tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post6441742091103637152..comments2023-10-25T00:57:45.651+10:30Comments on Wombat's Waffles: Gallipoli - 100 years onDavohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-4689682772885643622015-05-07T20:04:30.282+09:302015-05-07T20:04:30.282+09:30and yes ... 'twas on the "Western Front&q...and yes ... 'twas on the "Western Front" where Australian military generals (and the troops under their command) began to DISbelieve the 'commandants' of the English Generals. <br /><br />There is a place in the Northern Hemisphere - Villers-Brettaneux (microsoft can't spell it - neither can i - long forgotten) - where the Australian troops - under the command of John Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-86155121437188009452015-05-02T21:28:21.834+09:302015-05-02T21:28:21.834+09:30Vestie (yes, my father died in 1945, so "ANZA...Vestie (yes, my father died in 1945, so "ANZAC" day brings many turmoils of emotion in me) .. am not an expert researcher - but it seems to me that - while every young man in Australia, in 1915 - 100 years ago, perhaps naively - "believed" in Empire British; the Gallipoli campaign began to make our own military commanders begin to rethink.<br /><br />Please remember that; in Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-38930427179626937042015-05-02T21:10:09.036+09:302015-05-02T21:10:09.036+09:30WOT? While yes, in 1915 - 100 years ago - the Emir...WOT? While yes, in 1915 - 100 years ago - the Emir, Bey, Caliph of the Ottoman empire may well have been conscious, aware, that there were parts, and peoples of the British Empire existing in the South; beyond the 'Equator' - doubt that that was his primary concern.<br /><br />His only concern - at that time - was the preservation of his Ottoman Empire.<br />Apparently, as history has Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10108616.post-70166581347157482452015-04-29T21:55:58.893+09:302015-04-29T21:55:58.893+09:30I sometimes wonder if the boot was on the other fo...I sometimes wonder if the boot was on the other foot and the Turks had invaded NSW , would we be so accommodating as the Turks are at Gallipoli to our tourists if the Turks returned to NSW for an annual pilgrimage and relive the carnage in NSW ?<br />My feeling is negative.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.com