The Gallipoli Campaign

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There is a battle, a long way from home and a long time ago. A lot of men are killed and wounded in this battle. It was a defeat and didn’t change anything. But we’re still interested in it. As a nation today, we Australians are transfixed by Gallipoli that it is so difficult for us to look past that well-intended but ineffectual side show to the main event. Clearly today modern day Australian’s are too full of this transfixion on the Gallipoli campaign that there is not enough attention given to the Baptism of fire- The Western front. These heroic achievements are now just being pushed into the background.
In March 1916, the Australian Imperial forces moved to France and by July and August were deeply involved on the Western Front. By the

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