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Originally Posted by byesman
Spindles, just watched a show on the history channel on that, how the Turks were waiting for the British and ANZAC troops to start disembarking from the ships, then machine gun them. One company of 1000 men lost over 500 BEFORE they hit they beach, they were Fuseliers, and they became known as the "6 VC (Victoria Cross) before breakfast" regiment.
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Yep - very high casualty rate. You gotta wonder what kind of general sends his troops straight up a steep slope to a well defended entrenchment
It is one place I would really love to visit (one day when I have some money). My wife has been there and she reckons it was one of the saddest places she has ever visited.
The movie "Gallipoli" starring a rather unknown guy called Mel Gibson
(in his younger days) shows a pretty good portrayal of what went on there.