The soldier on the right in the trench in the August Offensive is Major Leslie Morshead - later to lead the 9th AIF Division at Tobruk tagged by Lord Haw Haw as 'The rats of Tobruk"as Lt Gen Morshead. At the end of the war he was 1 Aust. Corp Commander in the Pacific campaigns.
If I remember correctly, It wasn't just Brits and Anzac's, but Newfoundlanders, from Canada. Yes they were part of the British army, but they are rarely mentioned when talking about Gallipoli
Outstanding lecture Prof Sheffield! I wonder if anyone has done research on the Turkish side on this phenomenon ( =of citizen soldiers not firing their weapons; passivity?)
I wonder if an issue but with the fighting spirit of the non-regular British army units at Gallipoli was that it was not a good situation to learn on the job. You don't really have quiet sectors, nor proper areas to rest, train and re-organize out of the line. It seems like the units had a rough initial time and were never able to recover from that initial sense of fear because they couldn't be properly taken out of the line or brought up to proper modern tactics outside of the line.
Well I don't know about "leftwing/feminist.... but I agree with the word nonsense, her questions were typical of many Australians who know all about the Gallipoli campaign because they saw a movie about it starring Mel Gibson
The soldier on the right in the trench in the August Offensive is Major Leslie Morshead - later to lead the 9th AIF Division at Tobruk tagged by Lord Haw Haw as 'The rats of Tobruk"as Lt Gen Morshead. At the end of the war he was 1 Aust. Corp Commander in the Pacific campaigns.
If I remember correctly, It wasn't just Brits and Anzac's, but Newfoundlanders, from Canada. Yes they were part of the British army, but they are rarely mentioned when talking about Gallipoli
Great upload, thanks for sharing.
Outstanding lecture Prof Sheffield! I wonder if anyone has done research on the Turkish side on this phenomenon ( =of citizen soldiers not firing their weapons; passivity?)
I often recall a first hand account of ANZAC Cove 1915 from an old digger told to me in the 1960s.
Great talk and Q &A from Western Front Association.
Highly educational talk on the units at Gallipoli. Provides other avenues to research for my book on the 1/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
I wonder if an issue but with the fighting spirit of the non-regular British army units at Gallipoli was that it was not a good situation to learn on the job. You don't really have quiet sectors, nor proper areas to rest, train and re-organize out of the line. It seems like the units had a rough initial time and were never able to recover from that initial sense of fear because they couldn't be properly taken out of the line or brought up to proper modern tactics outside of the line.
Thank you this is a very interesting subject Alan Hurst-thomlinson
Wow! That last statement from a member of the audience at 1:31:00 stood everything on its head; now I have to research General Sir John Monash.
Aussie Discipline!...... What Discipline? (some British general)
Why nothing of the French troop at Gallipoli?
Probably the same reason as the New Foundlanders and the Indians.
The clue's in the title.
1hr 10min, in the questions, he acknowledged that he didn't cover other nations
A excellent talk, but typical leftwing/feminist nonsense from the Australian woman.
Well I don't know about "leftwing/feminist.... but I agree with the word nonsense, her questions were typical of many Australians who know all about the Gallipoli campaign because they saw a movie about it starring Mel Gibson