American Reacts to Anzac Day (Australia & New Zealand)
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- Hello! I'm an American on a quest to learn more about history, geography and the universe in general. In this video I take a first look at Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, find out the meaning behind it, and the history behind the commemorative day. Anzac Day is celebrated on April 25 every year since the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey that took place during WWI. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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It's "Remembrance" rather than "Celebration".
As the phrase goes "Lest we forget"....................
We have the most recent one April 25th in Portugal which funnily enough coincides with this. In 1974 the so called 'armed forces movement' successfully carried out a coup which overthrew the authoritarian(extreme-right with dictator) regime in Portugal ensuring the end of the 13 year long Colonial War with the rebelling colonies getting independence and decolonization of the remaining naval bases took until 1999 when Macao was handed to the Chinese. It also installed the current republic therefore being called Liberty Day
In Britain it's 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month. That recalls the end of the war. It's also become a time to remember all of the fallen in conflicts.
Gallipoli was a bit of a disaster, if I remember rightly it was Winston Churchill's plan (he was First Lord of the Admiralty of the UK during World War 1). When they reconned Gallipoli before they attacked they thought the beaches weren't as far out and flatter and less defended than they were. So when they attacked it was just carnage. Out of 489,000 Allied troops, Casualties and losses
were: British Empire British Empire: 198,340 (31,389 killed, 9,708 missing and POWs, 78,749 wounded, 78,494 evacuated sick, French Third Republic France: 9,000 killed & missing,18,000 wounded, 20,000 evacuated sick, Australia Australia: 7,594 killed, 18,500 wounded Dominion of New Zealand New Zealand: 3,431 killed, 4,140 wounded. Total Allied Casualties 300,000 with 51,000 killed. Turks had 315,000 soldiers and had 255,268 casualties including 56,643 killed.
There are a couple of songs about it, the best in my opinion is And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle:
ua-cam.com/video/cnFzCmAyOp8/v-deo.html
@@paulmaxey6377 Yeah the only thing I hear people bragging about Gallipoli is how they tricked the already tired Turks into thinking the Allies were still at the beaches by making campfires and stuff, when in fact they all evacuated, so basically the glorious retreat lol.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget
Lest We Forget 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦🇨🇵
Lest we forget
Lest we forget
Lest we forget
So nice to see an American educating herself about another country’s tradition and history. As an Australian living in America, I usually don’t get much further into a conversation with an American than explaining that Christmas is in Summer before their minds are blown.
lol
Thank you to all the soldiers who gave their lives for our country/ies and to those who are fighting right now.
@@noosh9837 Anzac Day is not a celebration dude it’s a Memorial Day. So that we never forget the sacrifice our soldiers went through.
@@noosh9837 Yeah, celebrate is the wrong word. It’s a bit of a sad day, we mark it with a dawn service, a minute’s silence and the Last Post. But thanks for the sentiment.
How about school year being basically January - December, whoa! what a novel concept!
Erwin Rommel famous German General said: If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.
He didnt actually say that. But he did write a note in his war diary at Tobruk after he saw a handful of Australian POWS. He wrote that they were "remarkably large men who undoubtedly represent an elite formation of the British army".
Hell yeah.
There was a German general who said that if he’d got to choose his battalion, he’d pick the Maori Battalion over the German Battalion
@@kaeaedwin7937 the Maori would've taken turkey if the British didn't mess it up
@@tileux that’s hilarious that Rommel thought Aussie soldiers may have represented an elite branch of the British army. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of Aussie soldiers that are tough as nails but as far as the brits were concerned they were more cannon fodder than SAS.
That video she watched was for children. It skipped a lot of heavier details. Like that is was a miscommunication that landed them on the wrong beach to be killed. Litteraly just Google it, don't rely on just your comment section to answer things.
Lmao, ikr, if you want to know something so much, just do your own research and not rely on random people in your comment section who may or may not have the right information
Yea I thought this video was kind of half arsed, she could've done a bit of research and made an educational video
I just commented about that exact thing, and how English soldiers were basically sipping tea having no idea the battle had started
They didn’t actually land at the wrong beach the boats were being towed to shore by tugs and the ropes got entangled so the boats didn’t go to their correct place on the beach causing confusion
@@bonnieamelia531 the point of her video is to be educated not educate others. Unfortunately i don't think there are many videos on the Anzacs that aren't either childrens education videos or full documentaries. Even less that you can probably watch in full on yt that wont be copywrited. If you want an acturate, educational video then make it.
As an Australian I love New Zealand and it's citizens and think it is one of the greatest countries on this Earth.
Right back at yah mate.
Forever brothers in arms. Love you guys too
Kia-Ora to our Aussie cuzzies across the ditch!!! 🇳🇿 ❤️ 🇦🇺
Churr bro
And that is also the way that the Americans and British should feel about the Alliance between all nations. We arre fast being overtaken because ties are being stretched by politicians who should stand up and show just some of the internal fortitude and bravery our forces have shown for over a century.
New Zealand had a population of 1 million in 1914, and had about 120,000 enlisted soldiers over WW1.
Over 18,000 died.
New Zealand sent 10,000 horses to Europe for the war. 4 made it back.
I'm deployed in the ME at the moment and going to Beeresheva next week for a 3-day stay. I hope to tour the battlefield down there.
Be the same as america getting 12% so say 43-45mil out of pop 350 mil ... see why it effected every NZ household back then .. ours included just like ww2 ...
I don't think the New Zealand Horse deathtoll was at 9.996, a fair percentage of those were probably left there alive
@@dutchgameboi2892 I didn't suggest they all died.
@@bremCZ oh my brain automatically inserted only before the 4 made it back part
Ataturk’s Letter to Anzac Mothers - 1934
"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."
Sam Neill in Gallipoli : ua-cam.com/video/yzfq2Ta-J3c/v-deo.html
I can never read Ataturk's letter to the mothers without getting tears in my eyes. Apart from the beauty of the words, it seems like the most extraordinarily kind and generous thing to say to the families of soldiers who were, in fact, an invading enemy.
@@nikiTricoteuse Yes it is really difficult to understand but 100 years later it works like a miracle and it is instructive and beautiful, countries wage war but soldiers die, so this is a very nice example for me that sometimes you have to think big and whole.
I had no idea this existed and now I have a tear in my eye. Thanks for bringing this up, it is important.
Ataturk what a great man for his people and the world
And it truely is a beautiful memorial over there
'Oh so New Zealand is also in this. Ok' poor NZ always being forgotten 🤣
Nah, she just didn’t know.
Trust me mate as an Aussie, kiwi's are never forgotten when it comes to the Anzac spirit.
she said that after the video she's watching already said and showed that nz was part of it
The world may sometimes forget the NZ in ANZAC, but Aussies don't.
New Zealand soldiers are never forgotten by Australians we know their mettle
It's Australia and New Zealand two different countries who fight like legends and who are family
New Zealand being the better of the two
Better looking
Tougher
@@zaynevanday142 ya dreaming mate lol
@@viper8434 stop 🛑 quoting the Castle lol
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I learned this poem in school my grand uncle on my father's side died at Ypre and my grandfather survived after being wounded in Flanders
i havent heard that since my schooldays, it was read at assembly every year on remembrance day. thanks for the flashback
The poets of WWI produced some of the most moving poetry. This, "The Soldier" and "Dulce et Decorum Est" being my personal favourites.
@@daveloboda1769 agreed. Anthem to Doomed Youth, Strange Meetinng, The General, The naming of parts .... all good.
Flander''s Field does it for me though
The boy's the Tommies prreferred a differrent tone
Goodbyeeee
Long way to Tipperary
Keep right on to the end of the Road
We'll never tell them
even
On the eve of batle, Mother
were all popular on phonodraph as i understand it.
Oh,, Rudy,ard KIpling who else, wrote what for me and many others is the defintive acount of the war from a grieving and burdened parent's point of viiew.. perhaps you know it?
'My Boy Jack'
1914-18
HAVE you news of my boy Jack? "
Not this tide.
"When d'you think that he'll come back?"
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
"Has any one else had word of him?"
Not this tide.
For what is sunk will hardly swim,
Not with this wind blowing, and this tide.
