The Gallipoli campaign was one of the most challenging yet significant wars Australia has ever served in. Thousands of young Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on the shores of Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, unprepared and unaware of the dangers and struggles that awaited them. While the campaign is considered a military failure, the battle had many positive outcomes. Some of which being it introduced many new household names such as, “ANZAC” and became the bond which tied colonies and Australians together as well as assisting in the making of a national identity (Army, 2015, para. 5). The Gallipoli campaign was a daring attempt by the allied countries- Britain, Russia, France, Italy and the United States- to attack the central powers, knock Turkey out of the war and seize the…show more content… The last portion of the attack involved the taking down of Germany’s main ally, Austria- Hungary. Churchill believed that although battle was occurring on the Western Front, attacking Austria-Hungary would hopefully shorten the war and give the Allies an advantage (Skwirk, n.d., para. 2). This, however was not the outcome. The attack commenced with an unsuccessful naval ambush by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Strait in February to March, 1915, and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25 (History, 2015, para.1). British and French troops were included in the invasion, as well as approximately 50 000 ANZAC soldiers (The ANZACs of Gallipoli, n.d.). With very little knowledge of the terrain and a strong Turkish opposition, the troops and the attack were at a major disadvantage. By October the Allied forces had suffered from thousands of casualties and had not progressed far from their landing site (History, 2015, para.1). The evacuation of the Allied troops from Gallipoli began in December 1915 and concluded in February 1916 (ANZACs of Gallipoli,
