>WW1
>Gallipoli campaign
>Australia used unmodified row boats to land troops ashore.
>Turkish shore defense squads had machine guns
Is Australia stupid or something?
>>58741316
>Is Australia stupid or something?
How is this still news to people?
Are you aware that amphibious operations in WW1 weren't exactly a situation that happened every day? Besides, our lads landed on the wrong beach, Turkey would be an Australian protectorate by now otherwise :^)
>>58741316
>Be Australian
>Bum out on a beach and get machine-gunned down
>>58741316
>Be Australian
>getting bitten by venomous spider and die
>>58741316
Churchill wanted a naval assault on the Dardanelles to get rid of the older naval ships and take the straits. The Naval commanders didn't want to sacrifice their ageing ships and so the plan was changed to a land invasion.
The planning took so long that the Turks knew they were coming and set their defences up. The maps of the area were completely wrong and they landed in the wrong location.
It was basically one of the biggest military cock ups of the 20th century.
>>58742165
almost like your grandpa in france
You'll find that every country went full retard in double u double u one.
Like that one time we began to equip our troops with French rifles that literally didn't work.
>>58741974
>>58742325
>>58742434
German humor everyone.
>fields get bombarded with WMDs
>troops run into the clouds of gas and shit like it's nothing
wooo
>>58741316
>WW1
>Be Turkish
>Defending a beachhead against people literally landing in Rowboats
>Have defensive advantage
>Have advantage of defending against a naval attack
>Have home advantage
>Still lost equal men despite having the advantage of more numbers.
>Genocide Armenians to feel better
>>58742434
Germans thinkng there was only one theatre of war.
Go fo something useful like gassing the jews.
>Australian military history involves getting btfo by cockroaches and birds
>>58742691
Have you ever tried to kill a cockroach? They just won't die
>>58742734
Yeah I gotta cut you some slack for that.
Can't really blame you for not being able to kill creatures that would survive Nuclear war
>mfw carrier pigeons played decisive roles during multiple crucial battles in WWI
Most people don't get pissed at Turks for that, we see it as the fault of the generals and Churchill
>>58741316
Didn't the British Command them to go?
>>58741316
>Australia used unmodified row boats to land troops ashore.
What were the other options you dumbass?
No more waltzing Matilda for them..
Damn,that song always gives me goosebumps,i dunno why but i can relate to that tragedy..
