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  • Beautifully narrated by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill, produced in over six years in seven different countries, “Gallipoli,” is the most comprehensive and moving documentary every produced on the battle that changed the fate of nations.
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    This is the first time the Gallipoli campaign is viewed through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it-from both sides of the conflict. Using their diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, filmmakers trace the personal journeys of Turkish, Australian, New Zealand, and British soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak. The experience is revealed in their own words, while dramatic recreations place you in the heart of the battle.
    Director: Tolga Örnek
    Writer: Tolga Örnek
    Music: Demir Demirkan
    Producer: Tolga Örnek and Burak Örnek
    Narrator: Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill
    #TolgaOrnek #Gallipoli #demirdemirkan

Komentáře • 725

  • @richardstumpf2955
    @richardstumpf2955 Před 4 měsíci +266

    I am 75 years old and I am foolish enough to volunteer for 2 Wars, Vietnam and Iraq for one way or another I missed out on both, the first one, the war was finished and the second one they told me I was too old. Now being in the Army I felt that I missed something. Now watching Documentaries like that I feel that I was the luckiest person on Earth, at the age I am now I am grateful that my Life took a turn in my favour and I bless every Day I am alive.

    • @helloicanseeu2
      @helloicanseeu2 Před 4 měsíci +7

      lol, relax u didnt miss anything at all

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 Před 4 měsíci +11

      Mate you have nothing to feel like you missed out on and absolutely nothing to be ashamed about.
      You owe nothing to anyone

    • @fedecano7362
      @fedecano7362 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Both countries invaded without a proper reason, yet you dont see that as a strong reason not to join...it was all about your personal safety, killing people overseas was ok?

    • @david9783
      @david9783 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@fedecano7362 Apparently so, when his friends are dying there.

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 Před 3 měsíci +5

      @@fedecano7362 1st Iraq war not 2nd, there is a big difference between the two.
      Your blaming the messenger for the deeds of the masters of this planet. But you should really save this for when in person.

  • @brianshipman5313
    @brianshipman5313 Před měsícem +12

    My wifes great uncle died in Gallipoli and his grave is at Skew Bridge Cemetery in Gallipoli. We visited his grave for the first time two years ago.

    • @brianmorgan5739
      @brianmorgan5739 Před 17 dny +2

      My Grand Da Morgan was at Gallipoli in the Newfoundland Regiment.

  • @delzworld2007
    @delzworld2007 Před 3 měsíci +74

    The narration for this truthful description of an horrendous event carries us back over 100 years. Thanks to the two talented actors Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill.

    • @rowds
      @rowds Před měsícem

      It would actually be "a historic" not "an historic"... if the H were silent, then yes it would be "an"...but alas, this is a mistake a lot of people make. 😋

    • @britgerus1956Glenn
      @britgerus1956Glenn Před měsícem

      ​@rowds However, some people choose to say an historic as in This is an historic event. Why? The simplest explanation is they may just have a personal preference and think that an historic sounds better than a historic. There may be other reasons, though. Historically, both forms were commonly used until the 1940s, when a historic began to overtake an historic. By the 1990s, a historic was much more common than an historic. It’s possible that the preference for an historic may be generational or a person may have “inherited” it from a parent or teacher of an older generation.
      Alternatively, the preference could be due to regional accents or dialects. English speakers didn’t actually pronounce the H in historic until relatively modern times. This is most likely because the English word historic was influenced by the French historique, which has an unpronounced H. Regional English dialects that practice “h-dropping” may still not pronounce the H in historic, and these speakers are more likely to use an historic (an ’istoric) than a historic.
      All of this tells us that both sides of the an historic and a historic debate have support for their argument. In informal writing, either form would be considered acceptable (and likely to face criticism from the other side.) .
      So there you go.......Hence not a mistake....

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 Před 26 dny

      ​@@rowdsall 'H' is silent when a 'I' follows it...

    • @markbahouth2713
      @markbahouth2713 Před 8 dny

      Dem English peoples talk funny

    • @markbahouth2713
      @markbahouth2713 Před 8 dny

      The English pronounce been there as bean there .
      The English sprinkle there prose with the word BLOODY . Bloody this Bloody that …. “We had a bloody good time “
      They tend to be an arrogant and vain lot. Superior to all other people from different geographical areas of the planet earth.
      “The sun never sets on the English empire “
      was at one time true.

  • @VSdrummer010
    @VSdrummer010 Před 4 měsíci +131

    A documentary that doesn't shy away from telling of the brutality and horrors of war... the kind of film that politicians should be forced to view before sending lives to the slaughter and depredations of war.
    Powerful film

    • @helloicanseeu2
      @helloicanseeu2 Před 4 měsíci +4

      that was churchill lol

    • @VSdrummer010
      @VSdrummer010 Před 3 měsíci +18

      @helloicanseeu2 it sure was. Churchill is grossly overly glorified and revered, in my (unpopular) opinion; I don't believe he's worthy of the fanfare he receives in modern times.

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered Před 3 měsíci

      @@VSdrummer010 Agreed his only useful purpose is rallying a country around to fight. Beyond that he is as useless as t*ts on a bull.

    • @fizzmoe9846
      @fizzmoe9846 Před 3 měsíci

      @@VSdrummer010 Churchill in WW1, yes. Not the best leader. Churchill in WW2, no. He was exactly what Britain needed. He unified the country and brought Europe back from the brink.

    • @josephdelp87
      @josephdelp87 Před 3 měsíci

      Politicians don't care about the people. Never will. Power is all they care about and the people are just cannon fodder.

