Gallipoli Kabatepe Simulation Centre
Many ANZAC diggers kept diaries. So lots of people have read about Australian diggers’ close encounters with “Beachy Bill”. This was a Turkish cannon used for shelling Gallipoli troops to great...
View ArticleDid you know these ANZAC fascinating facts?
The Gallipoli campaign has certainly been a rich source of both myth and legend. Why the ANZAC forces landed when and where they did. How the whole tragedy that was Gallipoli unfolded. Every week,...
View ArticleThe Australian Army Slouch Hat
Gallipoli 1915 was the birthplace of many Australian legends. But none perhaps as well-known as the Australian army slouch hat. Although the slouch hat had been introduced late in the 19th century, it...
View Article136,000 Went and Only One Came Back
Anzac Cove – 7:30am – 25 April 1915. General Bridges leads the 1st Australian Division in the Gallipoli landing. General Bridges is the only soldier whose body was returned home from the war. His...
View ArticleGallipoli Guns Fall Silent Before Christmas 1915
Gallipoli was a disaster. After Ashmed Bartlett and Keith Murdoch’s expose made headlines in London, British High Command took a serious look at pulling out. As his brainchild, blame for the campaign...
View ArticleOnboard Dawn Service Just as Authentic
The Gallipoli 2015 ballot means, in simple terms, that not everyone who may like to will be standing on the beach at Gallipoli on 25th April 2015. Most Epic Cruise passengers will mark the 100th...
View ArticleThe Day the ANZAC Story Really Began
The ANZAC story begins today. On 18th March 1915 the Gallipoli story began. A fleet of 18 battleships with supporting cruisers and destroyers launched their Dardanelles attack with capture of the...
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