Asbach Cognac advertisement showing a German and a Turkish officer, 1915 On cool autumn nights, field post with “Asbach-Cognac” – a much appreciated gift. Private brand: Asbach “Uralt” old German Cognac At the Dardanelles Brennerei Rüdesheim am Rhein Rüdesheim Distillery … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English FISH KILLED IN BOMBARDMENT Bombardments and exploding mines killed many fish in the Dardanelles. Anzac, French and British cooks, who were keen on seafood, left the war and collected these dead fish. They used … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUES STOLEN FROM THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA On April 25th, 1915, at the end of the second day following the Allied landings at Gallipoli, French troops landed in the vicinity of the ancient city … Devamı
STORY symbol-EXPLANATIONS TrenchesLiaison CablesWire Fences/Barriers Machine Gun PositionsSheltersObservation Positions Projectors 29TH BATTALION, 1ST REGIMENT, 1ST BATTALION, FRENCH DIVISION MAY 6th-8th, 1915 HAND DRAWN TACTICAL SKETCH SHOWING THE PLAN OF ATTACK DURING THE SECOND BATTLE OF KYRTE General Hamilton, who realised that the Alçıtepe … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English IN 1934 ATATURK’S WORDS FOR THE ANZAC SOLDIERS Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal commanded the 19th Turkish Infantry Regiment during the fighting at Arıburnu and resisted the Anzac raid. Seventy years after the battles, the … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English GENERAL GOURAUD “I lost my right arm in battle against the Turks, today I extend my other arm to you as a hand of friendship.” Henri Joseph Étienne Gouraud (November 17th, 1867 – September … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English HENRY MOSELEY: A NOBEL NOMINEE WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN WAR Moseley, who discovered the atomic number, which forms the basis of the modern periodic table, proved that the properties of elements are related … Devamı
Click PLAY to listen in English SURVIVED ÇANAKKALE, SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC Georg Ritter von Trapp was a young naval captain when the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave him command of one of the U6 submarines. Captain Von Trapp torpedoed and sank … Devamı