"Oh, dear, what comfort can I find?"
None this tide,
Nor any tide,
Except he did not shame his kind---
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide.
Then hold your head up all the more,
This tide,
And every tide;
Because he was the son you bore,
And gave to that wind blowing and that tide.
--------------------------
his son John, an infantry offiicer, at his father's urging, was killed in 1916 I believe
So in rthe poem Jack = John, and alll the other John's of course.
In annoither poem, I forget which, Kipling wroite
"If any qjuestion wny we died
Tell them ""Because our father's lied""
"conflicted" I think is the term for that state of mind.
Written by Canadian soldier John McCrae from Guelph, Ontario.
There's an Australian war movie about this from the 80s with Mel Gibson called 'Gallipoli'. If you're interested in what this moment in history was like, it's worth a watch
Yeah, she should watch it
Theres also a series with the same name that follows the story of another soldier. Both equally sad tho.
The series on Netflix Gallipoli is faaar more historically correct than Mel Gibson's movie. It's a consistent issue of ol.Gibson, he likes to trade in historical record for spectacle and story. Which fine if thats what you want but ask a Scot about Braveheart and you'll soon see what I mean
@@matthewray1650 While I take your point (eg William Wallace did not wear a kilt), an historical accuracy in the movie Gallipoli has the character played by Mel Gibson being a cash runner. Runners would sprint for prizes and people would bet on the outcome. The runners were often handicapped like horses. These races are still run today, the most famous being the Stawell Gift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stawell_Gift
If you really want the context of the ANZAC's from start to finish, the Mini-series ANZAC's is probably one of the best. Its very Aussie focused though.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest We Forget.
Always gives me a tear at dawn service ... thank you ...
I always cry when The Last Post is played. Always. I can't help it. I get so emotionally charged and my heart hurts for all the families that lost a brother, a son, a father, an uncle, an aunt, a sister, a dog or a horse in any war
Lest we forget
Lest We Forget.
Lest we forget
The building at the start of the video is the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Anzac biscuits were made without eggs so they could be sent to the troops in the battlefield from home. They are really nice and the name Anzac is protected by law. The hats are called Slouch Hats (the New Zealand version are called ‘Lemon Squeezers’ because of the shape of the crown of the hat).
@1crem1 I make my own always. The recipe is on a scrappy bit of paper handed down. They come out like rocks and can be crumbly on the edges. They go well with a cuppa to soften them up and I think they are way better than store bought. The recipe comes from my granmother. Grandad was in WW1 as a driver (person who took wounded from the front & returned with ammo). He was injured in 1918.
@1crem1 the recipe I use came from a original recipe they have on a scrap of paper in an exhibit.
It s ANZAC, not Anzac. They are initials it is not a word
@@brucewoods9377 Wrong. It is an example of a word which has become a word in its own right through usage, which USED to be an acronym. Qantas is another one. And to support my position, I give you… The offical Anzac Portal from the Australian Government (who decide who can even USE the term Anzac and who cannot). So, you are wrong, and you can slink away and contemplate your wrongness. anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/australian-imperial-force/australian-and-new-zealand-army-corps
@@aussieragdoll4840 fair suck of the sav mate, there's pointing out someone's mistake and then there's rubbing there nose in it. No one learns from mistakes if they're made to look foolish.
1:52 "Where's that?" That's the Austrlian War Memorial in Canberra. Those walls have the names of every Australian who didn't come home from a war, including my two great-uncles. We found their names on a visit once, though I haven't been back in years.
2:05 "...Cookies?" Er, sort of. ANZAC bikkies are sweet, but they're not soft and crumbly like I think of American cookies. They're basically slightly sweeter hard tack. Usually you have to dunk them in your tea before you can have a bite, unless you don't really value your teeth.
2:38 "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps": Says a lot about how huge this war was, that France and Germany each put 100+ divisions into the field immediately, but Australia and New Zealand could only raise a single corp between us. But then again...
3:54 "A huge population of their militaries." Yeah, I can't speak for New Zealand (hopefully someone will!), but from memory over the whole of WWI Australia's population of 4 million sent 400,000 soldiers, of whom 40,000 were killed or seriously wounded. Take those numbers with a grain of salt, because it's been a while since I looked into it, but those were the figures as I remember them. To put it another way: my family is from Gundagai in NSW, and the war memorial there must have about 100 names of local men who went off to fight. At the time the town couldn't have had a population much more than 1,000, so yes, WWI was a big deal. (And if you think it was bad for us, wait 'til to talk to the French...)
4:18 "What do you guys call those hats?": It's called a Slouch Hat. It's pinned up on one side so you can sling your rifle for marching. The pin on the side is the Rising Sun badge of the Australian Army.
4:40 "What was the outcome of Gallipoli?": An Allied defeat and Turkish victory. The ANZACs (and the British who actually made up the majority of the landing force) barely even left the beach. As a result, Turkey stayed in the war, the Dardanelles Strait stayed closed and we failed to open up a warm-water supply route to the third major ally, Russia, which is what the whole campaign was really about (Yep, the same Russia that you saw defeated Napoleon a century earlier, more or less). But it was the first time Australians fought as Australians rather than as British with funny accents, and we proved surprisingly good soldiers, so it was a big deal for us at home.
A personal anecdote just to give you an idea of how important this is: in my previous town, the local mills always pulled extra shifts in the week leading up to ANZAC Day, because they knew they'd be closed on the day and didn't want to fall behind their quota. They only did this for Christmas and ANZAC Day, no other religious or public holidays. Easter? Pfft, that Jesus bloke already gets one day, he doesn't need two. Australia Day? Just an excuse to fire up the BBQ and get extra drunk. But ANZAC Day? THAT'S sacred. Not even our heartless capitalist overlords would dream of calling people in on ANZAC Day. Now I'm off to search the comment section for the New Zealand half of the story.
Your @3:54 figures are quite a bit out, although about 400,000 enlisted only about 330,000 of those were sent overseas on active service of those about 60,000 we're killed and 100,000 other casualties, I believe the casualty figures as a percentage of either the total force or national population were the highest among British and Commonwealth forces.
Another thing to note is that Australia along with South Africa and India we're the only countries in the First World War not to introduce conscription and to have completely volunteer militaries.
The total number of New Zealand troops and nurses to serve overseas in 1914-18, excluding those in British and other Dominion forces, was 100,444, from a population of just over a million.
Forty-two percent of men of military age served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front. 16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded during the war - a 58 percent casualty rate.[4] Approximately a further thousand men died within five years of the war's end, as a result of injuries sustained, and 507 died while training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918.
Yeah, I put a poppy on the wall for an ancestor killed in France in 1917.
I grew up in Canberra very close to the War Memorial (or Warmo as we called). Went there heaps as a kid. Place is amazing and you feel the reverence as you walk around it.
Gallipoli cost the Ottomans critical supplies they could of used to stop the entante advance in the middle east
Anzac Day, for younger Australians can also be a frustrating and sad day as we now know the truth of how the Australian and New Zealand army was treated by England and how they used them even though they knew they were judging sending them in to die
They used our forces as cannon fodder it’s fucked up
I had to stand there for both dawn and lunch service I'm I the aafc
Oh, so true. Winston Churchill said we we're expendable, we Australians and New Zealanders. The ANZACS !!
Same for Māori New Zealanders, the Crown promised us more rights if we showed our loyalty by fighting alongside them. No results.
No worse than they treated anyone else, including their own. Look up "Thankful villages" to get an idea of the scale.
A lot of Australians and New Zealanders go on a pilgrimage to Gallipoli each year to attend the dawn service which is televised for those of us back home to watch, along with the dawn services that are held at home. I'd love to go on a pilgrimage myself one day.
Do it, you wont regret it.
Lest we forget.
It's heartbreaking that they haven't been able to do it because of the pandemic. I did see one guy lay a wreath there this year.. the wreath advertised his business/company. Did NOT go down well.
@@lincroyableprocrastinateur5414 What?! That's disgusting!
The news cameras were still there in the morning even without the dawn service, this dude just walked into the frame and put this wreath there, grinning at the cameras, and waiting to see them zoom in on the wreath. When it got out, the phone number on the wreath got bombarded with hate. News organisations collectively made the decision to show none of it later so he wouldn't get anymore attention out of it. Piece of crap.. i'd LOVE to see him try that in a normal year.
