The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkey, Europe. It is most well known for the devastating results that occurred because of the battle that took place between the Australian and Turkish soldiers during World War 1.
In these following blog posts, we will explore a few major aspects of Gallipoli and its’ role in World War 1.
This post will introduce Gallipoli and what we will cover in the entries to come. There will be information on the events at Gallipoli, its’ purpose, why it means so much to Australia and finally, what it represents today.
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| Gallipoli Peninsula |
When thinking of Australia’s connections to the Great War, many people will first think of Gallipoli. More than 8000 Australian soldiers died here, and around 15,000 were wounded. It is tied into ANZAC Day, on the 25th of April every year, when we commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives to protect us in that war.
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| Anzac Day Dawn Service, Australian War Memorial Canberra, 25 April 2002 |
The name Gallipoli comes from the Greek word ‘gallipoli’, meaning ‘beautiful city’. Before a destructive earthquake in 1354, the city of Gallipoli belonged to the ancient Greeks. It was soon reclaimed by one of the first few Ottoman Turkish empires. It was also used by the British and French during the 1854 Crimean War. Gallipoli was not part of any other wars until World War One.
It's a shame that such a beautiful city as Gallipoli was ruined because of world war 1.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote a fantastic blog post and we learnt some interesting things about the origin of the name of Gallipoli.
This was a very good post, I learnt a lot about Gallipoli, just wondering though, when was Gallipoli reclaimed by the Ottomen Empire?
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! Gallipoli was reclaimed by the Ottoman Empire during 13th and 15th century.
ReplyDeleteGreat post with some interesting information. Your images are also very well chosen. It seems a bit ridiculous that Australians travelled all the way to Turkey to fight. Why was Turkey involved in the war in the first place?
ReplyDeleteTurkey was involved in the war in the first place because they signed a turco-German Alliance in August 1914. Turkey originally had problems with the Triple Entente and they were getting a bit of pressure from Germany to join the other forces.
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