under a local truce. He was the only survivor of his section. Now a Sargeant, He was killed in action on the 29/30th August 1916 at Monquet Farm the Somme. His body was never recovered, destroyed in an artillery barrage. Brave men on all sides. Lest we forget.
Thank you for making this documentary about the landing, and shining light on it. For some reason the Sound varies during dialog? But still and excelent job! Thank you.
Gallipoli campaign joke. Aussy troops arrive and are met by a dejected British officer who asks them; “Lads have you come here to-die?” And an Australian private replies; (do the accent) “Nah, we can here yester-die.”
The Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment about 1700 men strong exhibited exceptional bravery, skill, and leadership. " All " were killed or wounded following orders to stop the British advance. You should read about it.
Mercy this was beautifully done and my hat goes out to you in recapping it. I have never heard the story told from this perspective before. I dont know what tge true story is, but if you add up all the pieces, i think we get closer to it. I read several comments from thise with family members involved. It must have been terribly hard on all of them to bear this all these years.
I do not know for certain but the Turks may have agreed to the cemeteries as part of the condition of their being on the losing side of world war I. Learning about the formation of modern Turkey with Ataturk would be the place to start looking
The alliance between Germany and the Ottoman Empire is not because the German Kaiser paid a visit to Istanbul to meet theTurkish Sultan after WWI started. The Ottoman Empire have been losing territory in Eastern European and Greece over a span of 200 years. The English and the French have been militarily helping the Greeks fight for their independence from Ottoman Empire for years. It would be in Ottoman interest to fight against England and France to gain their lost territories in Eastern Europe and Greece. It is a shame that complex international political issues are glossed over by a simple explanation. That an alliance between the Ottomans and the Germans is a violation of neutrality when the English and French have been helping Eastern Europeans and Greeks to expel their hated Muslim Overloads (the Ottoman Janissaries). But this video is presented from a pro-Imperial British perspective. When the British and French sought to expand their Empire into Asia Minor (Turkey), Holy Land, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, and Middle East then it is a natural expansion of powerful empires. When the Ottomans sought to preserve their Imperial territories (won by military conquest) then it is immoral if not criminal. There is no right nor wrong. There is only powerful states, be it the Ottoman Empire or the British Empire, vying for land. Overall, this video is very interesting. If the information presented is accurate then the Gallipoli Landing was not a debacle. Rather the Ottoman Turks effectively defended against a well planned amphibious landing that failed. If the information presented is accurate then I feel this is a very informative and well presented documentary that helped clarify some inaccurate myths about the Gallipoli Campaign of WWI. The ANZAC troops were not carelessly sent to their death by uncaring English superiors. Rather the Ottomans effectively defended their homeland from a seaborne invasion.
This was an excellent documentary of Gallipoli anybody that wants to learn what happened needs to watch this. This was an excellent documentary I can’t say enough good about it.
Jeffrey, I agree. I stumbled upon it and it is going to consume much of my Sunday morning. I think that this would be a great lecture for the Naval Academy senior class. What a mixture of dialogue and fascinating old film clips, modern views and maps. What a marvelous way to present history.
Brilliant documentary. Planning to visit Gallipoli on my motorbike this spring . My great uncle was killed in Gallipoli 1/9th Manchesters . Thanks . This was a really good documentary
An excellent documentary...indeed the best that I have seen so far on the Battle of Gallipoli. Very impressed by the research and narration. Thank u. Subscribing.
4:51 The Clerance Palmer case; a vice consul does suddenly turn into a an eloborate spy. Very unlikely that it was just a "concerned citizen" who started mapping sea mines. Most likely that was why he was assigned there at the first place: espionage.
The Irish man Francis Ledwidge known as the Black bird poet was injured in Gallipoli, he recoperated in Manchester only to go on to the front line in France to lose his life to a German shell. There is a small museum in Slane county Meath Ireland to him. He was a strong brave man.
My old regiment the Ayrshire Yeomanry was at Gallipoli. I always thought that the Allies were under the impression that the Turks would be easily overcome and therefore sent second line troops to the landings. Before anyone becomes upset I don’t mean a lack of bravery or effort. I do mean not so well trained or equipped.
5:51: "Turks connive at the most flagrant violations of neutrality". A bit naive interpretation. Turks knew that the Britain and its allies would eventually attack Ottoman Empire, as both UK and France had rejected Turkish approaches for an alliance. This suspicion drove Turks to ally with Germans, rather waiting for the attack as neutral sitting duck.
I seem to recall there was also an incident where Britain refused to sell two warships to Turkey shortly before the war. Seen as an enormous snub I can imagine!
Excellent film, echoes so well the way the common soldier was thrown to their doom, respect to the Australian Government that none of their brave lads were shot at dawn unlike over 320British, ( 30 German ) in the 1st World War.