@@lincroyableprocrastinateur5414 I think if there were soilders there they would have shot him for that disrespectful act.
There are just some things you never do.
Lest we forget.
My grandfather (a Kiwi) fought and survived Gallipoli , after that debacle he later ended up in northern Europe where he was gassed . Luckily he survived to return home and marry and start a family . I never knew him but I honour him and all the other service men and women every ANZAC day . Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
Thankyou so much for sharing your family history. Its hard to imagine how these men fitted back into civilan life after what they saw and did, with no PTSD diagnoses in 1918.
Lest We Forget. My great-grandfather also fought in the war but, sadly, I don't know much about his involvement and my pop's passed now, too, so I've lost that well of history now. We Aussies and Kiwi's may tease and joke about one another, but we'll always be brothers and sisters from across the Ditch.
@@kassandrajeffery7035 may your Pop rest in peace.
@@kassandrajeffery7035 @David David23 Lest we forget. My Great Grandfather (a kiwi) was there too. When I was 19 he passed away at 106yr old. The New Zealand Army honered him and his medles are in the New Zealand army museum.
I have never missed an ANZAC darwn parade, he was my hero when I was young and now I want to be at least half the man he was.
Thank you for sharing and I hope you never forget. I know I wont. 🍻🍻🍻
Peace to you Kassandra and David 😊👍
@@draygontaygen677 your so fortunate to have known him personally, what a privilege. May your great grandfather also rest in peace.
Even through this reaction video you can feel the spirit of ANZAC. Reminds me of the bond New Zealand and Australia share. I hope we never forget it’s relevance in our lives.
I'll never forget, my Great Grandfather served as part of the ANZACs. He told me alot of what happened. Australia and New Zealand owe much to the ANZAC's.
Kiwi's and Aussie's have been jokeing and taking cheap shots at each other since ww1. But when it counts we stand as one.
Respect to those who served and those still serving. 🍻
It's not just the ANZACS it, all our allies that served. The term "lest we forget" means never forget and don't let it happen again.
No, we never will it will live on same as the Debate on who invented Pavlova, Lamingtons and Hugg boots. The Yanks have stolen our Huggs we need to do a joint submission to register the other two before they go as well think may need to do same for ANZAC bics and Two Up never know ok for us to debate it as it our thing would be dull is ever solved the question.
in Australia they have clubs called the Returned and Services League (RSL) and in New Zealand called the Returned and Services Association (RSA) which were started by returned servicemen after the WWI. Every evening at a specific time in each club the bell is rung and everything goes quiet, all stand and face the Rememberance Baord and say the Ode Of Rememberance "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them"
I went to an RSL tonight. The oath is recited at 6.00pm and everyone stands and honours the fallen, before all replying “Lest we forget”
If you walk into an RSL and you see pokies, turn around and walk out. In 2019 52 RSL sub-branches made $9million from pokies and only 4% of that went back to helping veterans. Remember, veterans with mental illness are very prone to gambling addiction. One veteran lost over $100k at the pokies. These sub-branches hurt veterans.
Got to a sub-branch without pokies.
They are RSL Clubs are even worse. These are for profit entities. They make money using the word 'RSL.' If you see an RSL Club spit on their door, crap on their step and walk away. Feel free to say nasty words to the manager. They do worse to veterans. They are businesses who pretend to help veterans but are money making machines.
Remember the fallen... help the living.
@@MrZoomah I’m sorry you have that experience. Out local RSL club is far from making money. It is run by our veterans. They have their own special area and an incorporated museum. I take your point about pokies.
@@MrZoomah in NZ the RSA clubs do not have pokies. All are Non Profit
It was originally the Returned Servicemen's League.
The Last Post is always played at dawn services and never fails to bring a tear to my eyes.📯
The Australians left Gallipoli and then went to the war in Europe where they fought as shock troops and stopped the great German advance late in the war. Even today Australians travelling through France are celebrated by locals who know what the Australians did. Their great General Monash battle tactics with aviation armor and troops fighting together is still studied today.
And then there was that time they got bored and decided to go a steal a German tank.
Now it's the only tank of its type left in the world
@@45under and we aint giving it back haha
@@45under I’m lucky enough to have crawled all over and through the Mephistopheles
Welcome from New Zealand.
This is a very important part of our history.
The whole country Almost comes to a complete halt, to honor our fallen soldiers.
Nearly every city ,town has some form of war memorial to honor them.
A huge waste of so many young mens lives!
No one wins in war.
ODE TO ANZAC.
They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We Will Remember Them.
LEST WE FORGET.
WATCHING THIS VIDEO BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. I'm so proud to be AUSTRALIAN AND SO VERY PROUD OF ALL THE ANZAC'S WHO GAVE THERE LIVES
SO WE COULD HAVE A BETTER FUTURE. THEY ARE AND WILL ALWAYS REMAIN THE TRUE HEROES .
What kind of better future did you had by fighting a nation that’s thousands of miles away?
Since the outbreak of covid, I've been waking up my neighbourhood at 6am on ANZAC day by playing The Last Post on guitar at an ear splitting volume. I always have overwhelming support and approval from my community.
You'll find my 1st one on UA-cam if you search my name and the last post.
Proud Kiwi living in Aussie.
This happened a lot both in Australia and New Zealand during the 2019 COVID lockdown.
May I ask why?
@@sonsen25 as a show of respect to the fallen soldiers, and as an alternative for the neighbourhood who might want to show respect without travelling to the official dawn service.
@@shanebielski5424 from ww1 to the current conflicts,which wars do you think were necessary wars to be fought sir?
@@sonsen25 I don't see how your question has any relevance to me honouring those who have fought for their country, but to answer you, only the 2 big ones.
I am a us veteran, I am ashamed I didn't know much about Anzac day, thank you and I will do more research. Love your reactions, your history discussions are fantastic. Keep it up.
check out this Facebook group and please, do not feel ashamed. There is SO much history that nobody can be expected to know it all!!
facebook.com/groups/anzacday2020/
The U.S saved Australia and New Zealand during the Second world war . Thousands of Americans were stationed here during that time . I know I'm greatful for that relationship.
Did you know for the better partof the pacific theatre in WW2 that there were more Australian troops than americans, 500,000 australian men to 250,000 american men? Yet know one knows this, its only ever american or British that gets the attention
@@matis9118 The Kokoda track campaign, arguably Australia's greatest military victory and done by militia. Good job Aussies.
@@davidthemod4729 hey mate, do you think that our forces sat back and did nothing. Do a bit of research and you might learn a bit.
Poppies grow well on broken ground - they were often the only flowers to survive in No man's Land. Paper poppies are worn in the UK around November 11th (Remembrance day, like your Memorial Day) but in Australia and New Zealand they're also worn on the anniversary of Gallipoli (a military disaster, but the first time these troops were committed en mass). The UK remembers this battle along with the rest of WWI, but it's special to the ANZACS - formidable soldiers with a reputation envied by many, and deeply respected by friend and foe alike.
Rosemary is more worn on ANZAC day as it grew naturally on the Gallipoli coast and helped with the stench of war.
Not exactly true when saying Gallipoli was the first time Aussie troops were committed en mass. True that this was the first time as a National force they did, but during the Boer Wars of South Africa (1899 - 1902), approx. 16,000 men from the different states of Australia, before Australia became a united country in 1901, went to fight in South Africa, with casualties (wounded and/or dead) amounted to approx. 600, with 6 members of these forces being awarded the Victoria Cross for their heroism (the highest military award in the Australian military). Maybe not considered a large force in today's standards, but considering Australia's population barely reached 2 million back then, by percentages it was large. This war was to give birth to Australia's famous Lighthorse Brigades. Also prior to WW1, Australia had a small contingent of approx 1000 soldiers and sailors on active duty in China during the Revolution of 1901, the same conflict that the song "55 days at Peking" refers to.
The gallipoli campagain caused a big split of national identy of NZ and Aus away from Britain as the ANZACs had 50% of their troops either wounded or killed on the beaches of gallipoli.
