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Gallipoli

By: Peter FitzSimons
Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
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On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail.

Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the nation's Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated Australians and New Zealanders involved: the birth of their countries' sense of nationhood.

Now approaching its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign, commemorated each year on Anzac Day, reverberates with importance as the origin and symbol of Australian and New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the battle – which was minor against the scale of the First World War and cost less than a sixth of the Australian deaths on the Western Front – are often forgotten or obscured. Peter FitzSimons, with his trademark vibrancy and expert melding of writing and research, recreates the disaster as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt.

©2014 Peter FitzSimons (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Americas Military United States War Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking Imperialism Ottoman Empire Russia
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I now have the full story of Gallipoli. something I will forever remember,lestwe forget.

Very Enlightening

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Very very well read by Mr Meldrum and what a great story.

If it weren’t true you wouldn’t believe it.

Wow. What a book

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A well written book and telling of the story of the ANZAC’s. To relive the campaign and experience more of what they went through.

We will remember them

A beautiful history of the ANZACs.

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Well Mr FitzSimons you and your team kept me awake at night listening to the story. Politics and war not a good combination. Great listening captivating story, well told pity I knew the ending. As with many books I'm finding I know the story but lack the detail of what really happened. Find it difficult to grasp that such incompetent people can have so much power over life and death in the decisions they make. Also how the disempowered have so little power to make the changes they need to make to change the process so they can change the outcomes. How little things have changed over the years. Thanks

A cognitive shift on life and current issues.

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Can't stand Fitzsimmons in day to day life....but oh my god the man can write, this book was amazing and it is his ability to tell the story in a detail and style that is so informative but also so entertaining....this is a classic..

amazing

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