Which is why the Australian battalions on the Western front were always under strength and Paris was full of Aust deserters and blackmarketeers. The Aust High commnad pleaded for the death penalty but were refused many times. The desertion rate was the highest of any country and caused many unnessessary deaths.
My great great uncle was a Private in the 4th Brigade 4th Light Horse and was wounded at the Neck and was taken to the beach head, and was a participant in the Charge of Beersheba
The characters in the vid refer to them as “the Turks.” So in reality, would the men in the trenches have referred to their opponents across the ridges as “Turks” or “Ottoman”?
Very good documentary,I did read a number of years ago that the Turks laid a string of mines running parrallel to I think the south shore.It was done later than the other mines which were accross the strait and was not picked up.Mine sweepers were used at night to remove a number of the known mines.The two French battleships where nearer the shore and hit these mines and blew up,this caused confusion as the exact number of mines was not known and this was one of the main reasons the naval engagement was halted. How much credence can be given to this story I dont know.
It’s amazing how much the British so thoroughly dismissed and disrespected such an intelligent, valuable part of their empire in the Australians, who kept pulling the British out of the fire again and again, always steadfast, with great good cheer and bravado, who, if allowed to fight under their own devices, of which they were denied, would have fared much better, and had to follow stiff English leadership, quite often clearly inept, any objections or input falling on deaf ears, with the Aussies paying the tab. The English pushed heavily for bringing back the death penalty for insubordination, which the Australian government, from past experience, wisely refused to allow. Making up about 10% of total available British forces, the English had to "put up with" what they often termed undisciplined rabble who, high command had to grudgingly admit, had a remarkable success rate in combat, among the best in all military ranks in achieving results. An excellent reexamination of a clearly misunderstood chapter of WW 1 history.
british fought more tougher battles than the aussies who never had the courage the brits had thats just a fact evidence shows it so your wrong the brits where at gallipoli to so your very bitter i see
I visited ANZAC Cove and Lone Pine Cemetery last year in April 2023, as part of a group tour of Turkey. Very sad indeed for all that were involved! I’m a Yank from California so I know very little about this campaign, other than the strategic importance of opening the shipping lanes to the Black Sea. I knew nothing about the British landings until I watched this excellent video, and I would like to know more about this significant campaign. I’m going to read 36 Days, also I would appreciate any other book recommendations!
A really interesting documentary and it changed my idea of the Gallipoli campaign. And whilst we remember the ANZAC and British troops obviously, France, Canada and India also lost many men for nothing along with us.
Thank you for such a polished and interesting film...the main significance to me as a fellow historian was the rebalancing of history. Revisionism is a controversial topic but when done with such irrefutable evidence it is absolutely essential if we are ever to truly learn from history. Looking around the world today, it seems history has a big job on.
One of the major problems about this is that it is presented as if Anzacs were operating in isolation from their allies, the French & Belgiums who had been invaded & had the biggest armies by far, & the English (in reality the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland) the latter who figure enormously in Anzac imagination of the situation between 1914 & 1918, as illustrated by the overemphasis of the Dardanelles as opposed to 'La Manche' (or the English Channel). With respect to the declaration of War upon Turkey, this actually happened in 1914, two major German warships had fled to neutral Turkish ports & Germany made an arrangement for these ships to be 're-flagged' as Turkish vessels. Subsequently the German crewed ships entered the Black Sea and bombarded Oddessa & Sevastopol causing Russia to declare war on Turkey, the French & British as allies of Russia followed the Russian lead & also declared war on Turkey.
THANK YOU - excellent piece of work. My mother’s family left Australia and moved to the US so my granduncles could not be slaughtered by the British. Luckily for me my maternal grandfather spent the war in Egypt driving trucks. Australian intelligence, guts and ingenuity are why Americans LOVE Australians.
Very fine program - clearly presented. The reenactments add drama and emotion. Unfortunately, the futility of Gallipoli is mirrored many times over in the failed attacks that occurred in France during this awful war.
Excellent documentary learnt a lot and it has dispelled a few myths. I do believe though Mr Palmer would have carried out a few more daring acts but we just will never know.
Just so everyone knows the Royal navy knew the Dardanelles straight was mined and that it was guarded by forts. The Royal Navy made their own decision to try to force their way through anyway. The British Army knew before the landings that a large Turkish force was on Land on the peninsula. They decided to go any way. I can only account for that by, describing the British judgment of Turkish fighting spirit and training as deficient.
When did Turkey start being called Turkey? The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia. It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369. ?????? BUT ALSO - What was Turkey called in 1914? The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire came into World War I as one of the Central Powers.