  • @paulopheim4224
    @paulopheim4224 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Should be required viewing in all schools as well as reading Johnny Got His Gun. Thank you for making and sharing this painful, tragic film.

    • @paulrummery6905
      @paulrummery6905 Před měsícem +1

      Yeah, I agree, that's one heavy book. About as anti war as it gets mate.

  • @Gettingback997
    @Gettingback997 Před 3 měsíci +20

    An amazing documentary about a war I’ve always wondered about. I was in Istanbul on the 100 th anniversary of Gallipoli and there were many visitors from Australia and New Zealand , all children or descendants of the fallen. My heart went out to them as well as to descendants of Turkish soldiers.

  • @BillyTwoKnives
    @BillyTwoKnives Před měsícem +16

    This production is superb and the most heartbreaking documentary I have ever watched.

  • @utkuzor2723
    @utkuzor2723 Před 19 dny +4

    My grandfather's father was a veteran who was wounded in this war and caught in typhus. It is said that he is a silent man who has passed through the circle of fate. I offer my respects to all the men who have fought, died here without discrimination. The fact that the wars are still going on shows that we have failed as a species and I am hopeless..

  • @Gman0208
    @Gman0208 Před 7 lety +65

    This the best ww1 documentary I've ever seen. I was legit a bit shaken after watching this. I felt for men and their stories even though they have been dead 100+ years.

    • @den264
      @den264 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Peter Jackson's movie "they shall not grow old" is the gold standard in world war documentary movies. If you have not seen it ! Please do.

  • @andrewbird57
    @andrewbird57 Před 4 měsíci +39

    I learned only recently that my dad's dad was at Gallipoli, a Yank born and bred in Brooklyn, NY who crossed the Atlantic and enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915 a few weeks after a German Uboat sunk the Lusitania. I only met my grandad once that I remember when I was a boy. He died in 1968 when I was 11. I knew he had served in WWI and had married an English girl while stationed in Manchester. But I had assumed he served in the U.S. Army. I didn't know he had served in the British army until I was in my 30s in the '90s. It's funny that his war service was never talked about. My dad, born in Manchester during WWI, grew up mostly in the U.S., but enlisted in the Canadian army early in WWII because he wanted to get into the fight while the USA was still neutral. He was captured at Dieppe in 1942 and was a POW for nearly 3 years. His war experience kind of overshadowed his father's.

    • @maryjocully8806
      @maryjocully8806 Před 3 měsíci +12

      That is quite a family history. You are very fortunate both men lived through such times

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 Před 3 měsíci

      With the scousers and manks, that would have been a bit of a jolt for a yank 😑

    • @spharion7988
      @spharion7988 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Heroes!

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico Před měsícem

      Heroism applies to those who protect their own country. Fighting for no reason in a geography you don't know is not heroic. If those people do not harm you, where do you get this right from?​@@maryjocully8806

    • @djbarnes11
      @djbarnes11 Před 27 dny +1

      Sounds like you come from a distinguished lineage. With all the generations from this time there remains a level of respect, this stoicism is truly missed today!

  • @clivet3846
    @clivet3846 Před 23 dny +2

    Attaturks speech "Your sons are now our sons" still moves me.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  Před 17 dny

      One of the greatest speeches by a leader in mu opinion

  • @shanks6404
    @shanks6404 Před 7 lety +48

    RIP for everyone who fought in this war

  • @patriciamackinlay6495
    @patriciamackinlay6495 Před 7 lety +19

    "War is a terrible game" such a waste of life on both sides whilst incapable politicians dithered around a desk.A wonderful documentary showing all sides .One wonders what the photographers thought as they recorded the horrors of war.Praying for peace as we continue to see war constantly raising its ugly head.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh Před 6 lety +1

      Humans are naturally warlike. The military is finishing school to a natural instinct.

    • @martinmayhew145
      @martinmayhew145 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It could have been stopped before it started if not for stupid leaders like Winston Churchill and the admiralty

  • @steroidsp3566
    @steroidsp3566 Před 7 lety +135

    In 1934 Atatürk wrote a tribute to the ANZACs killed at Gallipoli
    Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh Před 6 lety +30

      Ataturk was a great man. The present leader of Turkey has much to learn from him! He is not nearly the leader or man.

    • @surfraptor
      @surfraptor Před 6 lety +3

      Wow.

    • @williameaton9058
      @williameaton9058 Před 6 lety +4

      Your opinion of a man is based on a compliment and kind words despite the graveyards of British soldiers he caused.

    • @josifalkhattab1
      @josifalkhattab1 Před 6 lety +7

      Their graves stood as a witness of the absolute end at Gallipoli just to show what will happen to anyone that would dare to attack the great Turkish nation.

    • @gilmoyes2590
      @gilmoyes2590 Před 5 lety +19

      William Eaton, the man that caused those death was Churchill and incompetent officers. Your comment shows a lack of understanding of the facts surrounding Gallipoli from day one.

  • @david-lx7uj
    @david-lx7uj Před 15 dny +2

    My Grandfather, #698,NFLD. Regiment,was at Gallipoli.The Regiment helped hold the line while the evacuation was going on.After that he went to France and got buried in a trench by a shell explosion,poor Dada.They dug him out and after that he had Neurostemia, or Shellshock.He left a good job as a linesman in ST. JOHN'S,$8O a month or so and volunteered.He was 28 years old at the time.#698P.J. ENGLISH GOD LOVE HIM.❤❤❤

  • @TheNord06
    @TheNord06 Před 7 lety +71

    survivors of this war founded the new republic. my great grandfather fought in gallipoli as a lieutenant at the age of 16 because of officer shortage. he survived and went to palestine to fight the british again, captured and when released, he joined the turkish revolutionary army. he retired as major general. according to my father, he didnt regret his decisions he made, and if ever needed, he would fight for his country again. this is what british high command forgot. i'm sure they were able man, but they never got in a position to defend their homeland in ww1 and they should've observed their allies french more closely. what a sad war and tale.