As you thought, the casualty figures for both countries was staggering. Australia with a population of just under 5 million at the time had 416,809 men enlist.
The total number of casualties was believed to be 62,000. New Zealand had a population of just over 1 million, of which 98,000 enlisted and they lost 16,000 soldiers.
Well done Julie. Answered it perfectly!! What a waste of young men though. :(
Seen this thing on one news apparently NZs enlistment and death rate were a little higher or something they estimated around another 10-12000 had enlisted and around 6000 more killed apparently
I'm always on the verge of tears remembering veterans. Especially ANZAC day
ANZAC values include such human qualities as courage, mateship, fairness, persistence, integrity, humour, initiative, endurance, determination, ingenuity, respect, and the "selfless spirit of ANZAC"
A friend of mine was visiting Gallipoli with and elderly Australian family friend. Some other Australians were also standing by reflecting quietly. As they went to leave the two older men just nodded an acknowlegement and said, 'Mate'.. then 'Mate' to one another. Very moving. I also think of Australian and New Zealanders as having all the qualities you list above and have known a few in my time. Also highly resourceful which is a quality if value a lot.
Well Said Wilbz! LEST WE FORGET
Well put Justin.
My fathers great uncles were born in Turkey, migrated to Australia only to return to fight alongside the Anzacs, sadly only one brother returned.
I will remember them. Lest we forget.
same thing with my great great grandpa and his brother. They both enlisted but my great great grandpa got rejected because he was too young, his brother went over to Europe and was unfortunately killed. Lest We Forget.
It is staggering to see relatives from one country fighting cousins from another country ! I visited the war memorial in the famous wine producing area of Australia, the Barossa Valley where there is a preponderance of German names who fought in western Europe against their relo's. They migrated from silesia in the 1840's onwards and became loyal australian citizens and died in the defence of the independence of France and the low countries.
@john smallfever Most non officer military were NOT told where or who they were to fight and NEVER given an option. You fought or you were charged for desertion & cowardice. Both charges in a time of war were firing squad. Almost ALL countries at the time had similar convictions to these charges for military personnel.
In regards to the loss of life, some small towns in Australia lost their whole male adult populations,older men lowered their age and some “boys “ 15/16 increased their age,
I posted a comment earlier, but I also want to add that I really appreciate your interest in this. As an older Aussie who has served, I'm touched and impressed by your desire to learn not just about this subject, but about the world and history in general. Don't ever lose your inquisitiveness - it's a wonderful, and admirable, quality to have 🙂
@SoGal I'm absolutely honoured my comment about Anzac Day caught your eye! Thank you so very much for doing this video!
To give a bit of perspective for Australia, through the war years 1914-1918, about 416,000 men enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (a wholly volunteer force for the duration of the war) out of a population of about 5 million at the end of 1918. Of those enlistments, more than 330,000 men served overseas.
Depending upon the sources you use (and they're many and varied) you get a bit of variance, but according to the Australian War Memorial (pictured at the beginning of that video), "In human terms, the nearly 11 months of the Anglo-French effort to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war (at Gallipoli) cost more than 141,100 dead and wounded soldiers, not to mention the sailors who died in the earlier naval efforts to get through the strait of the Dardanelles.
Australian losses amounted to more than 8700 dead and 19,400 wounded. This was close to 50% of the approximately 50,000 to 60,000 men of the AIF who served in the campaign."
Gallipoli was certainly a defeat for the Allies, but Australians found something in that defeat at Gallipoli; they had faced the very worst conditions of warfare and had not been found wanting. Many of the defining traits of what we consider to be the spirit of Australia and New Zealand, such as selfless courage, mateship, cheerfulness, perserverance and gallows humour in the face of adversity and sacrifice for the greater good...it all happened there, at Gallipoli. That's where the significance comes from.
Well done sir, best wishes from the wirral...E
@@eamonnclabby7067 See you at the Tavern next time I'm in town! Unless you're from the other Wirral, in which case I'll see you in the Old Dart.
Good stuff, keep well and safe...E
A defeat , yes But Gallipolli created a legend, The Digger! A fighting mans man.
Just add some numbers for the New Zealand involvement. At the outbreak of WW1 New Zealand's population was just over 1 million (we are close to 5 million today-as a side note when I went to Europe in 2019 to visit ww1 and 2 battlefields our travel director said the German army at the beginning of ww1 was over 1 million. So basically the entire population of New Zealand was the standing German army before they began enlisting more people) In the First World War, just over 100,000 troops left New Zealand for service overseas in Samoa, Gallipoli, Sinai-Palestine, Belgium and France. Of those serving overseas, more than 16,000 lost their lives and over 41,000 were wounded, a very high casualty rate. This included 550 nurses of which 18 were killed. 2,779 were lost at Gallipoli (1915-16) 2111 at the Battle of the Somme (1916) 837 at Messines and 1796 at Passendale.
In the Philippines, every April, we commemorate war veterans who died in World War 2 on a day we call "Day of Valor".
Is there a specific date or it's the whole month?
I've heard that Anzac day is also a big thing in France
It is. As an Australian attending an ANZAC Day dawn serivce at Villers Bretonneux was one of the most moving things I have ever done. ANZACs won the Western Front and the locals respect every Australian that goes there for the loss of our men to enable their freedom.
For different perspective of WW1. Australia recently released a TV series called "Anzac Girls", about the Australian and kiwi nurses. The story is based on diaries kept by some nurses during their service and what they saw and endured.
One of the more unusual ways we remember the Anzacs is by playing “two up”. Two coins are placed on a small piece of wood called a kip. Two coins showing a head is “heads”, the other side is tails. If you have one of each it is called an “odd”. The goal is to throw 3 heads or tails before you throw the opposite or 5 odds. You can bet on each toss of the coins- heads or tails, odds the bets stay frozen.
Their are more rules but that’s the basics.
and have a wiskey or rum or whatever ya choose
It is important to understand why Two-Up is allowed on Anzac Day. On Gallipoli, Ottoman soldiers could see groups of soldiers playing Two-Up but could not see the coins being tossed. They mistook the raising and lowering of heads, watching the coins, as a religious ceremony and would restrict firing or attacking a Two-Up game.
Anzac Day is the only day two up is allowed to be played.
Legally that is.
My great grandfather fought at Gallipoli, he was first light horse battalion. He brought back a ottoman coin that was passed down to me on my 18th birthday from my granddad who was merchant navy. But even now, when Anzac Day comes around and we stand silent for a minute in respect, I’ll remember my granddad saying to remember the other side for a moment, for the men defending their home for us. A war which never should have been fought in the first place.
I think people in Serbia would disagree that it should never have been fought. They were attacked by Austria in a naked land grab. Should we have just abandoned them?
@@penultimateh766 quite so. The triple alliance was an aggressor.
Why honor it then when it should have never happened? Why commemorate wars by glorifying them instead of condemning them?
@@gulliverthegullible6667 I don't think he IS honoring his grandfather, sadly. I think he considers him a victim to be pitied. He thinks that moment of silence is not respect, but grief and resentment. I seriously doubt his grandad would agree. I wonder if he ever asked him? I bet he never did. Or he DID ask, did not get the self-pitying tears he wanted, and was thereby distanced from his grandfather. I wonder if his comments is petulance about that, and about something he'll never understand.
@@penultimateh766 I think it was a huge campaign launched by Armed forces of allied nations that, again, drags Australia and New Zealand into a war that simply uses our forces to back wars at the becon of the UK. We thought we where fighting for king and country and ended up in a stale mate that cost huge amount of resources and lives that ultimately failed, trying to keep a strategic position to keep enemy supplies entering and exiting through into Europe.
I think that the deaths of over a hundred thousand soldiers for a “position” that ended up being lost anyways was a battle that doesn’t sound very fruitful.. and ended up being a huge embarrassment for the allies. Only benefit was to distract from the war being fought in Europe and split ottoman forces on two fronts.
In regards to if and how I pay my respect to the fallen I would suggest speculation is probably not the best action.
I pay my respects and am thankful for the lives and sacrifice given to the service of our nation, I do not how ever respect the decisions made that included Australian forces in that particular fight. I also think it is more than appropriate in paying respects to the people in which we were fighting, and gave their lives for their nation.
