The Battle of Chunuk Bair

The highest peak in the area, considered to be the winning/losing point of the campaign - where NZ soldiers fought and held on for over three days in one of the bloodiest battles in history.

Gallipoli - Least We Forget (How Cold It Was)

April 25th 2007
By day three, Beth and I were over our, 3am, 5am, the ‘proper’ 5.30am wake up calls. Breakfast is worth mentioning just for the odd choices of cucumber pieces, olives, some kind of sandwich meaty looking stuff, various spreads - or were they dips? - stale pre-crushed cornflakes with long life milk for the British, and a multitude of other things that I could not put a title to. Equipped with ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Gallipoli

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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