    • @lonw.7016
      @lonw.7016 Před 7 lety

      Palestine? Or the Sanjat of Jerusalem? Maybe I misunderstood. EDit: Cannot erase facts that are the truth. :) Was it Mandated to Britain and France? Or was it still Ottoman?

    • @wickedlee664
      @wickedlee664 Před 7 lety +4

      Yavuz Selim Yağsan the comments on these documentaries are so funny. A person just watches a moving and potentially perspective altering documentary ant the first thing they want to say is something about themselves or their life. So sorry the focus was of your life for a bit there. Don't worry, focus is back on you now.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 Před 4 měsíci

      Most of the Turkish army that fought at Gallipoli were destroyed by the Russians 😑

    • @Rob-pc2ju
      @Rob-pc2ju Před 3 měsíci +5

      ​@@wickedlee664well, I for one am interested in hearing what the Turkish man has to say, his grandfather fought there, 3 of my uncle's also. It's interesting to hear from the other side of it

    • @davebarber9510
      @davebarber9510 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I as an ex infantry man think the Turks fought well and hard and the allies did the same but also fought the geography of the country and were commanded by on the whole bafoons Water was priority but no one took command lots of officers stayed on the ship and were not interested Churchill was the scapegoat. Calamity at its best 👍🇬🇧😎

  • @sharonshea3261
    @sharonshea3261 Před 7 lety +18

    Really outstanding. There was well deserved heroism, but it was tempered with the insanity of this whole event. And this was a wonderfully even handed documentary, showing the heroism and the tragedy equally for both sides.

  • @sniperelite360
    @sniperelite360 Před 7 lety +23

    My favourite documentary on Gallipoli.

  • @siebenspeer3372
    @siebenspeer3372 Před 7 lety +36

    I have watched this 'film' in the cinemas with my ma whole family in Istanbul. We were bit disappointed at the beginning that it was actually documentary. But at the end we all liked it. I was around 14 yold. At the age of 18 I came to Melbourne, Australia for bachelor degree. Still here.
    You never now what your life will bring to ya. I think (we)Turks-Abdhuls hospitalise Johnies so well. I have always receive warm gestures from people around me here DownUnder.
    I guess it wasnt war between those 2 but It was a start of a friendship.

  • @skippygatten8572
    @skippygatten8572 Před 4 měsíci +7

    I like in the opening they show the effect of artillery on a trench. WWI was an artillery war and the advances in high explosives made it devastating.

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Exactly and metallurgy so as to build dependable guns handling enormous pressures.

  • @fivecitydirttracker4776
    @fivecitydirttracker4776 Před měsícem +1

    This is devastating.
    Politicians are evil with their greed and opulence of ignorance.
    May ALL who suffered in this great war find peace and happiness.
    Also thank you to the ones who made this presentation. I found in educational and very moving.

  • @ikersamdagli4538
    @ikersamdagli4538 Před 6 lety +7

    “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
    A response by an Anzac’s mother to Atatürk’s words:
    “The warmth of your words eased our sorrow for our sons who vanished in Gallipoli, and our tears ended. Your words are a consolation to me as a mother. Now we are sure that our sons rest in peace in their eternal rest. If your Excellency accepts, we would like to call you ‘Ata’, too. Because what you have said at the graves of our sons could only be said by their own fathers. In the name of all mothers, our respects to the Great Ata who embraced our children with the love of a father.”

  • @uyghursaction4130
    @uyghursaction4130 Před 6 lety +30

    I am touched at the end, the letter of Turkish soldier Memet to his family.

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh Před 6 lety +3

      I view the Turks and other peoples of Asia Minor, as Westerner, as admirable peoples.

    • @nicktrueman224
      @nicktrueman224 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I cry as I own a copy. Each time I hear that letter geing read I just feel overwhelmed.

    • @wor53lg50
      @wor53lg50 Před 2 měsíci

      Boohoo what happened to the Indigenous celts from Anatolia?....

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico Před měsícem

      ​@@wor53lg5015% of the people living in Turkey have Central Asian genes, the remaining 85% have merged with the natives of these lands. If history were like your ridiculous problem, what are the Russians doing in Central Asia? You have crazy ideas. 😅👌

    • @keeshans5768
      @keeshans5768 Před 26 dny

      @@wor53lg50the Greeks wiped them out lol, not us Turks

  • @cwnapier67
    @cwnapier67 Před 8 lety +12

    Amazing Documentary - Thanks for uploading very powerful.

  • @carolking6355
    @carolking6355 Před 2 měsíci +3

    My darling dad went from Canterbury nz with his horse as a Medic. He was on Gallipoli. He stayed a 5th year as a peace keeper. He was 52 when I was born. How I loved him. He had so many friends. He died at 77.he was a Methodist and didn’t d.rink but they were given cigarettes and I think that killed him. Where are all those lovely young men today. Why do the young drink, smoke and kill? Dreadfully sad.

  • @kiel4
    @kiel4 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I have viewed many of these types of docs, but this one with the narration and LETTERS HOME brings us into the minds and feelings of the soldiers on both sides and the futile slaughter of war directed by old men without a plan.