War is a disease on this planet that needs to be eradicated, it has no place in any modern and equitable society.
My son was born in February. I was so proud celebrating Anzac Dawn Service with him this year. Start them young. LEST WE FORGET!
Thank you for taking the time and interest to educate yourself on the ANZACS and Anzac Day itself. My Great Grandfather was an Anzac soldier serving in the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force - 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division. He was at the first landing on the first day at Gallipoli with the Australian contingent - his being the only 18 pounder Gun to remain ashore the first morning of the landings. His Battery eventually silenced the Turkish Guns that were firing on the landing sites of the beach firing upward of 500 shells from their 18pdr. He survived 4 months at Gallipoli before succumbing to dysentery ... something that 1000's of ,men suffered there and even more died from than were killed by bullets and battle! He was removed by Ship to England, recovered and was taken on strength to serve out the rest of WW1 in France until wars end in 1918. So you have my gratitude for taking an interest in something that is quite personal to myself and many others who are the descendants of those men who served as ANZACS. Cheers! ( P.S ... I strongly suggest you watch a film called Gallipoli starring a very young Mel Gibson for further insight into what Anzac means to Australians - it is a powerful and deeply moving bit of cinema )
We as Australians have committed ourselves to many wars with our allies. It’s interesting to me that you had NO idea we were even involved in that fight.
I live in Australia and the schools I’ve attended over the past years not once have I heard the teachers mention New Zealand
@@makaiaallen8054 Realy? Where did you think the name came from?
@@Lolliegoth It doesn’t matter where it came from both New Zealand and Australia were in Anzac so why can’t they both get the equal credit
@@makaiaallen8054 Out of curiosity what did you think the N and the Z stood for?
@@makaiaallen8054 Agree. I think it is strange an Aussie didn't know it applied to both countries.
I am a former serving member of the Australian Defence force. I was in the Army and the Navy. We also have Remembrance day at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month. The ending of WW1. I have lived in Vietnam for quite a long time and they also have their own. Which is on right now. The end of April. It is to celebrate their independence.
Yay to Vietnamese independence! Nay for Australian soldiers fighting on the side of the Americans!
Hey Fordy. AJ and Pusser here too mate haha.
@@masto8525 cheers brother. I prefer Pongo than AJ lol
Thank you for your service ❤
Bless you. And thank you❤️
ANZAC day is that important that even with all the covid restrictions, people were still encouraged to step out of their house and remember.
Instead of heading to a dawn service like we normally would, we had a 'driveway' service. People were to stand out the front of their house and light a candle.
Last year it was an amazing sight to see when your whole street are out and remembering. We even had someone a street over play 'The Last Post' to make our efforts feel like an old, every other year, dawn service.
We will remember them.
Yes me and one of my kids did that last year.
Yes me and my one of my kids did that last year.
Like the series of “America Reacts” vids, pertaining to other things associated with Aussie culture, I love the genuine interest she’s showing into something as important to Australians as Anzac Day.🇦🇺🇳🇿🇺🇸❤
I'm guessing that video was aimed at kids, so it wasn't the best explainer, but it got the gist of it. The red poppy is worn by people throughout the Commonwealth on Remembrance Day (which is the same date as the US Veteran's Day) so that's why you'll often see news presenters and other people on TV wearing one around that time. Cool to see you react to some Australian history as well.
Its called ARMISTICE DAY.
@@newsmashups5989 It is also more commonly (at least in my experience in Australia) called Remembrance Day.
@@user-xo2ix3pt7k You are talking why Americans celebrate the very same day. It is the end of the Great War, leading to Peace, a Peace which is just falling apart RIGHT NOW today. Its called the end of usufruct in agreements made in that war.
11th November 1918, when the guns fell silent. Armistice of Peace.
11th November is Remembrance Day in Australia, Canada & the UK. Also that same day America celebrates Veteran's Day. I believe the only day we all share for the same reason :-)
@@rebeccaanderson5209 Its called ARMISTICE DAY. that is the very reason we all share it. We came to WORLD PEACE on that day.
I'd say this event marked the entrance of Australia and New Zealand on the international stage.
The battle itself was well... really dumb and meaningless.
You left out poorly planned; the ones in charge didn't even know the topography. It was meant to be a 2 day raid.
@@SH-qs7ee it was dark and they arrived at the wrong headland. The one they were supposed to arrive at was the one most heavily armed by the ottomans. But the headland they did land on greeted them with sheer cliffs. It didn't matter that there were less Turkish troops on that headland. the terrain put them at a brutal disadvantage.
@@mc_lara2230 True, but I'd personally take sheer cliffs over unrelenting machine gun and artillery fire any day.
Six Aussi VCs from the boer war.
Good to see someone looking to expand their knowledge. The Aussies and NZ have always stood by us in the darkest times
On Christmas Day everyone came out of their trenches, Turk and Aussie , all that were there, and shared their tucker and pressies and goodwill all day together, playing football and singing. Next day it all started up again, bullets and bravery non stop.
Admittedly I'm saying this as a Brit, but an interesting film about the aftermath of Gallipoli is The Water Diviner, about a father who travels to Turkey to find out what happened to his son who'd fought in the battle
A lot of that was filmed in my State of South Australia as well as in Turkey. It is a great movie but not very well known.
@@CalmCate I knew it because a channel I follow talked about the trailer, I'm really glad I took the chance to watch it
There is also an older film called "Gallipoli" which came out in the 90s I think
Its a good watch (look for the one with Mel Gibson and mark lee)
There is also a miniseries with the same from 2017 I believe it's also pretty good
@@haydentarran3658 1981
@@kenlawton1531 thank you, wasn't sure the exact date😂
"My love, you know how things are. We are all here to perform our duty. *And if I am killed, you must thank God he has let me accomplish mine."*
- Letter by an ANZAC to his wife, 1918.
And their sacrifice has been treated like it was nothing by Australian and New Zealand politicians and business people filling their bank accounts with Chinese money.
God Bless him and his comrades.
@@petersone6172 Did you see the Victorian cabinet ministers rant about the ANZAC March a month ago? I've had enough with Victoria in general but the Andrews government is just sickening. Really it's pukeworthy. What a shame I bet none of the ANZACs would approve of their behaviour. Ironically if it weren't for the bravery of those young men, there will be no politicians, just a totalitarian dictator.
Lest we forget.
As I wrote that I thought Dan Andrews and all Labor party🤮 supporters, who can't even spell “labour” properly, probably dream about becoming a socialist totalitarian dictator. No wonder they disrespect those who fought for freedom. ❤️🇦🇺
@@Aussie-426 we owe those who sacrificed their all, for granting us the opportunities we’ve had since.
ANZAC Day is Australia's most important public holiday. Other than Christmas, it's the only day shops don't open before noon.
Hi mate I am from Australia one tradition is “two up “ which is played at clubs on Anzac Day it is tossing two old penny’s in the air and then bet on either heads or tails so which ever come up the same wins the bet!
Also my grandfather was in the light horse battalion and at the charge of Persheeba which the Australians won. Their is a movie called “the lighthorse” .He was a saddle maker and repaired a lot of the horse saddles.when returning to Australia he settled near Stanthorpe in the state of Queensland. At a place called Amiens. Most small towns around Stanthorpe are name after WW1 French battlefields. Most of these were soldier settlements and many went into the Apple growing industry.
It's called a Slouch hat. Turned up on the left in Australia to allow the soldier to 'shoulder' his rifle (good old days it was the Lee Enfield 303) without knocking off his hat. You need to watch the Australian movie 'Danger Close'. This gives an idea of what the Aussie 'diggers' went through in Vietnam.
I always thought it was so a soldier could lay down and sleep without taking his hat off. 😎
Hate to be 'that guy' but we don't "Shoulder Arms" on the left.
The hat was originally turned up (looped) on the right for that drill movement (shoulder arms) only in Victoria and Tasmania while all other states looped-up on the left.
It is now nation wide up on the left.
Cheers.
Ex NCO, 8th/7th Btn, RVR...
The right brim of the hat is the stopping point for the hand when a soldier salutes...
