Gallipoli Peninsula
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Today, the Gallipoli battlefields are peaceful
places covered in scrubby brush, pine forests and farmers' fields, but this
strategic peninsula has held the key to Istanbul for a millennium. Momentous
battles have been fought here, including the 9 months of ferocious combat
between Atatürk's troops and the Allies in WWI. Gallipoli is a fairly large
area to tour, it's over 35 km (22mi) from the northernmost battlefield to
the southern tip of the peninsula. The great battles of
Gallipoli are commemorated each year during March (usually from the 12th to
19th). We visited ANZAC beach were many of
the troops landed. To get to the Gallipoli Peninsula, ferry boats run from Çanakkale across the Daranelles (about 45 km) to Eceabat on the peninsula. This is how we arrived on the peninsula. This was the last place to explore before we returned to Istanbul. Click on a picture to enlarge.
ANZAC Cove Beach
Libby and Jim at the sign for ANZAC Cove Beach
The beach area
More of the beach where the ANZAC troops retreated to ships
Monumnet stone by the beach
Another monument further up the hill
Turkish cannon on the battlefield
Another Turkish monument
Turkish war memorial by the museum
Looking out over the battleground
Australian war memorial
Another monument by the museum
Turkish memorial
Australian war memorial
Australian war memorial - Lone Pine memorial
World War I trench
World War I trench - we actually walked in the trenches from the war
Path we walked on the battleground
Some more of the battleground
Some more of the battleground
Some more of the battleground
Some more of the battleground
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