  • @sumazdar
    @sumazdar Před 3 měsíci +2

    dziękuję bardzo, wyśmienity program ukazujący tragedię obu walczących stron

  • @grantkidwell9433
    @grantkidwell9433 Před měsícem +1

    Soldiers were so weak they fell and drowned in the latrine. That’s probably one of the most horrific things I have ever heard.
    This definitely needs to be shown in all schools.

  • @albatigris3582
    @albatigris3582 Před 7 lety +8

    The doco was great and appeared to remain unbiased as it explored both sides of the 8 month campaign. It would be nice to say that we all learnt a lesson from this and other battles, but unfortunately we haven't. There is alway an idiot amongst us who can't help themselves instigating disrespectful and negative diatribe.
    THE LAST TO LEAVE
    The guns were silent, and the silent hills
    Had bowed their grasses to a gentle breeze.
    I gazed upon the vales and on the rills,
    And whispered, ‘What of these?’ and, ‘What of these?
    These long-forgotten dead with sunken graves,
    Some crossless, with unwritten memories;
    Their only mourners are the moaning waves;
    Their only minstrels are the singing trees.’
    And thus I mused and sorrowed wistfully.

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico Před měsícem

      Thank you for your wonderful comment. Based on this idea.
      "Peace at home peace in the world."
      ATATÜRK

  • @jeffro4kag206
    @jeffro4kag206 Před měsícem +1

    I watch all kinds of War videos and this is fantastic sir

  • @johnhough9593
    @johnhough9593 Před 2 měsíci +1

    One of the best war, or rather, anti war documentaries I’ve ever seen- excellent job!

  • @kiel4
    @kiel4 Před 14 dny +2

    As usual, young men sent to war by old men , playing my empire is bigger than yours. Deep respect for all those who served, US Army 3/2 ACR 1973-75

  • @basilcrapster680
    @basilcrapster680 Před 19 dny +1

    Showing both sides is admirable. Both sides were human beings doing what they thought of as their duty. They contested honorably. A sad and tragic piece of history.

  • @charlottecampbell4327
    @charlottecampbell4327 Před 29 dny +1

    Two songs to listen to (on CZcams) relating to this tragedy are: "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda," and "As If He Knows," both written and sung by Eric Bogle.

  • @craigjohn3524
    @craigjohn3524 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Superb documentary about Gallipoli.brave men on both sides,pity all soldiers in war.lest we forget

  • @Buce-ku9vx
    @Buce-ku9vx Před měsícem +1

    Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.

  • @bashirmuhammad8181
    @bashirmuhammad8181 Před měsícem +2

    A very powerful documentary.

  • @alanbeddoes2301
    @alanbeddoes2301 Před 19 dny +1

    My father inlaw was a stretcher beare at Gallipoli one of the kindest gentlest people ive known god rest his soul

  • @wavydavy9816
    @wavydavy9816 Před 20 dny +1

    Blimey!
    That was very well put together eh?
    Two hours well spent I'd say 👍

  • @StratfordWingRider
    @StratfordWingRider Před 4 měsíci +5

    Jeremy irons and Sam Neil as narration! Awesome

  • @hemmarket
    @hemmarket Před 7 lety +3

    First rate documentary ! Very well done, and incredibly sad.

  • @gordonhulcombe9604
    @gordonhulcombe9604 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is one of the realistic, truthful world war 1 documentary, I have ever witnessed. A excellent production, kudos to all that helped in this piece of work.

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 Před 2 měsíci

      Truthful. It shows the landing under shot and shell. The landing was unopposed. Face the truth.

  • @EpicCBgamerOfficial
    @EpicCBgamerOfficial Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thank you. Heart breaking.

  • @soulsablaze8020
    @soulsablaze8020 Před 7 lety +6

    as i'm using this video as a source for my history internal assessment i have begun to see the impact and i am shocked of the decisions made by those of whom we trusted

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh Před 6 lety

      Moral...don't trust. Think critically!

    • @moroRomantico
      @moroRomantico Před měsícem

      ​@@GaryArmstrongmacghHumanitarian thought prevails. You make excuses

  • @traceyc2981
    @traceyc2981 Před 6 lety +3

    An excellent and very moving film. War is a waste.

  • @paulkillick527
    @paulkillick527 Před 9 dny +1

    Brilliant documentary may all those that perished on both sides rest in peace 🙏 bloody governments and incompetent generals who sent these poor soldiers to their deaths are pure evil

  • @ZarathustraMG42-qo7oj
    @ZarathustraMG42-qo7oj Před 3 měsíci +2

    I think I've watched every WW1 documentary there is. But this new to me. Excellent production and content. And respectful to those who fought and died from both sides. Such a tragedy. One comment by a Turkish soldier to an Anzac soldier stands out on seeing two bodies on the battlefield. There is politics and there is diplomacy. My sons are all in their 20's. It makes you think.☹