Great documentry/video, very enlightening. Amazing that they (British and the anzacs) new all about the prepared defences. That Canon shot that cut, captain Brodie in half, was an ominous portent of things to come, it kind of spoke volumes, in itself. As some one stated no mention of Churchill in this. As far as I understand it was kind of Churchill's 'baby' so to speak. Knowing what was infront of them, just shows how brave these Brits and anzacs were.
Very nice made historical film.. Sadly some high ranking officers don't participate at the frontline, and are prepared to loose men trying to take an objective that he would know was impossible is he was there... Well done Aussies. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.. Saluut 🇿🇦
My family lost two brothers in Gallipoli who were not even in their 20s. I don't care who looks at it from which perspective, I still have a hard time respecting these invaders and accepting that they have graves in these beautiful lands.
My granddad was in the royal Welsh fusiliers & said the Somme wasn’t that bad , as when boarding a transport ship it became full two men in front of him. This sailed to the Gallipoli & the next transport that my granddad was on to France His only comment was he never saw any of his mates on the first transport again.
My grandfather,#698 NFLD. Regiment, and his pals helped with the evacuation,they were in the front trenches tricking the turks into believing they were still occupied by a larger force.After there he went to france where he was buried by a shell explosion, his pals dug him out.I guess he was abit nervous after that.He was in his late 20's then.He came home in 1916 or so.He quit a good job to go there,and came to a difficult life,he raised abig family.All good brave people from New Zealand,Newfoundland,and other countries, on both sides.
13:27 This film has NOTHING to do with Gallipoli, it is an Austrio - Hungarian BB sunk by an Italian Torpedo Boat !!! LAME ! Szent István was struck by two torpedoes launched from MAS-15, and capsized roughly three hours later off the island of Premuda. She is the only battleship whose sinking was filmed during World War I.
Gallipoli was a perfect example of how not to conduct an amphibious assault. As nothing in this scale had been tried in modern warfare, lessons had to be learned the hard way. Lessons well learned when WW2 rolled around.
First great attempted amphibious invasion of the 20th century. Allies greatly under estimated the fighting capabilities of Atta Turk and the Turks in general.
My grandfather fought in the side of turkey and my grandmother on the side of Australia and my father who was 12 years at that time fought on the side of germany and my mother on Russian civil war
Hyper - meticulous documentary . I am very impressed by the extremely detailed Planning that went into that attack on Gallipoli , and knew very little about it before now . Thank you.
My Grandfather John Hulse trained in Egypt and greatly admired the plucky Aussies. He was shipped to Gaza!! of all places and was shot in the leg by Turkish forces. God I wish I could talk to him.
the brits cheated the turks, they ordered a warship and payed it, but the brits never delivered it, but the germans helped out and build a ship for the turks.....
This documentary sounds a bit too pro-English, in the sense that it almost aims to absolve the English of the responsibility of shipping the Australians and New Zealanders to thousands of kms away to be slaughtered as "disposables"....
Wow, a great job. I will say it again. I learned the real truth. What brave soldirrs and navy members. The lives lost on both sides were terrible. Bravery was present on both sides. Peace, freedom, and no more wars.
My grandfather was a Turk and fought in Gallipoli. He died in 1980 at the age of 85. I don't remember him receiving veterans' benefits. But he had a medal. He would tell that they helped a wounded British soldier and had him treated at the headquarters. That was all he said about the war. He loved the great Turkish commander Mustafa Kemal Atatürk very much.
My grandfather was on Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, usually a kilted regiment , but sensibly in shorts & tropical kit for this one. He wasn't in the initial; landiings fortunately. Like all veterans, he never spoke of his experiences but he certainly held the Turkish troops in high regard - particularly their snipers. Anyway, he survived that and then the whole Palestine campaign, being withdrawn just before the capture of Jerusalem and sent to the Western Front for what would be the last year of the war. Wounded twice and suffering from malaria for many years he got a War Pension of 6/- from 1919 which gradually rose to £6 by the time of his death in 1983 at the age of 94. I never heard him complain about anything - it was subsequent generations who did all the complaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary.
Many men died from exposure over there. Due to tropical kit no doubt. Another SNAFFU.
God Bless...
Sounds like some boy your grandad respect LWF
Great documentary seem like British thick their own graveyard my knowledge more to it everyone rest in peace, both side
My grandad was at Gallipoli he was in the Sherwood Rangers. He took his horse to war with him and when his ship was approaching Gallipoli it was torpedoed, all the soldiers had to get into life rafts but the horses went down with ship. Evan as an old man he would wake in the night crying because he could still hear the horses screams as they drowned. His best friend who he’d known all his life was decapitated standing next to him and he was wounded and caught malaria. He was taken to a field hospital in Malta and his parents received a letter saying they thought he would die. He didn’t get home until 1918 and his parents barely recognised him, he struggled to hold down a job and life generally was difficult, no support whatsoever from the state. Eventually he settled into civvy life and died in 1976. He was a lovely sweet natured soul.
