The original idea was that allied ships would force their way into Constantinople. However, after three of the ships were destroyed and another three crippled, it was decided that they could not force their way in without first destroying the Turkish guns defending the shores. The Turkish forces have depleted their ammunition at this time and if the allied ships had sailed on they would have surely succeeded. Such is irony! However, the allied commanders were unaware of this and decided that an invasion at Gallipoli was the only answer.

However, the landing was a failure, as the troops had only their endurance training in Egypt and did not understand the concepts of discipline and order. There were also miscalculated landing areas and so instead of landing in the relatively flat terrain, they were forced to climb practically vert

iv) The people in the movie are mostly Australian troops, the way in which they speak is what is now regarded as ‘Australian’, almost a dialect of the English language, with words such as ‘mate’. The clothes worn by the Australians were all loose and they clearly had little concern for class or jewellery, they also spoke in a more relaxed manner rather then in a formal way and used many slang words, even when addressing complete strangers. They all had the same view of the war and believed that all young men should enlist and join the ANZACS because it was the honourable and brave thing to do, it was considered as cowardly if you were a young man at that time and refused to join. When the two soldiers carve their names into the pyramids, it shows that they also have little concern for foreign countries. (Most of the soldiers were somewhat raucous the whole way through.)

These differences may symbolise the difference in the living conditions of the ANZAC troops, the Australian landscape would seem arable and would be a more comfortable place to live, thus symbolising a sense of ‘home’. In Egypt, there is sand everywhere and

Some topics in this essay:
Egypt Australia, Mark Lee, Peter Weir’s, Corps ANZACS, australian troops, little concern, allied ships,