  • @uyraellsensenmann8931
    @uyraellsensenmann8931 Před 6 lety +8

    I have a piece of history I would like for people in Turkey to know, in time for ANZAC Day in Turkey next year.
    So, please forgive if this is a bit of a long story.
    Month of March, 1980, I am at a convention with my parents, away from my home city.
    At that convention I had the Honour to meet a Gallipoli Veteran.
    He told me the following story:
    It is well-known that there was an Official Truce, to allow the dead to be buried decently. And during that truce, ANZACs and Turks worked with each other in the burials. If a NZ soldier found a dead Turkish soldier, he and a friend or he and a Turk would carry that dead man to the Turkish gravesite and bury him. Likewise, if a Turkish soldier found a dead ANZAC he and a friend, or he and an ANZAC would carry that dead ANZAC to the ANZAC grave site and bury him.
    In the midst of this, water and cigarette would be shared, no animosity was shown by either side.
    What is not known is that there were unofficial truces for burials after the Official Day of Truce.
    And this is the origin of what the Veteran told me.
    Late one afternoon, about 4.30pm, when the "end of truce-time whistle" was about to be sounded, my friend saw a friend of his kneeling behind a small scrub-tree, seemingly in prayer.
    My friend had not seen this man the night before, and so, walked over to him, saying "Fred get up, the whistle is going to blow", ..... Fred did not move.
    My friend shook Fred's shoulder; "Come-ON, Man! we have to move!" ...No answer.
    Finally, my friend walks around the scrub-tree, again placing his hand on Fred's shoulder. Only to look down at Fred's head, to see that Fred's head is empty from the eye-brows upward.
    My friend pauses, scratches his head.
    At that moment, my friend hears a Turkish soldier call out to the other Turkish soldiers in the Turk trench nearby. It must have been the equivalent of: "Wait a couple minutes, fellows!"
    Because then, with mere seconds to go before the whistle went off, a Turkish soldier leaves his trench, walks over to my friend, and makes signs that he will help my friend carry Fred to the NZ lines. Which is exactly what happens.
    Fred, kneeling by the bush, was also kneeling next to a forearm's bones sticking out of the ground, a bayonet fallen from the hand of the forearm, the two items being just in front of where Fred's knees had been on the ground.
    The Turkish soldier helping my friend, looked at the bones and bayonet, shook his head, then smiled to my friend, and touched his chest over his heart, as Turks do.
    Fred was buried decently, the Turk returned to his trench.
    And a person might-well think that this is where it ended.
    Not quite so.
    Move forward in time, to May of 1942.
    A man who was later a college teacher of mine was First Lieutenant on a Royal Navy Destroyer which had just completed a refit, and had to go to sea for trials. They chose to visit Gallipoli.
    Arriving there, a few crew including the man went ashore, climbing the ridge to just below Chunuk Bair, where the New Zealanders had been in 1915.
    And there was that same bush, that same fore-arm out of the ground, and that same bayonet.
    The man who had been at Chunuk Bair in 1942, told me of that event in September of 1980.
    ____________________________________
    Kind and Respectful Regards,
    Uyraell, New Zealand.
    ____________________________________
    Önümüzdeki yıl Türkiye'nin ANZAC Günü vesilesiyle Türkiye'de insanların bilmesi gereken bir tarih var.
    Bu biraz uzun bir öykü ise lütfen affedin.
    Mart, 1980, ailemle ev şehirden uzakta bir toplantı yapıyorum.
    Bu kongrede bir Çanakkale tecrübeli tecrübeyle tanışmak için onur duydum.
    Bana şu hikayeyi anlattı:
    Ölülerin terbiyeli olarak gömülmesine izin vermek için resmi bir Mütarekenin olduğu iyi bilinmektedir. Ve bu ateşkes sırasında ANZAC'lar ve Türkler mezarlarda birbirleriyle çalıştı. Bir NZ askeri ölü bir Türk asker bulursa, o ve bir arkadaşı veya o ve bir Türk o ölüleri Türk mezarlığına götürecek ve gömmeyecektir. Aynı şekilde, eğer bir Türk askeri ölü bir ANZAC ve arkadaşı bulursa, o da ANZAC'ı ölen ANZAC'ı ANZAC mezarına götürecek ve gömmeyecektir.
    Bunun ortasında su ve sigara paylaşılacak, her iki taraftan da bir düşmanlık gösterilmeyecektir.
    Bilinmeyen şey, Mütareke Resmi Günü bittikten sonra definlerde gayri resmi ateşkes oldu.
    Ve usta bana söylediklerinden kaynaklanıyor.
    Bir öğleden sonra, öğleden sonra saat 4.30 civarında, "ateşkes zamanı ıslık çalınması" yaklaşmaya yaklaştığında arkadaşım, görünüşte namaz kük bir yıkama ağacının arkasında diz çökmüş bir arkadaşını gördü.
    Arkadaşım bu adamı bir gece önce görmemişti ve böylece "Fred kalk, düdük patlayacak" diyerek ona doğru yürüdü, Fred hareket etmedi.
    Arkadaşım Fred'in omuzunu salladı; "Hadi, dostum, taşınmalıyız!" ...Cevap yok.
    Sonunda, arkadaşım, elini Fred'in omzuna koyarak, ovalama ağacını dolaştı. Sadece Fred'in kafasına bakıp, Fred'in kafasının göz kaşlarından yukarıya doğru boş olduğunu görmek için.
    Arkadaşım duruyor, kafasını çiziyor.
    O sırada arkadaşım, yakınlardaki Türk siperinde bulunan Türk askerlerine seslenen bir Türk askerini duyuyor. Eşdeğer olmalı: "Birkaç dakika bekleyin, dostlar!"
    Zira düdük çalmadan önce birkaç saniye içinde bir Türk askeri açmasını izliyor, arkadaşıma doğru yürüyor ve arkadaşımın Fred'i NZ hatlarına taşımasına yardımcı olacağına dair işaretler yapıyor. Tam olarak olan şey de budur.
    Çalılar tarafından diz çökmüş olan Fred, aynı zamanda ön kolun kemiklerini yerden çıkarmaya dizerek, ön kolun elinden düşen bir süngü dizinin yanında diz çökmüştü ve iki parça hemen Fred'in dizlerinin yere geldiğini ön plana çıkarıyordu.
    Arkadaşıma yardım eden Türk askeri, kemiklerine ve bayonetine baktı, başını salladı, arkadaşıma gülümsedi ve gönülüne Türklerin yaptığı gibi kalbinin üzerine dokundu.
    Fred terbiyesizce gömüldü, Türk açması üzerine döndü.
    Ve bir kişi bunun bittiği yer olduğunu düşünebilir.
    Oldukça değil.
    1942 Mayıs'ına kadar zamanla ilerleyin.
    Daha sonra bir üniversite öğretmeni olan bir adam, Donanma Müfettişinin bir teçhizatını tamamlamış ve denemeler için denize girmek zorunda kaldı. Çanakkale'yi ziyaret etmeyi seçtiler.
    Oraya varan adamı da içeren birkaç ekip kıyıya çıktı ve Sırt Chunuk Bair'in hemen aşağısında, Yeni Zelandalıların 1915'te tırmanıyordu.
    Ve aynı çalı, aynı ön kolu yere indirdi, ve aynı süngü vardı.
    1942'de Chunuk Bair'de bulunan adam bana o olayı 1980 yılının Eylül ayında anlattı.
    ____________________________________
    Saygılarımızla, Saygılarımla,
    Uyraell, Yeni Zelanda.
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    • @surfraptor
      @surfraptor Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you.