It wasn’t just awful for the Anzac’s the Brits suffered too.
And the band played Waltzing Matilda. 😮
My grandfather was also at Gallipoli with the British Somerset Light Infantry. Landed at Suvla Bay. Injured and lost an eye. He was also evacuated initially to Malta.
Brave young men.
Married my grandmother, they had 9 children.
92 when he died, in 1988.
The US Vets from WW1 protested getting defrauded by Wall Street on the war bonds they bought. They were routed off the Washington DC mall by none other than Patton!
War is an awful thing that affects everybody involved in different ways. That's why it should be avoided if at all possible. We should all be very wary of politicians that like so many of their class avoid the sounds and smells of combat while sending other people's children off to get maimed and killed for power, resources and money that they look to gain from wars. One of big truths about history is that it's written to suit the interests of the people in power. WW1 and WW2 were both very avoidable events in our history that if all sides had possessed better leadership would have never happened. My grandfather was in the US Army during WW1 but caught the flu and was never sent to France. My father was a US combat Marine in the Central Pacific in WW2 who made 4 landings as part of the 4th Marine Division. Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas Islands and lastly Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands. All landings were made in the first wave. The next scheduled operation for his Division was to be on Kyushu. One of the main Japanese home islands. That was to be be followed by a landing opposite Tokyo on the island of Honshu. Were it not for the use of the A-Bombs he quite possibly wouldn't have survived the war. While what he went through back then didn't affect me or my family directly, I do believe that it had changed him by just being a part of it all. What he saw and did had to. The damage that war does is incalculable. We really have to have to avoid demonizing other peoples and countries so corporations and banks can maximize their profits. Nothing at all good will come from it. Right now we are at a point where we are teetering again on the brink of another world war. It must be avoided!
As an Aussie and American citizen and retired military member, I appreciate his service. Yes, there was no support in many nations when they came back. The elites made plenty of money and watched the parades, but no help for the ones who were shot at. I did not know about the ship sinking and the horses. It's terrible for all. God bless, Rick
As an American, I was introduced to the story of Gallipoli from the 70's anti-war ballad, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," by Eric Bogle. Hauntingly beautiful, it remains the most powerful anti-war song I've ever heard.
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again
The Pouges with Shane Magowens rendition I found particularly brilliant.
I experienced ANZAC day with the Aussies and New Zealanders in Afghanistan. It was quite an event. The Kiwis treated us to a haka, and I've still got a cap with an embroidered kiwi feather given me as a gift that day.
I never was a fan of Winston Churchill's military achievements (or lack thereof) but one must salute the brave British and French seamen and the British and ANZAC soldiers and Marines that fought in this bloody campaign. Johnny Turk is also to be honored for his staunch defense of his homeland in this crucial battle under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, their greatest general and founder of the Turkish republic in the wake of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. This is an excellent documentary, well worth a watch to all students of the the Great War and war generally.
You should read up on Churchill better. Your amiss.
Crypto finances terrorism nuclear materials human trafficking child crime that is against promises to the troops WW2 by FDR and his Bulldog Churchill the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ratification..
Also bans unreported profits on currency speculation on war pandemic terrorism etc on
currency speculation...
My Aunt Bletchley Park ww2 told me that Hitler and some SPECULATOR PRESS blamed innocent people and migrants by generalisation against race religions disability etc including children especially Jewish people and their children and not to forget the children it's the most important thing.
It is because now they sell kids on the dark Web for body parts sex slaves torture by sadistic racists fascists etc using crypto.
And government can't work out that if we ban crypto by promises to the troops WW2 for Stabilization of world currencies it renders the dark Web as like a gun without bullets or a torturer without tweezers for pulling on toe nails or a lynch mob without a rope....or Geoffrey Dahmer without some victims...or Fred West...etc
A good name for a new
crypto..
So had they reported the profits on ww1 in their press the war would have been over before the Anzacs even left Australia...I suggest...
But next time you see a Bush fire or fire in Europe California...
Think has a fx crypto trader started that to gain on falling currencies?
If we do meet them from WW1 and you do trade Fx crypto...
The last thing to say"too many people "
They ll tell you that if there's too many people...we discuss it in the UN cooperation of nations and its old men like me first who volunteer....for the chop....not running around Tiranic stealing wallets gleefully pushing children in the sea for a place in a lifeboat....
Homeland ? Land taken from the Greeks
He inspired a whole nation to stand up to a fascist tyranny and you disparage his military achievements. Go figure.
Gallipoli is an endlessly fascinating subject. My great grandfather was there in the turret of his ship shelling the Turkish positions.
