It
is ANZAC days and the 100th avviversary of Gallipoli.
Here
are some apt words from Kevin Hester:
In
1986 I was invited to the official NZ delegation at Gallipoli.When I
saw the names on the memorials for the colonial troops were all
working class and was almost exclusively non commissioned officers
and enlisted men I bailed and refused to attend in anger .
The next day I was in Istanbul when Chernobyl blew up and I got nuked.
All wars are banker and resource wars and now Don't blame me I didn't vote for Tony Abbott in Australia and John Key is an idiot in NZ are lining up our countries to support the latest US banker war in Iraq.
2779 NZ troops died in Gallipoli for what?
British Imperialism.
Unmentioned in the great embedded video was that Kamal Attaturk's troops had to use watering cans on their machine guns as they ran red hot mowing down the Gurkas, Ozy's, Brits and Kiwis.
More British incompetence and mendacity with the complete history being rewritten by imperialist sycophants.
The next day I was in Istanbul when Chernobyl blew up and I got nuked.
All wars are banker and resource wars and now Don't blame me I didn't vote for Tony Abbott in Australia and John Key is an idiot in NZ are lining up our countries to support the latest US banker war in Iraq.
2779 NZ troops died in Gallipoli for what?
British Imperialism.
Unmentioned in the great embedded video was that Kamal Attaturk's troops had to use watering cans on their machine guns as they ran red hot mowing down the Gurkas, Ozy's, Brits and Kiwis.
More British incompetence and mendacity with the complete history being rewritten by imperialist sycophants.
Anzac
Day 2015 - the Gallipoli disaster 100 years on
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April, 2015
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April 2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of the start of the
British-led military invasion of Gallipoli on Turkey’s Dardanelle
Peninsula, which resulted in over 200,000 dead and wounded in an
eight-month period.
Many
of these were the First World War's first major casualties for the
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac).
Gallipoli
was a military disaster. Yet, a century on, politicians seeking to
glorify the First World War, are calling the huge loss of life at
Gallipoli "a price worth paying."
As
the Australian government is spending $300 million commemorating the
WWI centenary to promote militarism and nationalist myths, veterans
groups have condemned the "nationalist circus" that Anzac
Day has become.
A
key part of the UK government's WWI programme will include Anzac Day
commemorations in London, Turkey and Portsmouth.
While
Prime Minister David Cameron spends over £60 million to mark the WW1
centenary, mental health problems among UK soldiers back from the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars, escalate, six veterans per day seek
treatment for post-traumatic stress, as alcoholism, suicide and
homelessness are on the rise.
Rather
than celebrating the rewriting of history in order to promote new
wars, on this 100th anniversary, it is important to remember what
really happened at Gallipoli.
Gallipoli The Untold Stories WWI │Full Documentary
This
is a must have for all those interested in Australians at war and how
the Anzac legend was forged, and reflects on the impact Gallipoli had
on everyday Australians then and now. It includes never-before seen
interviews with the last ten Gallipoli Anzacs, includes rare black
and white film footage showing the beach and the trenches at
Gallipoli, rarely seen images from The Age and war photographer
Phillip Schuler.
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