anzac day

Remembering The Fallen Doesn’t Glorify War

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I wrote about Anzac Day 2016 here the other day. ANZAC Day 2016 has come and gone, and with it, the usual debate about whether days such as this glorify war, and the ugliness that goes with it. [sm_smlts_cols] [sm_smlts_col type=”lts-one-half”]The ugliness includes the death and destruction. It includes the raping and the pillaging, the … Read more

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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The Battle of Gallipoli was fought from April to December, 1915. The aim of the attack was to open a supply route via the Dardanelles for the Russians on the Eastern front. The Dardanelles is a narrow strait in North Western Turkey, linking the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. At that time, the … Read more