Several years ago my Dad was working and living in Turkey. We were able to tour Gallipoli and was truly heart breaking as well as very interesting. I have been to so many battlefields and all just truly amazes me at the bravery.
I’m surprised no mention of Churchill. His public self-flagellating and subsequent decade “in the wilderness” were very much considered cause & effect between the two World Wars. First Lord of the Admiralty to a Colonel on the field of battle is a significant descent down the often unfair ladder of life. Every biography I’ve read about Churchill devoted heavy page count to his responsibilities at Gallipoli.
PS: OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
its like BoJo and Brexshit!
no mention of the elephant in the China store is normal!
Churchill was a warmonger and worthless at best as First Lord of the Admiralty. Greece, Norway and Gallipoli.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217he was a racist and war criminal does not deserve the adulation he is afforded created the worst famine in India during the first world war to feed his troops in the trenches slaughtered thousands of civilians in the Amrita massacre
Interesting, Churchill was Not the battlefield commander responsible for making any of the decisions you saw presented here. The on scene commanders were.
Churchill was an Racist Sadist terrorist Alcoholics durgaddicts Murdres,
I love learning the truth behind myths and this one delivered in spades. Well done with the investigation.
I knew 2 of the Old Boys that we’re at Gallipoli. They worked for my Dad on the Farm. One of them was a sniper. Great Old Boys, one of them in particular, Old Jimmy Grant, a lovely gentle soul, I’ll never forget him. They never talked about it, never. I remember the two of us taking shelter in a small hollow, like a shallow trench, in a passing heavy wind driven shower, as we hunched down it passed through my mind, I wonder if he felt the same.
Beautifully made film. The actors, reenactments and old photosgrahs.
I’m sure many many will vehemently disagree with the thesis.
this is the best documentary i have ever read or seen on gallipoli. it changed my view and i must alter the story my workmates indoctrinated me with when i was a young man, living down under for a while. i ever had a obsession with this particular battle of WWI just as if i had taken part in it in a previous live. congrat on the well done research.
My maternal ggrandfather took part in this war he was one of the hundreds ethnic Albanian men that fought and died on Dardanelles (he survived)🇦🇱🇹🇷
This is a brilliant depiction of the Gallipoli campaign. Well done!
This was a fascinating documentary. My Great Grandfather was killed in Action in Suvla Bay and I think he also survived V Beach landing before that. He was in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He is commemorated on the Cape Hellas Memorial.
Yes the Dublin Fusiliers landed from the River Clyde (along with the Munster Fusiliers). Casualties were so high they were merged and nicknamed the 'Dubsters'.
My Grandfather Percy Bruce was part of the initial beach landings at Gallipoli. He was in the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He told my Uncle that many of his comrades were so badly injured on the beach they had to be put out of their misery! He was wounded in the arm and leg during the campaign and after the withdrawal was shipped over to the Somme where he was gassed. My Mums description of his temperament after the war would suggest he was suffering from PTSD and I'm not surprised. Sadly I never met him as he passed 2 weeks before I was born.
Very interesting history, well done research. It is very important to get our history accurate and correct! Thank You for sharing this video with us. ♥️🇦🇺🇳🇿💙🌻🇺🇦💪🏽
My great uncle landed first day at Gallipoli with the 16th Battalion AIF , he was English born in Eastwood Nottingham, immigrated to Australia 1912, he was wounded in the face, luckily by a spent bullet. He lay in no man’s land for 12 hours. Until found by a stretcher party, while under a local truce. He was the only survivor of his section. Now a Sargeant, He was killed in action on the 29/30th August 1916 at Monquet Farm the Somme. His body was never recovered, destroyed in an artillery barrage. Brave men on all sides. Lest we forget.
Thank you for making this documentary about the landing, and shining light on it.
For some reason the Sound varies during dialog? But still and excelent job! Thank you.
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Excellent Documentary!
Gallipoli campaign joke. Aussy troops arrive and are met by a dejected British officer who asks them; “Lads have you come here to-die?” And an Australian private replies; (do the accent) “Nah, we can here yester-die.”
The Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment about 1700 men strong exhibited exceptional bravery, skill, and leadership. " All " were killed or wounded following orders to stop the British advance. You should read about it.
Excellent show, thank you!
Very well done! It explained much of the missing story of Gallipoli.
Mercy this was beautifully done and my hat goes out to you in recapping it. I have never heard the story told from this perspective before.
I dont know what tge true story is, but if you add up all the pieces, i think we get closer to it.
I read several comments from thise with family members involved. It must have been terribly hard on all of them to bear this all these years.
This is brilliantly presented and so informative.
Awesome bit of revisioning here! Highly recommend
How refreshing to watch a pod where Churchill doesn't get dragged through the mud
This movie is beautifully made!
