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    The Battle of Gallipoli involves many different aspects‚ including what the Ottoman Empire entailed‚ the naval and infantry attack on the Ottoman Empire‚ and the creation of Turkey as a country. Life under Ottoman rule had its good and bads. “The Ottomans had a complex society with a lavish court and a strong army”(Esposito). The country was very rich and had strong army that could compete with some of the most powerful countries in the world. People might have felt safe from other countries

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    Article Daily Life at ANZAC Cove War correspondent Roger Tan reports on the two days at Gallipoli. All information that has been released to the public on the ongoing war at Gallipoli has been indefinite. Soldiers are unable to send any news except that they are still on Gallipoli in the trenches and are under fire. Question is “But what is it really like in Gallipoli?” On Sunday April 25th 1915‚ the Gallipoli war commenced as the Anzacs set foot into the battlefield. At 4:30am four battleships

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    Gallipoli is the remarkable story of two Western Australian mates who are sent to Gallipoli in 1915. Frank and Archie are both very successful sprinters and Archie wants adventure‚ while Frank wants to stay in Australia‚ but signs up for the inventory anyway. This story brings back some harsh truths about warfare‚ and explains why so many naïve young men joined up‚ only to suffer deaths well before their time. The troops were headed for the Gallipoli peninsula and the Dardanelles Strait‚ in southern

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    Gallipoli is the 1981 war movie directed by Peter Weir that depicts the failed seize of the pennisula in the Ottoman Empire by Australian Soldiers. The director uses exact details to accurately portray the unfortunate event‚ along with including minute details that help further the plot and the characters. The director made a choice to put this battle in the perspective of the Australians. It is shown at the end of the movie that the remaining Australians are sent onto the battlefield die before

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    PETER WEIR’S GALLIPOLI Analyze how at least two of the following were used to help you understand the main idea or message. *Camera Work *Editing *Special Effects *Music * Lighting *Acting *Sound Effects Peter Weir’s 1981 film‚ ‘Gallipoli’ is based on the view point of ANZACs (mainly the Australian Infantry) on the disastrous assault upon Turkish forces during the Dardanelles campaign in the First World War (ANZAC Day‚ 25 April 1915). The main story revolves around two men‚ Frank Dunne

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    Australian Identity

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    The Divinity of Australian Identity From the fabricated tale of mystery in Peter Weir’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’‚ to the prototypical portrayal of Australian principles and behaviour in ‘Crocodile Dundee’‚ directors and audiences alike have been fastidiously and attentively representing their beliefs about how true Australian’s should behave in film for decades. With the recurring themes and values of courage‚ mateship‚ resourcefulness‚ and the toughness of the Australian people as the centre of

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    Many Australian films explore the concept of ‘overcoming adversity’‚ common to films from many countries but they explore it in a manner unique to Australia and embrace the ‘Aussie Battler’ or ‘Aussie Hero’ icon. The films Gallipoli (Directed by Peter Weir - 1981) and Ned Kelly (Directed by Gregor Jordan - 2003) are two good examples of this. Both films show evidence of characters overcoming adversities throughout their stories. The following will analyse each film and explore the concept by looking

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    Why Did Gallipoli Lose

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    Gallipoli was only ever going to be a pointless struggle. World War 1 was a world war between the triple entente i.e. Italy‚ Austria-Hungry and Germany and the triple alliances – United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and all their alliances. It all started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the Royal Prince of Austria-Hungry was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was Bosnian Serb and a member of a group called the Black Hand a secret society led by Serbian Military Intelligence. This essay aims to

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    Gallipoli was a film made by Peter Weir in 1981 about the tragic time of World War One. The film is about some young australians who have their lives changed by the war. Many young Australians risked their lives for their country‚ Australia. The war had the sense of adventure in it because of the fact that men are going overseas‚ to Gallipoli. Mainly looking at two young boys with the names of Archie‚ a positive boy‚ and Frank‚ a typical Australian. There was a very great sense of adventure in World

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    What was life like for the soldiers at Gallipoli? Soldiers in Gallipoli during the First World War had it very hard‚ they were badly trained‚ badly fed‚ had horrible living conditions and were led to a massacre within the first few hours after landing. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at ANZAC cove during the First World War faced such problems as lack of food‚ not enough clean water and no proper shelter. During the Gallipoli campaign at Anzac Cove a lot of troops were almost starved

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