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glyn · 11-07-2007, 09:10 AM

[quote=furkensturker;424141]Gallipoli, came out in the early eighties, the story of a group of young Aussies that "Joined up for an adventure".
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It was an adventure alright, Churchill made sure of that, the poms landed the Aussies on the wrong beach that is now called ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Courp) cove. 7500 Aussies were killed and 20,000 were injured.
and 2500 Kiwis were also killed
The English, where possible, would send troops from countries that were under their control, yep you guessed it, that was us, first so as not to loose their own troops. "(better to loose a few thousand orrstralians than our boys, hey what, old chap)"

Obviously there were no British casualties at all, were there? Oh, hang on a minute - I seem to remember a certain Tommy Atkins scratching his hand on some barbed wire.

I think the rational back then was to use us to soften them up, they did it in the Boer war too.

I can only gasp in admiration at your comprehensive understanding of military history. Was it a good comic book, do you reckon?

11-07-2007, 09:10 AM	#86 (permalink)
glyn Banished *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-15-06 Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK Posts: 6,886	[quote=furkensturker;424141]Gallipoli, came out in the early eighties, the story of a group of young Aussies that "Joined up for an adventure". Gallipoli (1981 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was an adventure alright, Churchill made sure of that, the poms landed the Aussies on the wrong beach that is now called ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Courp) cove. 7500 Aussies were killed and 20,000 were injured. and 2500 Kiwis were also killed The English, where possible, would send troops from countries that were under their control, yep you guessed it, that was us, first so as not to loose their own troops. "(better to loose a few thousand orrstralians than our boys, hey what, old chap)" Obviously there were no British casualties at all, were there? Oh, hang on a minute - I seem to remember a certain Tommy Atkins scratching his hand on some barbed wire. I think the rational back then was to use us to soften them up, they did it in the Boer war too. I can only gasp in admiration at your comprehensive understanding of military history. Was it a good comic book, do you reckon?