It gives me the chills watching these WW1 vidoes.
A tremendously delivered programme about a very much uncovered piece of history.
An impressive documentary. (It's also nice as well as generous that the Turks allowed the Anzacs to have military cemeteries on their territory.)
I do not know for certain but the Turks may have agreed to the cemeteries as part of the condition of their being on the losing side of world war I. Learning about the formation of modern Turkey with Ataturk would be the place to start looking
The alliance between Germany and the Ottoman Empire is not because the German Kaiser paid a visit to Istanbul to meet theTurkish Sultan after WWI started. The Ottoman Empire have been losing territory in Eastern European and Greece over a span of 200 years. The English and the French have been militarily helping the Greeks fight for their independence from Ottoman Empire for years. It would be in Ottoman interest to fight against England and France to gain their lost territories in Eastern Europe and Greece. It is a shame that complex international political issues are glossed over by a simple explanation. That an alliance between the Ottomans and the Germans is a violation of neutrality when the English and French have been helping Eastern Europeans and Greeks to expel their hated Muslim Overloads (the Ottoman Janissaries). But this video is presented from a pro-Imperial British perspective. When the British and French sought to expand their Empire into Asia Minor (Turkey), Holy Land, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, and Middle East then it is a natural expansion of powerful empires. When the Ottomans sought to preserve their Imperial territories (won by military conquest) then it is immoral if not criminal. There is no right nor wrong. There is only powerful states, be it the Ottoman Empire or the British Empire, vying for land. Overall, this video is very interesting. If the information presented is accurate then the Gallipoli Landing was not a debacle. Rather the Ottoman Turks effectively defended against a well planned amphibious landing that failed. If the information presented is accurate then I feel this is a very informative and well presented documentary that helped clarify some inaccurate myths about the Gallipoli Campaign of WWI. The ANZAC troops were not carelessly sent to their death by uncaring English superiors. Rather the Ottomans effectively defended their homeland from a seaborne invasion.
This was an excellent documentary of Gallipoli anybody that wants to learn what happened needs to watch this. This was an excellent documentary I can’t say enough good about it.
This was an excellent documentary
Jeffrey, I agree. I stumbled upon it and it is going to consume much of my Sunday morning.
I think that this would be a great lecture for the Naval Academy senior class. What a mixture of dialogue and fascinating old film clips, modern views and maps. What a marvelous way to present history.
Brilliant documentary. Planning to visit Gallipoli on my motorbike this spring . My great uncle was killed in Gallipoli 1/9th Manchesters . Thanks . This was a really good documentary
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An excellent documentary...indeed the best that I have seen so far on the Battle of Gallipoli. Very impressed by the research and narration. Thank u. Subscribing.
4:51 The Clerance Palmer case; a vice consul does suddenly turn into a an eloborate spy. Very unlikely that it was just a "concerned citizen" who started mapping sea mines. Most likely that was why he was assigned there at the first place: espionage.
Excellent documentary. Thank you for your dedication to a true telling of this story.
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The Irish man Francis Ledwidge known as the Black bird poet was injured in Gallipoli, he recoperated in Manchester only to go on to the front line in France to lose his life to a German shell. There is a small museum in Slane county Meath Ireland to him. He was a strong brave man.
My old regiment the Ayrshire Yeomanry was at Gallipoli. I always thought that the Allies were under the impression that the Turks would be easily overcome and therefore sent second line troops to the landings. Before anyone becomes upset I don’t mean a lack of bravery or effort. I do mean not so well trained or equipped.
5:51: "Turks connive at the most flagrant violations of neutrality". A bit naive interpretation. Turks knew that the Britain and its allies would eventually attack Ottoman Empire, as both UK and France had rejected Turkish approaches for an alliance. This suspicion drove Turks to ally with Germans, rather waiting for the attack as neutral sitting duck.
I seem to recall there was also an incident where Britain refused to sell two warships to Turkey shortly before the war. Seen as an enormous snub I can imagine!
Superb documentary. I am an avid amateur historian and a Military Intelligence veteran with AFG and IRQ service, so I know a little.
Great video great story well worth the time and now history is corrected on what I thought I knew of this thanks
what a fantastic video. Really appreciate the level of detail. Well done. :)
Great, indeed an essential part of the history of Gallipoli.That finally has been told!!
Thank you for making this . Much love from the UK . Fascinating and very very interesting. ❤
Excellent film, echoes so well the way the common soldier was thrown to their doom, respect to the Australian Government that none of their brave lads were shot at dawn unlike over 320British, ( 30 German ) in the 1st World War.
Which is why the Australian battalions on the Western front were always under strength and Paris was full of Aust deserters and blackmarketeers. The Aust High commnad pleaded for the death penalty but were refused many times. The desertion rate was the highest of any country and caused many unnessessary deaths.
