Anzac Cove and The Gallipoli Peninsula

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This was a special day for the Aussies on the trip. We cross The Dardanelles to The Gallipoli Peninsula for a visit to Anzac Cove, the surrounding WW1 battlefields and the war cemeteries.The area was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles during WW1 with the loss of of over 50,000 Brits, Aussies, Kiwis, French and Indians. The Turks lost over 80,000. The invasion by the Allied troops commenced in April 1915 and by the end of the year they were in retreat having failed to make any headway against the Turkish troops in their mission to occupy parts of Turkey and take control of The Dardanelles

As we wandered around the war cemeteries there was many a tear in the eyes of the Aussies as the loss of 8709 young men will never be forgotten

After our tour round the battlefields and cemeteries we set off for our return trip to Istanbul

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