ANZAC Day today commemorates the 102nd Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. Though, in truth, we probably should be calling ti the Battle of Çanakkale, because the Turks prevailed.
56,000 soldiers of the French and British Empires died, as well as a roughly equal number of soldiers from the Ottoman Empire.
In a more just world, a few general officers would have been shot afterwards.
Anyway, a past post, with links to others.
A blog by a "sucker" and a "loser" who served her country in the Navy.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
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As I've seen it go down in the corporate world, after every defeat, they pin medals on the generals and shoot the soldiers.
ReplyDeleteDuring my tour we had a solution to the officer problem. Officers kinda' frowned on it, tended to prosecute the application.
DeleteNot to mention the naval losses.
ReplyDelete1 battlecruiser heavily damaged
3 pre-dreadnoughts sunk
3 pre-dreadnoughts heavily damaged
1 cruiser damaged
700 killed (ship crews on March 18)
Pretty much an entire generation of men, gone in a very short period of time...
ReplyDeleteI've got a couple of old #1 Mk3 Enfields that might have been there or at least in the neighborhood.
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