Excellent program. I learned a lot.
Thanks for the info mate.. !! great show ... War is terrible ..
My great great uncle was a Private in the 4th Brigade 4th Light Horse and was wounded at the Neck and was taken to the beach head, and was a participant in the Charge of Beersheba
This is excellent - Thank you
You keep referring it as Turkey, that time it was still the Ottoman empire.
The characters in the vid refer to them as “the Turks.” So in reality, would the men in the trenches have referred to their opponents across the ridges as “Turks” or “Ottoman”?
Very good documentary,I did read a number of years ago that the Turks laid a string of mines running parrallel to I think the south shore.It was done later than the other mines which were accross the strait and was not picked up.Mine sweepers were used at night to remove a number of the known mines.The two French battleships where nearer the shore and hit these mines and blew up,this caused confusion as the exact number of mines was not known and this was one of the main reasons the naval engagement was halted.
How much credence can be given to this story I dont know.
It’s amazing how much the British so thoroughly dismissed and disrespected such an intelligent, valuable part of their empire in the Australians, who kept pulling the British out of the fire again and again, always steadfast, with great good cheer and bravado, who, if allowed to fight under their own devices, of which they were denied, would have fared much better, and had to follow stiff English leadership, quite often clearly inept, any objections or input falling on deaf ears, with the Aussies paying the tab. The English pushed heavily for bringing back the death penalty for insubordination, which the Australian government, from past experience, wisely refused to allow. Making up about 10% of total available British forces, the English had to "put up with" what they often termed undisciplined rabble who, high command had to grudgingly admit, had a remarkable success rate in combat, among the best in all military ranks in achieving results. An excellent reexamination of a clearly misunderstood chapter of WW 1 history.
british fought more tougher battles than the aussies who never had the courage the brits had thats just a fact evidence shows it so your wrong the brits where at gallipoli to so your very bitter i see
I visited ANZAC Cove and Lone Pine Cemetery last year in April 2023, as part of a group tour of Turkey. Very sad indeed for all that were involved!
I’m a Yank from California so I know very little about this campaign, other than the strategic importance of opening the shipping lanes to the Black Sea. I knew nothing about the British landings until I watched this excellent video, and I would like to know more about this significant campaign. I’m going to read 36 Days, also I would appreciate any other book recommendations!
A really interesting documentary and it changed my idea of the Gallipoli campaign. And whilst we remember the ANZAC and British troops obviously, France, Canada and India also lost many men for nothing along with us.
The British plan assumed that the Turks were ignorant fools. Typical imperial hubris.
Thank you for such a polished and interesting film...the main significance to me as a fellow historian was the rebalancing of history. Revisionism is a controversial topic but when done with such irrefutable evidence it is absolutely essential if we are ever to truly learn from history. Looking around the world today, it seems history has a big job on.
Either way, the Gallipoli Campaign was an pointless butchery. As indeed every war is.
Pawns, they were all pawns in a British debacle. War is a Racket
I am with you, Sir! I agree that Britain KNEW EXACTLY in what kind of murdering fire were they sending Australians in. Brave, brave British!
Isn't military intelligence and oxymoron?
Only when they get it wrong
Brilliant and informative. Great work
Very well done ,Sir . Thank you.
One of the major problems about this is that it is presented as if Anzacs were operating in isolation from their allies, the French & Belgiums who had been invaded & had the biggest armies by far, & the English (in reality the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland) the latter who figure enormously in Anzac imagination of the situation between 1914 & 1918, as illustrated by the overemphasis of the Dardanelles as opposed to 'La Manche' (or the English Channel).
With respect to the declaration of War upon Turkey, this actually happened in 1914, two major German warships had fled to neutral Turkish ports & Germany made an arrangement for these ships to be 're-flagged' as Turkish vessels. Subsequently the German crewed ships entered the Black Sea and bombarded Oddessa & Sevastopol causing Russia to declare war on Turkey, the French & British as allies of Russia followed the Russian lead & also declared war on Turkey.
Indeed. The French lost more men in the Gallipoli campaign than did the ANZACs. Yet few even know the French were there.
Churchill was a disaster as a leader during that war .
...woooooooooooooooooooow!!! ...he got me with the end-scene...😪
That 3D model made from plaster of Paris was a stroke of genius
THANK YOU - excellent piece of work. My mother’s family left Australia and moved to the US so my granduncles could not be slaughtered by the British. Luckily for me my maternal grandfather spent the war in Egypt driving trucks. Australian intelligence, guts and ingenuity are why Americans LOVE Australians.
Very fine program - clearly presented. The reenactments add drama and emotion. Unfortunately, the futility of Gallipoli is mirrored many times over in the failed attacks that occurred in France during this awful war.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Excellent documentary learnt a lot and it has dispelled a few myths.