Whether the salute dictated the brim, or the brim dictated the salute I have no idea.
Danger Close is a seriously flawed movie. No real characters, no real story, a faceless and nameless enemy gets mowed down in droves without any reason given. It only serves to glorify Australians as the lackeys of the USA. It shows no respect for the Vietnamese.
@@EarlJohn61 The correct stopping point is; the point of the forefinger 1 inch (2.5 cm) above the right eye or, (as you suggest) touching the edge peak/brim of the headwear.
Not all Australian soldiers wear the slouch hat.
SASR, CDO, RACT, RAAC, RACMP all wear berets.
Cheers.
Ex NCO 8th/7th Btn RVR.
A life goal for Australia & New Zealanders is attend the dawn service at ANZAC COVE Gallipoli at
The turks were so impressed with the ANZAC the name of the area was changed to ANZAC COVE
Another ANZAC tradition is.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War I. It is located on the Route Villiers-Bretonneux (D 23), between the towns of Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département, France. The memorial lists 10,773 names of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force with no known grave who were killed between 1916, when Australian forces arrived in France and Belgium, and the end of the war. The location was chosen to commemorate the role played by Australian soldiers in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (24-27 April 1918).
Lest we forget.
I cried. I miss my dad, I'm so proud of his service. Lest we forget.
During covid restrictions Australians have adopted a new tradition of having a dawn service in our driveways. It is quite a sight seeing a street full of people surrounding a small fire in their driveways to commemorate our brave soldiers.
Remembrance Day in the U.K. also known as poppy day takes place on Novenber 11th.The 1 minute silence is at 11o'clock so you get 11 th hour of the 11th day of the11th month .11 o'clock was the designated time for WW1 to end . I think a Canadian called George Price was the last man killed less than a minute before 11 o'clock .
We celebrate Remembrance day in Australia too.
Most of not all countries involved honour Remembrance Day, though it's not always known by the same name
The leaf on the Poppy is designed to point towards 11 on a 12 hour clock
A fact not known in the UK is that the first shots fired in World War 1 occurred off the coast of Melbourne, Australia on August 5th 1914.
www.history.com/news/world-war-i-armistice-last-american-death In short, while the Germans, French, British and Commonwealth Forces were packing up to go home, American commanders decided to send the Germans home in body bags. The most disgraceful display of the war. Peace signed, guns packed.
My great grandfather and 2 great grand uncle served at Gallipoli, unfortunately both my great grand uncles never left. My great grandfather continued his service with the 7th Light Horse. Returning home to Sydney in November 1919. Lest we forget!
Yeah, but we conveniently forget about the frontier wars, the genocide in general and that aboriginal veterans were not allowed to enter RSL clubs.
You are right it's not talked about and it should be.
@@gulliverthegullible6667 YOU ARE A DICKHEAD!!!!!!! There were NO frontier wars but rather skirmishes when Aboriginals attacked isolated settlers killing them plus their livestock!!! And Australia was a PENAL COLONY in which the first fleet sent many convicts due to overcrowding in British jails. Get your facts right!!!!
Well said. So TOO my Great uncles served in that brutal campaign.
lest we forget
My family have attended Dawn Service since my kids were little. As Scouts we attended an overnight vigil where the kids (aged 6-15) stood outside near the field of rememberence (a field of crosses marking local people who gave their lives) in freezing conditions. After Dawn Service the community gathers for a breakfast in the hall and we talk about our ANZACS and the sacrifices they gave. Once home we bake ANZAC cookies and watch the many ANZAC shows on TV. Its a humbling day and one we shall never miss.
We will remember them. Lest we forget.
ANZAC day is a big deal here in Australia, almost every town has a war memorial and at almost everyone of these there are services held at dawn (primarily for those with direct connections to the military) and again mid-morning for the broader community and family groups. This is usually followed by a parade and then off to the RSL club (there's one in every medium sized town and above) for lunch and a few beers. Things that really impress me are the services at the National War Memorial in Canberra, the Sydney march and, perhaps most poignant, the televised Dawn Service from ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli - hosted jointly by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish governments, attended by dignitaries from many of the countries involved in WWI, and also (pre Covid) by thousands and thousands of young Australians and New Zealanders (backpackers, travellers, tourists etc) simply there to show their respect for the qualities displayed and the sacrifices made by the young men who fought in the campaign. It's a simple ceremony that goes for about an hour and never fails to move me to tears even though I have no direct connection to the campaign. There are videos here on YT, it might be worth you taking a look.
You have shown just how poor world history is taught in American schools,when I was as school in the late 70's and early 80's,in history we were taught about world/military history, and how it affected the world we then lived in,from the American war of independence, th the zulu campaign,to world war one and two, to Vietnam,and how Vietnam directly affected the UK Vietnamese boat people,of which 4 youngsters were in my school,and how other nations Celebrated.
Yeah learning history in the US and then actually learning some real history. Just made me feel like I was lied to, my whole childhood. It's right up there with Santa Clause lol
@@MarkVrem you also realise it was the English who fought to abolish the slave trade as well.
We always think of Americans as thinking they are the only country on earth - these types of videos remind me of that (I’m Australian)
Just as well that Australia does such a perfect job of describing the genocide of the aboriginal people.
@@poractacuscotts344 we were taught about the aboriginal people and how they were 'moved' on, just as we were taught about rhodesia and the native American Indians,as we had REAL HISTORY TEACHERS.not the self hating woke turds that like rats infest the education system now.
Hi :) ANZAC day 2020 we were under lockdown, so many people got up at dawn and stood at the end of their driveways with a candle as the sun rose. Some played the last post so you could hear it all around. It was very special. If you haven't heard the last post google it, it gets played at our ceremonies for ANZAC day. As they said many of the members of the army were volunteers, some just children who lied about how old they were, others Aboriginals who were not recognised for their service for a long time and well not matter what the outcome every single Australian & NZ soldier sacrificed their lives, mental health, family relationships etc to lend support to those that needed it at the time.
2:35 this is why New Zealand and Australia have such close relations.
It's not just the distance the two countries are kind of like brothers.
My great great grandfather was Irish and served in the British army at Gallipoli, his regiment was the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was 19 at the time and had joined with many of his friends. His regiment nearly got wiped out during the Gallipoli campaign. He and the survivors of his unit were merged into another regiment. Later he was sent to the Somme where he served in that disastrous battle.
I think that they merged with the Munsters, and from memory came ashore from the ship River Clyde on 25th April. I think that half of the men were hit before they even touched the beach.
@@deanstuart8012 I can’t imagine the horrors he and his fellow soldiers went though. Going though all that, then being sent to the Somme were he lived though it all over again.
They were called 'the Dubs' . Page 43, 'Trenching at Gallipoli' by John Gallishaw, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-9684209-7-4
This will give a soldier's perspective on the campaign. 👍
@@greghenderson6782 The Irish involvement in the Gallipoli campaign is not that well known.
Most likely, ericlrl, the Dublin Fusiliers would described as 'British', true at the time. 29 Div. also included Bermuda Volunteer Rifles.
It always pisses me a little when people talk of how Britain stood alone after the fall of Europe to Hitler and the Nazi's . Because the truth is we were never alone our brave commonwealth countries were with us all the way, The Anzaacs Canadians and those from the Indian Sub Continent were there giving support and fighting alongside our guys, Thank You to not only the ANZAAC's but all our Commonwealth Allies. You fought bravely and are remembered this side of the world too.
The British Empire covered pretty much a quarter of the world back then, thus indeed calling it „alone“ is a little bit strange.
French, English, Irish, Scotsmen, Australian, and New Zealand fought together in this war.
My husband is a veteran (army) my dad was also a veteran (navy) we have many friends in the military currently
Thank you for being so respectful as to research our countries in this war and thank you for your questions this shows how much respect and interest you have. I’m an Aussie 😊 we have a dawn service and a March is most cities where our veterans are celebrated and cheered for members of the public and give our thanks, we also lay wreaths at a memorial at dawn service or the March,
My great great grandfather fought in the First World War he fought at Gallipoli and at the Western Front in France he went from a private rank to a sergeant.He also fought in World War 2 when he was 47 years old and left when he was 49. After ww1 exactly a year later he married and had 8 kids. He was an amazing man I wish I could’ve met him. Lest we forget!