    • @uyraellsensenmann8931
      @uyraellsensenmann8931 Před 6 lety +1

      You are welcome, good sir.
      -
      History should be preserved, not forgotten.
      -
      Nor should Those Men who there-formed History be forgotten. ... Ever.
      -
      Kind and Respectful Regards, Marco van Bergen, Uyraell, New Zealand.

    • @FourthFielder
      @FourthFielder Před 5 lety

      What an amazing tale, thanks for sharing. I was always a big fan of Henry Harbord Morant (The Breaker) and always wanted to visit his and Taylors' grave. It's literally the only reason I want to go to Africa. Most folks here in America have no idea who the hell these guys were.

    • @aliceinaddiction
      @aliceinaddiction Před 9 měsíci

      @@FourthFielder 'Breaker Morant' in my Top 5 or at very least Top 10 Best Ever Movies!
      P.S. The 1981 film 'Gallipoli', with a young mel gibson cast, is worth a view also. The films climax comes at The Battle of the Nek.

  • @TowGunner
    @TowGunner Před 7 lety +27

    Another brilliant British plan, like Market Garden.

    • @hissyhonker220
      @hissyhonker220 Před 7 lety +4

      ACS Shap lol churchy and Monty sounds like a version of buster Keaton and fatty r buckle, sad they were playing with real lives though

    • @cotswoldcuckoo775
      @cotswoldcuckoo775 Před 6 lety +3

      And Dieppe.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 Před 4 měsíci

      Actually anyone who knows the history of this war, knows it was the Russians who hollowed out the Turkish military 🙂

    • @brentinnes5151
      @brentinnes5151 Před 3 měsíci +1

      this one was much closer than Monty's cock up..Turks were leaving Constantinople, after the mines took out those ships British stopped

  • @bryanhale3310
    @bryanhale3310 Před 10 dny +1

    one of the best ww1 documentaries i have seen .. rest in peace to all the innocent men and animals that were pawns in these battles

  • @B50Stevie
    @B50Stevie Před 3 měsíci +3

    I remember my late Grandfathers memories of serving with the East Lancashire Regt, at Gallipoli, a horrendous experience which I’m sure he sanitized a little for my young ears, he was extremely lucky to get through that, and then was sent over to France/Belgium to go through all the horrors of the Western front, which included a German poison gas attack, which temporarily blinded him, and left him with damaged lungs for the rest of his life. He miraculously survived well into his 80s otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this. He even went on to serve in WW2 with an Anti Aircraft battery. Throughout his life he remained cheerful and loved to entertain others with his uke and accordion. R.I.P. Grandad ‘Sandy’ our family hero.

  • @titicoqui
    @titicoqui Před 7 lety +5

    incredible production God bless the fallen who had no choice but to fight

  • @Rudolf.Aigner
    @Rudolf.Aigner Před 7 lety +4

    I learned many things that I didn't know about this time. Thanks for sharing.

  • @RussellJamesStevens
    @RussellJamesStevens Před 28 dny +2

    Thank you for a excellent account of this dreadful and pointless battle in which patriotic men both Anzacs and Turkiye perished because of the idiocy of cowardly politicians.

  • @nixops
    @nixops Před 7 lety +18

    What a waste of life..... I do like the fact that they bring out more about "Johnny Turk", it makes for a much better understanding of the insane campaign. "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." Attrbuted to Kemal Ataturk.

  • @burneswhitehead3020
    @burneswhitehead3020 Před 5 dny +1

    My grandfather was 16 yrs old went in the Marines lying about his age so he could go fight WWII. He fought in Guam has a few medals couple of purple hearts he is a 100 years old

  • @pxtokarev
    @pxtokarev Před 7 lety +8

    Churchill passed all his life making war.
    Gallipoli was not the worst of all his wars.

    • @Graymenn
      @Graymenn Před 6 lety +2

      Churchill is rotting in hell

    • @GaryArmstrongmacgh
      @GaryArmstrongmacgh Před 6 lety

      There is no hell...there is no God! And Churchill eventually figured out how to win a war. You will always be a loser!

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@GraymennChurchill. Had nothing to do with ground war at Gallipoli.

    • @SusiesRepeat
      @SusiesRepeat Před 3 měsíci

      Politicians are very quick to send others off to fight their wars. If they had to fight them we would have no wars.

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 Před měsícem +1

      @@pxtokarev Australia has never had anyone remotely near the stature of Churchill who was a giant in WW2.