I do believe though Mr Palmer would have carried out a few more daring acts but we just will never know.
Just so everyone knows the Royal navy knew the Dardanelles straight was mined and that it was guarded by forts. The Royal Navy made their own decision to try to force their way through anyway. The British Army knew before the landings that a large Turkish force was on Land on the peninsula. They decided to go any way. I can only account for that by, describing the British judgment of Turkish fighting spirit and training as deficient.
The Allied army did not invade Turkey - there was no such country at the time. Come on, now.
When did Turkey start being called Turkey?
The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia. It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369. ??????
BUT ALSO - What was Turkey called in 1914?
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire came into World War I as one of the Central Powers.
There were other pilots and airplanes present and active at Gallipoli: both British And Turkish!
Great documentry/video, very enlightening. Amazing that they (British and the anzacs) new all about the prepared defences.
That Canon shot that cut, captain Brodie in half, was an ominous portent of things to come, it kind of spoke volumes, in itself. As some one stated no mention of Churchill in this. As far as I understand it was kind of Churchill's 'baby' so to speak. Knowing what was infront of them, just shows how brave these Brits and anzacs were.
Don't forget the French that were there.
A most interesting documentary. Thanks.
Brilliant documentry👍
Very nice made historical film..
Sadly some high ranking officers don't participate at the frontline, and are prepared to loose men trying to take an objective that he would know was impossible is he was there...
Well done Aussies.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.. Saluut 🇿🇦
My family lost two brothers in Gallipoli who were not even in their 20s. I don't care who looks at it from which perspective, I still have a hard time respecting these invaders and accepting that they have graves in these beautiful lands.
It was many failures of Churchills decision making. This one in the 1st War and Market Garden in the 2nd War.
My granddad was in the royal Welsh fusiliers & said the Somme wasn’t that bad , as when boarding a transport ship it became full two men in front of him.
This sailed to the Gallipoli & the next transport that my granddad was on to France
His only comment was he never saw any of his mates on the first transport again.
My grandfather,#698 NFLD. Regiment, and his pals helped with the evacuation,they were in the front trenches tricking the turks into believing they were still occupied by a larger force.After there he went to france where he was buried by a shell explosion, his pals dug him out.I guess he was abit nervous after that.He was in his late 20's then.He came home in 1916 or so.He quit a good job to go there,and came to a difficult life,he raised abig family.All good brave people from New Zealand,Newfoundland,and other countries, on both sides.
My grandfather was at gallipoli with the Royal Munster fusiliers and was shot in the chest but survived
Great production. A lot of what we think of as "history" is really a cooked job done up for political purposes.
How the allies ever thought that they could pull this off is insane.
13:27 This film has NOTHING to do with Gallipoli, it is an Austrio - Hungarian BB sunk by an Italian Torpedo Boat !!! LAME ! Szent István was struck by two torpedoes launched from MAS-15, and capsized roughly three hours later off the island of Premuda. She is the only battleship whose sinking was filmed during World War I.
Well done! I'll be back. thanks.
Gallipoli was a perfect example of how not to conduct an amphibious assault. As nothing in this scale had been tried in modern warfare, lessons had to be learned the hard way. Lessons well learned when WW2 rolled around.
Remember D-day landing...
First great attempted amphibious invasion of the 20th century. Allies greatly under estimated the fighting capabilities of Atta Turk and the Turks in general.
My grandfather fought in the side of turkey and my grandmother on the side of Australia and my father who was 12 years at that time fought on the side of germany and my mother on Russian civil war
Hyper - meticulous documentary . I am very impressed by the extremely detailed Planning that went into that attack on Gallipoli , and knew very little about it before now . Thank you.
My Grandfather John Hulse trained in Egypt and greatly admired the plucky Aussies. He was shipped to Gaza!! of all places and was shot in the leg by Turkish forces. God I wish I could talk to him.
the brits cheated the turks, they ordered a warship and payed it, but the brits never delivered it, but the germans helped out and build a ship for the turks.....
My grandfather was there with the 10th Manchesters by the Christmas only 128 soldiers walked away from a full regiment plus reinforcements.
Stupid Lord of Admirality! Sent to death so many lives for absolutly NOTHING... His " punishment" !? Just a discrete retreat for the job...
It is no secret that British officers considered ANZAC troops as nothing but Cannon fodder.
This documentary sounds a bit too pro-English, in the sense that it almost aims to absolve the English of the responsibility of shipping the Australians and New Zealanders to thousands of kms away to be slaughtered as "disposables"....
Wow, a great job. I will say it again. I learned the real truth. What brave soldirrs and navy members. The lives lost on both sides were terrible. Bravery was present on both sides. Peace, freedom, and no more wars.