Anzac Day is very emotional. We as a country love everyone that has given the biggest sacrifice to this the greatest nation on earth
Aussies and Kiwis, along with Canuks are the best friends we in Britain have , or have ever had. The US would have been up there with them , but some sort of tantrum got in the way in 1776 (16 years after my house was built) The US are still very good friends , just not best mates like our fellow Constitutional Monarchies.
Roll on Canzuk !
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Former NZ Soldier,.
Lest we forget. 🍻 for those who served and those who are still serving.
Something to point out, more British soldiers died at Gallipoli than the ANZACS. But it was the first major loss for the ANZACS hence why it has such significance.
Indeed and especially the Lancashire Fusiliers - 6 VCs before Breakfast!
1,500 Indians too out of 15,000 Indian troops, 3,500 wounded.
3 of my Great Uncles were there - Royal Welsh Fusiliers, all survived, but two died in later battles in Europe.
Ignore Mel Gibson's Gallipoli, it's about as historically accurate as his Braveheart!
@@s208richard8 .. good point
@@s208richard8 Just ignore Mel Gibson altogether!
It was actually the first battle ever that the ANZACs fought in. Aussies and Kiwis i s fought in the Boer War but this was their first war as their own nations. That is why it was significant.
Being an Australian, One of my great grandfathers was in ww1 he didn't go to Gallipoli but he pre much went everywhere, and eventually arrived to his mates in Gallipoli he was shot in the back trying to help a mate and he was so lucky he could walk due to where it hit him... my family have always watched the ANZAC March every 25th April I've grown up with the knowledge of what my great grandfather went through and grandfather too... I'm in the Ygen and a lot don't really seem to care or know about it, at least some of the people I know are like that... The ANZAC needs to be acknowledged and Appreciated by more people...
Australian military history
• South African War (Boer War), 1899-1902
• China (Boxer Rebellion), 1900-01
• First World War, 1914-18
• Second World War, 1939-45
• Occupation of Japan, 1946-51
• Korean War, 1950-53
• Malayan Emergency, 1950-60
• Indonesian Confrontation, 1963-66
• Vietnam War, 1962-75
• Gulf War, 1990-91
• Afghanistan, 2001-present
• Iraq War, 2003-09
• Peacekeeping, 1947-present
I'm so glad that you took the time to learn about anzac day.. I don't know if you drew the picture at the start. .but tasmania was missing. .we are a little island just under the mainland of Australia. ..we are also part of Australia. .new Zealand was there but we had been missed out. .you did a great job and good luck with your channel. .regards from jo in tasmania Australia ☺
Thanks. I didn’t draw the picture, but that’s a shame they missed Tasmania 🙁
@@SoGal_YT That's ok, we only think of Tassie when we're eating cheese or watching loonie tunes :P :P
ouch! Skipped a whole state...
@@shanevillis4079 Too true, unfortunately.
ANZAC means a lot to us we have join both the UK and USA in a lot of wars. WW1 WW2 Vietnam and the war on terrorisms. but i still remember the word of Ataturk the enemy we fought all those years ago
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.
Yes, he didn't mention the LAST POST and the REVEILLE played on a bugle at the end of the Dawn Service. The Last Post was and still is played at a Soldiers' funeral. It is an extremely moving sound. It can make you cry. Reveille is the wake up call . Anzac biscuits are traditional "oat cakes" for long journeys. Rich in oats, treacle and butter or lard they stay fresh for ever and are very nutritious. They were a Scottish/ Irish/ English staple. No icing please!
Anzac biscuits were made by Mothers and Sisters back home and sent over by the Red Cross for their menfolk, tons of them in tin biscuit boxes.
A lot of Aussies and Kiwis will make a pilgrimage to Gallipoli for ANZAC day each year. They hold a dawn service there and both countries have memorials on the Gallipoli peninsula to the soldiers.
ANZAC Day is also observed in the UK, the Red poppy is worn by most people in the UK as a sign of respect for the fallen troops (rememberence day 11 Nov) during the world wars and other conflicts since. The black centre represents death the red flower the blood spilled and the green stem growth.
Plus Turkey observe ANZAC day too. note the do not call it ANZAC day in Turkey and UK
Except it's not called ANZAC Day it's called remembrance day there.
@@anti-loganpaul7827 it is called ANZAC Day! Rememberence day is in November
@@uklukeboi93 Yes I know
Of deaths during the Gallipoli campaign
, there were around 51,000 Entente soldiers killed, including the ANZACs, so their losses would be around 1/5 of the forces the Entente lost there. 56,643 Ottoman soldiers died opposing them. Gallipoli was an Ottoman victory with the Entente retreating. Australian and New Zealanders continued to fight across Europe, in Australia alone probably the next famous WWI site would be Villers-Bretonneux in France. Thousands of Australians died defending the area, so much so there is a massive dedicated memorial to
them.
The poppy is a very big symbol in WWI remembrance, as explained. Like many other countries we also observe Remembrance Day. At the eleventh hour
of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the nightmare of the Great War finally came to an end.
Ironically, Australia and Turkey have generally had good relations because of the Gallipoli campaign, both national identities are seen to have roots there. After the founding of Turkey as a country, their leader is said to have say this:
'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.
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Also it is known as the Slouch Hat.
We celebrate ANZAC day on the 25th April Each year at Dawn, the timing was the same time they made the first landings at Gallipoli. We also have a minutes silence at 11 past 11. The ANZAC biscuit is made from flour, bicarbonate soda for a raising agent, butter, oats and the ingredient that it is symbolic to it: golden syrup. Because it had so much golden syrup, it kept for ages. Golden syrup is the filtered leftovers of boiling down of making table cane sugar. The cane actually gives it a very dark colour, hence why the cookies come out very golden when baked. The cookies are quite crunchy when hard baked, but a lot of us cook them until they are quite chewy. It gives them a uiqu flavour. They are kind of salty with the bicarb, but very sweet. Very similar to salted caramel, but very different flavour wise.
@@daviddou1408 I said April 25th, not November 11th. November 11th, or Remembrance Day (A.k.a Armistice Day) signifies something very different, however its etymology is similar to that of ANZAC Day.
Remembrance Day has its 1-2 minute silence in the historical sense of the English King George V declaring the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of each year starting on the anniversary of the day of the Armistice of WW1 be a time where a suspension of all activities occurs to reflect in silence in remembrance.
ANZAC Day has its own minute silence in particular ceremonies. One of those that is most common is the minute of silence at 11:11 on the 25th of April by those during the RSL Ceremonies.
I think you might have read the numbers 11 and 11 and assumed the date wrong. But just incase you thought the minute silence thing is only for Remembrance Day, I thought I would provide a little extra context. The minute silence is meant for the same purpose. However, it is applied for different reasons.
Just so you know, the UK often wear their poppies around remembrance day which is the 11th of the 11th month and they do 1 minute of silence at 11 am to remember the fallen soldiers.
We do that in Australia as well.
I would highly recommend watching a video of one of the Anzac Day Dawn Services. Also, hello from New Zealand. Great to see an American taking an interest in our small contributions to history.
I do a weekly radio show in Australia that’s syndicated around the Eastern USA Every year I do an ANZAC Day special and I can tell you that Americans are VERY interested in ANZAC day. Each year I get more mail about that show than anything else I do. Americans seem to be pleased that ANZAC Day is a solemn remembrance rather than a celebration they like the way we commemorate the. Day. A lot of them are conscious of, and appreciate the fact that in almost every conflict the USA has been in there were some ANZACs there, shoulder to shoulder with them A lot of Australians don’t know this but there were Aussies fighting on both sides of the American Civil War. They weren’t called Aussies then - they were colonials - but the USA hasn’t had many friends as staunch as Australians
Lest we forget. Kiwi here too 👍
G'day. There's a history of the slouch hat by The History Guy. Yes, the populations of Australia and New Zealand were quite small at the time so the casualty rate from WW1 cut deep. It would be rare for even the smallest town not to have a war memorial. Especially in towns large enough to have an RSL (Returned Services League) club there will be a Dawn Service at the cenotaph and a mid morning march through the town followed by a service. See ANZAC Day service. These conclude before lunch and the public dispurses while veterans continue their remembrances over drinks and play 'two-up'. The game is a two penny coin flip gamble which is only legal for this celebration.
