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An overview of the battle between historians who argue the Gallipoli Campaign is significant and those who argue its significance has been overstated. Written by a military historian.

ELIZABETH JACKSON: As Australians at home and overseas prepare to commemorate Anzac Day a controversial new book has challenged the sensitive mythology surrounding the Anzac spirit. What's Wrong with Anzac? The Militarisation of Australian History is co-edited by Professor Henry Reynolds and fellow historian Professor Marilyn Lake.

Gallipoli was one of the Allies great disasters in World War One. Gallipoli was the plan thought up by Winston Churchill to end the war early by creating a new war front that the Central Powers could not cope with.

it has quotes from the Anzacs, how it was like living in the trenches and other really good information

29 June 2009 by Sue Ducker. Aircraft 1914 - 1918,Collection,News The digitisation of the whole series of Australian Imperial Force (AIF) war diaries from the First World War, (Official Records series AWM4), recently passed the 400,000 image mark. Included in the 400,000 images are all the available diaries for the Australian Flying Corps, (AFC) .

this gave me an insight to what happened at Gallipoli and the tabs on the right hand side of the page has a lot of information on the Gallipoli campaign etc

Hey, This website is a great website because is reliable and also it has many great quotes that can be used within the speech talking about past and present war memorials. Anna

First to Fall - Introduction See details of the 58 men from the 11th Battalion who were killed in action on 25th April, 1915. Australians commemorate 25 April 1915 as 'Anzac Day'. It was the day of the 'Landing at Gallipoli' when more than 20,000 Australians and New Zealanders and some servicemen from other countries went ashore at the Gallipoli Peninsula.

This website was really helpful in aiding me to get a good understanding of the Anzac Landing, i found quotes by charles bean on the webpage which were also very helpful :)

this web site was great at helping me fully understand the Anzac Landing.

I had a lot of trouble understanding the ANZAC Legend and this website really helped me. It has lots of great information and it has other sections on the website about the Gallipoli Landing and the Campaign.

This web page was really helpful and gave really good but easy to understand information about ANZAC and WW1. I thought it was a really great resource to use.

this website helped a lot with plenty of information on the Gallipoli Campaign, and what the Anzac Legend was and the characteristics involved

This web site has some great information about when Anzac Day began and controversy on celebrating Anzac Day

Anzac-legal protection The use of the word Anzac is restricted and protected by legislation. The history of Anzac Day The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 gave us the date and name of Anzac Day.

contains numbers of men who went and died in war

thank you, this has been a great source for how many people died in war from Australia and how many came back

Hey, this website is great because it gives great quotes from news papers as well as it helped me do question 1 and 2. also this site is a great because it gives figures on the number of deaths

This website I found was the script of what Prime Minister John Howard addressed at an Anzac Day dawn service.

The Anzac legend, Gallipoli and the ANZACs, Australia and World War I, History, Year 9, NSW Introduction Even though the Gallipoli Campaign was deemed a disaster in terms of the loss of life suffered there and the failure to achieve a military victory, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (or ANZACs as they have become known ...

This was a really fantastic site when it came to adding a conflict between the sources. This site has many sources that provide information on why we shouldn't celebrate Anzac Day. Really worth looking at!

A really precise answer to how many people died, i know it's from Wiki answers but it was actually surprisingly accurate.