I've been reading more on the ANZAC's as I tend to do this time of year, here's to the lads that will never return home to Australia and New Zealand.....thank you.
In the going down of the sun.....ANZAC day.
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We will remember them
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I too would like to pay my respects.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Here's a quick VAM tribute, NZ soldiers in the Solomons, also a Yank Marine hiding. 
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Radio 4's thought for the day was about ANZAC day this morning...a tragic part of history, & a great loss of the lives of far too many brave young men.
Thankfully the lessons learned the hard way & at such terrible cost in Gallipoli helped insure that the Normandy D-Day landings were properly planned & executed.
Thankfully the lessons learned the hard way & at such terrible cost in Gallipoli helped insure that the Normandy D-Day landings were properly planned & executed.
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You mean not cocked up as bad?Thundershot wrote:Radio 4's thought for the day was about ANZAC day this morning...a tragic part of history, & a great loss of the lives of far too many brave young men.
Thankfully the lessons learned the hard way & at such terrible cost in Gallipoli helped insure that the Normandy D-Day landings were properly planned & executed.
I think part of the anti-imperial sentiment in the colonies started then. Passchendaele saw the greatest loss of New Zealand life in history. 2600 killed. The western front was as big (if not bigger) balls up than Gallipoli. But history is a great teacher and the generals soon learned that commissions are to be earned and the Napoleonic Wars were well over. A huge waste. But if it wasn't for WWII I wouldn't be here, so all is forgiven.
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the biggest f*ck up of the WWI western front was the REMFs insisting that the grunts advance even when they were meeting heavier opposition than expected and needed to disengage and not allowing the line officers to control how, where and when they advanced.
of course, most of the senior officers of WW2 were survivors of WW1 and didn't want a repeat performance...
of course, most of the senior officers of WW2 were survivors of WW1 and didn't want a repeat performance...
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You mean like charging (or crawling as the case may be) up a sheer cliff face into machine gun fire with a rocky beach to your arse? Not to forget the troops clambering over their mates bodies to advance. It happened in Gallipoli too. I oft wonder what a bit of Guerrilla warfare would have done for WWI.
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well, just because they didn't want one, doesn't necessarily mean they didn't get one.