David Jobling
The ANZACS:
April 26th 2006 10:31
What does ANZAC stand for?
ANZAC stands for Australian, and New Zealand Army Corps.
The Background.
It’s World War One and Russia, Britain and France are fighting Germany, Austria and Italy. The German army delivers a crushing blow to Russia at Tannenberg at the start of World War One. The Russians are understandably threatened by a Turkish advance through the Caucasus and appealed to their allies for help. Gaining control of the Dardanelles would re-establish communications with Russia and release wheat and shipping locked in the Black Sea by Turkey. This set the background to Gallipoli.
What happened:
The Anzacs were the force that were meant to help defeat Turkey and re establish communication with Russia. While historians are still debating-many believe that due to circumstances (wind direction etc) the ANZACS missed their original landing spot and instead found themselves on ANZAC cove. The place that they landed put them at a significant disadvantage as they had landed just below a cliff. Which meant that Turkish forces were above them and every time the ANZACS attempted to make a move they’d simply get shot down by bullets from above. Like most of the war not much really happened-and the ANZAC campaign was categorized by its stalemate. At least it wasn’t as bad as the Somme which lost 10000 men on the first day! However the Australians did plan a very well executed withdrawal in the night that managed not to rouse suspicion of the Turkish forces.
Information for this post was taken from: www.anzacsite.gov.au/
ANZAC stands for Australian, and New Zealand Army Corps.
The Background.
It’s World War One and Russia, Britain and France are fighting Germany, Austria and Italy. The German army delivers a crushing blow to Russia at Tannenberg at the start of World War One. The Russians are understandably threatened by a Turkish advance through the Caucasus and appealed to their allies for help. Gaining control of the Dardanelles would re-establish communications with Russia and release wheat and shipping locked in the Black Sea by Turkey. This set the background to Gallipoli.
What happened:
The Anzacs were the force that were meant to help defeat Turkey and re establish communication with Russia. While historians are still debating-many believe that due to circumstances (wind direction etc) the ANZACS missed their original landing spot and instead found themselves on ANZAC cove. The place that they landed put them at a significant disadvantage as they had landed just below a cliff. Which meant that Turkish forces were above them and every time the ANZACS attempted to make a move they’d simply get shot down by bullets from above. Like most of the war not much really happened-and the ANZAC campaign was categorized by its stalemate. At least it wasn’t as bad as the Somme which lost 10000 men on the first day! However the Australians did plan a very well executed withdrawal in the night that managed not to rouse suspicion of the Turkish forces.
Information for this post was taken from: www.anzacsite.gov.au/
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