Anzac Day

[Value Collector]

I can understand the desire to get supply shipping through to Russia from the Mediterranean, but picking an estuary that has a major city full of the enemy at the head of it ain't my idea of smart.

With the war in Europe a trench warfare stalemate, the plan was to try and have Germany's allies surrender, the ultimate goal was to get battleships within range of the "major city (Constantinople)", and under that threat have them surrender.

So you can't always pick your battles, some times you have to fight the enemy where they lie, and sometimes things don't work out.

 

[Tisme]

With the war in Europe a trench warfare stalemate, the plan was to try and have Germany's allies surrender, the ultimate goal was to get battleships within range of the "major city (Constantinople)", and under that threat have them surrender.

So you can't always pick your battles, some times you have to fight the enemy where they lie, and sometimes things don't work out.

Yeah but the campaign was to get an alternative supply route for the Russian allies. The arrogant Brits/Empire thought they could batter the place with gun ships, but a month before the Anzacs landed the Canadians found themselves neutered when confronted with 100,000 of the Sultan's troops dug in on the Dardanelles ...it was never going to be a walk in the park. The futility is the 7 month failed engagement.

 

[Craton]

The story of Z beach and the ANZAC's in, Gallipoli from Above : The Untold Story, dispelled all belief I had of a dawn massacre. Truth? Such an abused word.

Amazing story and about time truths came out.
Also saw Sam Neill's ANZAC legend story which I thought was good viewing too: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/why-anzac-with-sam-neill/DO1308H001S00

A tribute to three from our regiment, who gave their everything.

Brett, Rowan and Scott.

"Between spears and enemy"

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There is no higher honour than life in service of our great country. Deepest sympathy and respect VC.

In those days it appears to me that a tactic was to throw human bodies at a plan until it succeeded.

Hey, what a beautiful day it is when true Australians stop and consider the selflessness of those young men and women.

Not to detract from ANZAC day, that beautiful day can only occur with the inclusion and full acceptance of our indigenous brothers and sisters as true equals, only then we can call ourselves truly Australian. So many of us have been screaming out for it since the May 1967 referendum.

More than 1,000 aborigines (many of them volunteers) fought in WWI but once the war was over... well 'nuff said: https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/aborigines/indigenous/

 

[Tink]

Lest We Forget.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-25/anzac-day-2017-live-blog/8468162

https://www.awm.gov.au/

 

[dutchie]

Could not make the dawn service this year.
Respect to all the diggers, male and female, who served and are serving now.

Lest we forget.

 

[Tisme]

Who forgot to get Yassmin Abdel-Magied's permission to remember the ANZACs and fallen on the 25th instead of Muslims stuck in detention camps?

For goodness sake when will we learn the correct way to bow and grovel to immigrants' wants and needs.

 

[Craton]

Starting after attending the Dawn Service, this year my pillion and I attempted an IBA SS1600K (min of 1,610km in 24hr) to honour our fallen.

Our route looked at lot like Google Maps

To accummulate enough kilometres we needed to add the "corners" of Port Pirie, Mannum and Swan Reach in Sth Aust and Buronga in NSW. We then rode our way across three states to spell out ANZAC by using the first letter of a postcoded location and to add some "interest", ANZAC must be spelt in the correct order.

Auburn, SA
Nurioopta, SA
Zadows Landing, SA
Angaston, SA
Cadell, SA

We also visited and photographed as many War monuments as time would allow along the way. Wow!
I must have watched too many war themed movies/TV over the years because during the ride, as my thoughts turned to those (including my dearly departed Dad) who gave us this most wonderful lifestyle; the sounds of war, exploding bombs, gunshots and ricochet plus the shouts, yells, screams of men at war was ringing most loudly in my ears.

As befitting for a ride on such an auspicious day, the last 300km was ridden in the most appalling dismal, cold, wet and windy conditions. Thus under the rules of this ride, with very little time to spare and again with dawn breaking, we completed the IBA ANZAC Day Ride

Ride report and certificate pending.

 

[SirRumpole]

Well done Craton, a fitting tribute to our servicemen and women.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Who forgot to get Yassmin Abdel-Magied's permission to remember the ANZACs and fallen on the 25th instead of Muslims stuck in detention camps?

For goodness sake when will we learn the correct way to bow and grovel to immigrants' wants and needs.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...e/news-story/40e327b0de2d66b1c687c29faceb8f6c
Seems Yassmin has a growing distaste of Australia.

From Yassmin's viewpoint you are racist. Yassmin has written a piece for American Teen Vogue to air her distaste of Australia. People in Australia see through her facade and she is obviously still smarting from the attention she received in response to het ANZAC day comments. Her story mentions how racist Australia is using Adam Goodes as an example.