On ANZAC day here in New Zealand there are war documentary's and other veteran related content played on some TV channels throughout the day.
My great grandfather died at the somme. Every ANZAC day i have a beer with my mates at the pub to remember him and the other Anzac soldiers who served and died
Lest we forget. 🍻
Hi sogal in uk 🇬🇧 Remembrance Day is on 11 November and most people wear a poppy out of respect I didn’t know much about Anzac Day so thank your for this video 👍
I believe the poppy was actually created originally by a French woman, (Madame Guérin,) the idea was that the poppies would be made by French widows and sold in other countries such as America to help bring money in to support those living in the areas devestated by the war. It was widely adopted by the allied countries after the war to remember the servicemen they had lost. (My apologies if that is not quite correct.)
In recent years some people have refused to wear a poppy for various reasons, some because of anti war sentiment, some because they are Irish and do not wish to laud British troops and so on.
Personally I see the poppy as a symbol to remember every soldier who gave their life to serve and protect their country. Whatever the country and whatever the conflict. Its not just about WWI or British Imperialism. its about remembering those who died so that we could have the freedoms we take for granted nowadays, like the freedom to choose to wear a poppy or not.
Most of the soldiers who died were young men who had no real understanding of why the war was being fought or what was at stake but went because they believed it was necessary. They didnt usually hate the enemy, at least to start with, they recognised that most of the enemy soldiers were in a similar poition to them. Something borne out I think by the famous unofficial truce/football matches on Christmas Day 1914. Obviously this was very early in the war and attitudes hadnt really hardened so much yet, but all the same I think it shows that the troops on both sides recognised the common ground they had. (Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace, the 1983 video references this.)
As @Derek Miles pointed out, Ive heard the term ANZACS and ANZAC Day mentioned numerous times, but never actually knew what it meant other than something to do with Australia, New Zealand and the military. So thank you very much for the video.
My Grandfather was with the Lincolnshires who landed at Suvla Bay and fought the Turk at Chocolate Hill.
Apart from ANZAC troops, there were British, Irish and French units at Gallipoli, a campaign devised by Winston Churchill, and excoriated by Keith Murdoch, father of Rupert.
Apart from ANZAC troops, there were British (Irish were British and part of the UK at this time), French, Indian, Newfoundlander, and of course Turkish and German advisers at Gallipoli.
Winston and Keith messed that one up royally. I guess they could not outsmart Mustafa Kemal, the super-turk.
@@gulliverthegullible6667 Given the lack of planning (they didn't even check the topography of the area, thought it was a smooth ride from Gallipoli to Constantinople, nor try to get any intelligence first), they couldn't outsmart Homer Simpson on this battle.
Keith Murdock also tried to run a smear campaign on John Monash, the guy who ended up being the Allies best general, and probably the only reason we ever won that war.
@@SH-qs7ee ok I appreciate the information you are giving here but I highly doubt that Monash was the only reason the allies won the first world war.
@@gulliverthegullible6667 You'd be amazed; it was him that handed the Allies its first real victory on the Western Front at the battle of Hamel, it was his strategy that that broke the stalemate in Amiens; it took him 2 and half hours to do what the Allies hadn't been able to do for 4 years. In many ways Monash was the pioneer of combined arms and grandfather of modern warfare.
But yes, Monash isn't the only reason we won the war; but it was because of him the war ended when it did rather than continuing to be bogged down in a stalemate for several more years, throwing countless more thousands of men to their deaths.
The first scene was the 'pool of reflection' at the "war memorial' in Canberra Australia, The proportion of solders killed as a very high proportion of the Australia population, but I don't know the specific numbers..
Australia's population might have only been 5 million or so in 1915.
It was 1.2% of our population killed in ww2, quite a lot but we did get off pretty easy. UK lost between 1.9 and 2.2%, and Serbia may have lost up to a quarter of its population.
It's also special because Federation had only happened 14 or so years previously - the self governing colonies of Australia agreed to form the commonwealth of Australia - and Gallipoli was the first time we all really came together as a country. I think it's one of the reasons the ANZAC spirit is such a huge part of our identity.
There is a great movie called Gallipoli (1981) with a young Mel Gibson and an awesome soundtrack - very much worth a watch.
Blee. Far better is the Gallipoli TV series.
Brilliant movie
As an ex-pat Kiwi, every year up until 2020, I had attempted to attend dawn service every ANZAC day.
Not for a "React to" but find a song (there are several versions on UA-cam) "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Even though it is an Aussie song it is still quite good.
Craig, The band Played Waltzing Matilda was written by a Scotsman called Eric Bogle who moved from Scotland to Sydney many years ago.
You took my thoughts, very telling 🎵 song
I've heard the version by the Pogues it's extremely moving.
Many great songs from NZ as well! 😁Including your wonderful anthem, God Defend New Zealand! From an Aussie mate 🇦🇺🇳🇿
A very poignant song.
In Australia we also have Remembrance Day on 11th November each year. The difference between the two days is subtle, but basically it is that Remembrance Day is for remembering our service people and Anzac Day is to commemorate them.
Australia lost the battle. It's more of a day of mourning . Not like other countries that have days that celebrate military victories .
no, we won the battle. The battle was to get out of Gallipoli, we did so extremely successfully. The poms lost the battle, it was stupid bloody Winston Churchill's pathetic strategy to send us to Gallipoli: it was his loss, not ours. We very successfully withdrew from Gallipoli, under the noses of the Turks with only 2 casualties.
At the time Australia's total population was just under 5 million and some 416,809 Australians enlisted for service in the First World War, representing 38.7% of the male population aged 18 to 44. Not sure of the Kiwi stats but it would be similar percentage wise.
NZ population just over 1,000,000
Enlisted : approx 120,000
Served overseas : 100,000
Killed on active service : just under 17,000
Wounded : 42,000
plus over 500 killed in training and 1,000 died within 5 months of the end of the war.
Casualty rate was over 58% so you had a better chance of being hurt than coming through unscathed.
I live in quite a rural area along New Zealand's North-East coast, yet amongst our small community we remember many who died on the shores of ANZAC cove as well as in the trenches of France.
It is a shame that the Coronavirus has put a stop to honouring our fallen and the fallen of our former foes on the Gallipoli peninsula.
As a side note, we were very committed to defending the Empire, with our military rising to 100,000 men out New Zealand's population of roughly 1 million.
Thank you so much for posting this SoGal, for reference, New Zealand’s total population in 1916 was only 1.4 million, and Australia’s was only 4.9 million. Every town in NZ and Australia had a father, son or brother who was killed, wounded or permanently mentally scarred by the Gallipoli campaign. As such, it touched both our nations entirely. And many more were killed or wounded on the western front, but our losses were lost amongst the massive numbers of dead from the UK, the rest of the commonwealth and her Allies like your own country. As an ex RNZAF Airman, Thank you again for posting and for taking the time to learn about our forebears sacrifice ❤️
One significant thing about the aftermath of the Gallipoli campaign - after the Ottomans were turfed out, and Turkey became a republic, the new president of Turkey was Mustafa Kemal, who had served as one of the commanders of the Turkish defence at Gallipoli. He offered the Australian and New Zealand government land on the peninsula so they could set up memorials and graves for their fallen soldiers.
Just some stats etc
Total Allied Forces 489000 comprised of:
345000 British, Indian & as Foundlanders (killed 31300)
79000 French (killed 9000)
50000 Australian (killed 7500)
15000 New Zealand (killed 3400)
Turkish Forces 315000 (killed 56600)
The hat is called a slouch hat an is still part of the Australian Army uniform
The soldier in the vid wearing the hat with a red band was a New Zealand soldier
We commemorate both ANZAC Day (25th April) and Armistice Day (11th Nov)
Winston Churchill's idea LOL... Then he gets mad when FDR never really listens to any during WW2
@@MarkVrem He also got mad when Australia recalled its troops in WW2 for defense and spent a long time arguing against our forces coming home, instead trying to redirect them elsewhere.