  • @ez12like
    @ez12like Před 5 lety

    What a great documentary. What a pity both sides had to endure for a battle that should have never been fought.

  • @plasebox
    @plasebox Před měsícem +1

    thank you

  • @robinabbott5781
    @robinabbott5781 Před 3 měsíci +5

    It makes you weep thinking man's inhumanity to man.RIP ❤ to all those men on both sides

  • @619sdbdub
    @619sdbdub Před 4 měsíci +1

    Absolutely an amazing production! Hearing from both sides was fascinating and the merging between old film and new video was brilliant. I just wonder - what was the thinking of such a bad planned campaign? My curiosity about the "other front" of WWI has been piqued.

  • @mjc11a
    @mjc11a Před 7 lety +3

    Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting.

  • @guerradejuguetesalujuanima1588
    @guerradejuguetesalujuanima1588 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Excellent documentary. Thanks for sharing!

  • @pup1008
    @pup1008 Před 2 měsíci +1

    My dad was in WW2 & insisted some people were just never going to get shot. *Guy Nightingale* in this seems to be one such person - being in many truly perilous situations & the area generally & not even getting a scratch!

  • @MrDannyboyhall
    @MrDannyboyhall Před 8 dny +1

    This was a brilliant video of a horrible piece of history that has created a special bond especially between the Turkish people and Australian and New Zealanders as an Australian I am eternally grateful to the people of turkey for taking care of those that would never return to Australian shores although we were the invaders our men were treated with dignity and respect in death for that I salute you 🇹🇷 Turkey

  • @den264
    @den264 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The production team on this documentary deserve special mention. Equally the narrator's deserve special mention. All most people were told of this campaign was the failure of Churchill's leadership in it. This documentary has put light on what was a dreadful chapter in the story of the great war.

    • @terrycrowley9323
      @terrycrowley9323 Před měsícem

      Never again will Australian and NZ be used as Cannon Fodder for the British never!!!!!

  • @user-pe5us2xj6b
    @user-pe5us2xj6b Před 3 měsíci +1

    One of the finest documentaries I've ever seen

  • @cemrebirand8360
    @cemrebirand8360 Před 3 měsíci +1

    What a brilliant film! Thank you for making it possible

  • @rudy.von.thisenhausen
    @rudy.von.thisenhausen Před měsícem

    Thank you for the best documentary I e er. Saw about the great war and Gallipoli.

  • @gedoug
    @gedoug Před 7 lety +4

    Very moving account of that unnecessary disaster.

  • @AnastasioCostaMeno
    @AnastasioCostaMeno Před 3 měsíci +1

    I’ve noticed how most modern wars are won by the once who have the most supplies. You run out of supplies, you lose even if you’re the better fighter.

  • @md1l773
    @md1l773 Před 6 lety +2

    Today is march 18, the victory day of the Gallipoli War, but we are not celebrating this day, on the contrary today we mourn for the anzacs and the Turkish martyrs
    R.I.P. all martyrs

  • @barendbredenkamp8736
    @barendbredenkamp8736 Před 21 dnem +1

    Respect to all serving men and women

  • @miapdx503
    @miapdx503 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Those letters home...it doesn't get more real than that. 🌹

  • @-htl-
    @-htl- Před 8 lety +5

    On my travels in 1992 tacking me around Australia and New Zealand it was in Auckland that one of the most prominent buildings drawing my attention that would thought me about Gallipoli, the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Always had and interest for history. Still there has been nothing that touched me so much than reading a ‘substantial’ section of the original diary of one the man who fought on the peninsula of Gallipoli being displayed in a special section of the museum. Since I have seen ‘the movie’ and several documentaries, articles, Leon Uris follow up of the brilliant book Trinity, Redemption which takes you to Gallipoli as well. Beside the diary none ever told the story, the history, better then all being part in this documentary. It is sounds two way, and without simply trying to blame one or the other in any way even though especially some British commanders should had been put in front of a firing squad starting with one of the by far most incompetent commanders Haig although he had nothing directly to do with this but rather so much indirectly. It demonstrates that only ego can fail men and men kind can fail one another. Seeing this documentary it makes all understand so much better the declaration made at later date by the Turkish commander who had become AtaTurk. Best documentary on this event. Well done!

  • @SuperLpark
    @SuperLpark Před 6 lety +1

    Can you imagine if the film was color and with sound. I think we are all blessed that technology was still very primitive at that time.

  • @ikersamdagli4538
    @ikersamdagli4538 Před 6 lety

    Thank you for this great doc.

  • @asufans5
    @asufans5 Před 5 lety

    Amazing show!!!! Thank you

  • @thepeskytraveller3870
    @thepeskytraveller3870 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you very much for uploading. A well made documentary showing the humanity and horrors of both sides.
    More reasons why war and p[politics should never mix.

  • @rohinajohnston3916
    @rohinajohnston3916 Před 2 měsíci

    Superb historical narration ....I have been to Gallipoli, thank you .

  • @hippytrev7452
    @hippytrev7452 Před 26 dny

    this was so infinitive thank you

  • @azreanaibrahim2721
    @azreanaibrahim2721 Před 8 lety +1

    thank you....

  • @behindthespotlight7983

    29 years later, Holland: “it was an intricate plan that required the strictest schedule”

  • @sukranustunel8351
    @sukranustunel8351 Před 6 lety +2

    Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

  • @johndutchman
    @johndutchman Před 9 měsíci +1

    So powerfully rendered .. thank you.