Ms Abdel-Magied also went on to detail how Australia is associated with “kangaroos and great beaches” — but it also has a “deeply racist history”.

She mentioned the attacks retired Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes suffered at the end of his AFL career.

If we remember the truth of the Adam Goodes incident ....

Goodes led the goal scoring for the Swans in their 15.12 (102) to 8.7 (55) triumph, but he was the victim of a racial vilification incident after being verbally abused by a Magpies supporter in the final quarter.

A female fan wearing a Magpies jumper was escorted from the venue late in the match. Goodes, with security staff around him, had stood only metres away and pointed to her following the verbal clash with the fan.

So Adam was angered by a 13 year old girl who called him an ape. W.T.F. In the history of sport no fan has EVER sledged a player let alone a small girl toward a large human bean?
So Yassmin pitches in a lie to strengthen her case?

Yassmin with my bold,

“I thought if I were good enough, my example would make people see that their assumptions about Muslims and people of colour were wrong,” she wrote.

“Once they got to know me, they would change their behaviour and fix their biases, I thought.

From this I can see she needs people to change for her. Australia needs to accomodate her religion and associated beliefs. Oh and the colour issue is her favourite leverage tool. I am sure there is a place in the world where she can rule over a kingdom and have everyone kissing her arse. It isn't Australia.

 

[Tisme]

Lest We Forget:

 

[Tink]

Lest We Forget.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-...memorations-underway-across-australia/9694142

https://www.awm.gov.au/

 

[Tisme]

In the guise of doing my community duty this morning, after laying a wreath on the memorial at the dawn service, I was really impressed by the very large crowd and number of children present. Makes you feel like this country has still got some of its priorities cemented.

Give a passing thought to what a great bunch of people we are to produce outstanding bravery on the battle fields for right.

I did give thought of thanks for you being a credit to our country too V.C.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

 

[SirRumpole]

In the guise of doing my community duty this morning, after laying a wreath on the memorial at the dawn service, I was really impressed by the very large crowd and number of children present. Makes you feel like this country has still got some of its priorities cemented.

Give a passing thought to what a great bunch of people we are to produce outstanding bravery on the battle fields for right.

I did give thought of thanks for you being a credit to our country too V.C.

+1

Shall we also share a thought of contempt for politicians who send our forces into deadly danger on false pretexts or to protect other country's empires or is that not appropriate today ?

 

[greggles]

Catherine Deveny doing some attention seeking and self promotion by bashing Anzac Day and our armed forces.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/o...s/news-story/2e24934b4f29f9bf2137cd4096c1eed1

For a comedian, she's not very funny.

 

[Knobby22]

Catherine Deveny doing some attention seeking and self promotion by bashing Anzac Day and our armed forces.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/o...s/news-story/2e24934b4f29f9bf2137cd4096c1eed1

For a comedian, she's not very funny.

She's not a comedian. She if paid to create controversy and interest. She probably doesn't agree with what she writes. Artificial crap.

 

[greggles]

She's not a comedian. She if paid to create controversy and interest. She probably doesn't agree with what she writes. Artificial crap.

These toxic attention seekers only come out from under their rocks when they want to fling excrement. Deveny and Yassmin Abdel-Magied are like forum trolls, just stirring people up so that others will notice them. Then the media, looking for a story, gives them the attention that they crave.

 

[basilio]

Just watched a two part series on Sir John Monash on ABC. Clearly written and produced for the 100 year commemoration of the end of WW1.

Brilliant, quite challenging story of the war, the critical role of John Monash in winning WW1 and what happened to the soldiers when they returned home. What was equally fascinating was the role of the narrator Peter Greste. He brought two additional threads to the story

1) He had been imprisoned in Egypt on trumped up terrorism charges. He had first hand experience at fighting for freedom and facing the consequences.
2) In the process of making the film Peter discovered he had 4 Great-Uncles who had fought in WW1 under Sir John Monash. What had their war been like ?

Really worth watching and reflecting on our history and what we need to remember.

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I wonder if we will ever see programs like this again if the ABC is properly gutted by the Libs? Which commercial entitities would ever produce such a story and tell it in this way ?

https://iview.abc.net.au/programs/monash-and-me/DO1600W001S00
https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/04/airdate-general-monash-and-me.html

 

[Value Collector]

There are many soldiers walking on two legs today, that owe life (or limbs) to those soldiers that walked on four.

From Simpson’s donkey and the light horse, to pigeons carrying life saving messages to explosive dedection dogs finding road side bombs.

LEST WE FORGET.

 

[wayneL]

There are many soldiers walking on two legs today, that owe life (or limbs) to those soldiers that walked on four.

From Simpson’s donkey and the light horse, to pigeons carrying life saving messages to explosive dedection dogs finding road side bombs.

LEST WE FORGET.

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Yes, we're wearing red and purple poppies today.