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 Před 3 měsíci

    I have to work tomorrow but I promise to watch this in it's entirety tomorrow Evening And it's gonna be awesome I can tell

  • @antoniomontana9055
    @antoniomontana9055 Před 7 lety +80

    mothers of enemie soldiers , dont cry. your sons sleeping her side by side with turkish friends.
    M. K. Atatürk

    • @royalenfieldracer7806
      @royalenfieldracer7806 Před 7 lety +3

      antonio montana not true, Ataturk never said those words. They first appear in Queensland.

    • @denizerben1247
      @denizerben1247 Před 7 lety

      Russell Garbett, who Saïd it then, where and when?

    • @frankwilson726
      @frankwilson726 Před 7 lety +2

      www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4614434/Turkey-s-Anzac-memorial-Islamic-stance.html

    • @cici790
      @cici790 Před 6 lety +1

      Is that true?

    • @frankwilson726
      @frankwilson726 Před 6 lety +1

      www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/20/ataturks-johnnies-and-mehmets-words-about-the-anzacs-are-shrouded-in-doubt

  • @johancreemers6796
    @johancreemers6796 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I still found it difficult to understand to what the military doctrine is able to. Blinde obedience, no questions asked.
    I went (volunteerly) into the military when I was 23. I found it very hard to obey to the most ridiculous orders. The youngsters from our platoon were to scared or overwhelmed to 'ask questions'. Within 2 days I became a sort of a father figure for a couple of them. I tried to take care of their mental wel being, told them to spare their forces during excercises, took care of their wounds... Some of the instructors didn't like it at all and made us combat each other so they would lose their trust in me.
    It took me a couple of years to understand that I was to mature when I went in. The ideal age is 17/18/19 years old. The brain isn't that developed yet and their physical strength can be altered a lot at a short time.
    Watching this video and see how a first, second, thirth and fourth wave went over the top, knowing really wel that it was a complete useless attack and you were sure you were going to die, is nearly unimaginable.
    The bushfires, the rain, the snow, the stench, the vieuws, the sounds, the stress, ... My deepest respect for all those brave man. May the (ANZAC) leaders rot in hell.

  • @VimyScout
    @VimyScout Před 3 měsíci +4

    My great great grandfather was at Gallipoli. He was with the East Lancashire Regiment.

    • @caractacus22
      @caractacus22 Před 2 měsíci

      Mine too. He was never the same. He had a “bad war”

    • @anthonyeaton5153
      @anthonyeaton5153 Před 2 měsíci

      You aren’t allowed to mention the British.

  • @Shelldrake489
    @Shelldrake489 Před měsícem

    A stunningly beautiful production from start to finish, heartbreakingly honest and very moving, should be compulsive viewing for those willing to send other parents children to war.

  • @PonceDeLeon.
    @PonceDeLeon. Před 7 lety +2

    İzlediğim en iyi belgesellerden. Her dakikasında tüyler diken diken...

  • @khiggins7231
    @khiggins7231 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Excellent documentary!

  • @cemozcan3630
    @cemozcan3630 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Demir Demirkan is a genius composer and musician. I cannot imagine a better music choices for the whole project! Especially that ending song right after the farewell letter...

    • @den264
      @den264 Před 3 měsíci

      Perhaps the theme music to the movie, "Midnight Express " by the Italian composer Georgio Moroder might just have surpassed this one.

    • @cemozcan3630
      @cemozcan3630 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@den264 The music for "Midnight Express" is a true classic and a great work. But it is difficult to find Anatolian flavor in that composition.

  • @jamesnevitt9293
    @jamesnevitt9293 Před 7 lety +4

    Do anyone think that the soldiers of today could endure these conditions without modern day technology?

    • @matsmats4385
      @matsmats4385 Před 7 lety

      no way. both sides suffered terribly, the conditions were the reason both sides in this battle gained the respect of their enemy.

    • @jeffsmith2022
      @jeffsmith2022 Před 7 lety +1

      Yes,they follow their orders...

  • @sTraYa249
    @sTraYa249 Před 26 dny

    "At the going down of the sun we will remember them, Lest we forget"

  • @dufmor
    @dufmor Před 7 lety +11

    all this...so a very few v rich man,who, by the way,never saw any action,could keep their wealth,.........and indeed make more and more money???

    • @PullpinVa
      @PullpinVa Před 6 lety +2

      dufmor not only rich, but most of the king's/emperor's were related. Basically a family squabble that cost millions of lives

  • @aussiedownunder4186
    @aussiedownunder4186 Před 4 měsíci

    The Best Doco on Gallipoli I have ever seen. 10 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿🇦🇺🇳🇿🇹🇷 🇹🇷

  • @robertlevinson9188
    @robertlevinson9188 Před 3 měsíci

    The narration is unsurpassable. He sounds as majestic as William F Buckley.

  • @cjhobbyfly8597
    @cjhobbyfly8597 Před 7 lety +1

    Joseph Murray was 21 years, 5 months and 14 days old when he joined up... not 18

  • @lonw.7016
    @lonw.7016 Před 7 lety +5

    The thing I notice these days... the mention of Turkey. We weren't at war with Turkey. The Imperial Ottoman Empire that conquered and manipulated whole peoples(fellow Mohammedans) as their own. It wasn't Turkey that committed the genocide upon the Greeks and Armenians. Nor was it the Turks that had controlled the Sanjat of Jerusalem and the Sanjat of Gaza for over 800 years. And it wasn't Turkey that went to war against Imperial Russia "again" in less than 100 years. EDit: And it wasn't the Turks that invaded Imperial Russia before declaring war. It was the Imperial Ottoman Empire. And to follow up on another comment, I wasn't blessed to have the money to attend a University college until I was working full-time.