Sunday, January 11, 2015

A Visit to Gallipoli (5)

Section 5
Chunuk Bair

Remains of trenches from the campaign of 1915.



On the left, a monument to the soldiers of New Zealand.
On the right, a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

The statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.


The monument to the soldiers of New Zealand.




Looking north along the coast of the Gallipoli Peninsula.


In the distance you can see Suvla Bay further north.




Looking north along the coast.

Remains of trenches from 1915.




The entrance to an underground shelter from 1915.

The monument to the soldiers of New Zealand.

The statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

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For more information about this place, see my blogs:
 
Gallipoli 1915 (3)

Canakkale (1)

Canakkale (2)

Canakkale (3)

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For more information on this topic, see Revealing Gallipoli, a documentary film aired by ABC Australia Network in 2005; released on DVD in 2005 and again in 2011. Background information about this film can be found in an article in the Australian newspaper The Age, 21 April 2005. Here is a link:

Gallipoli Revealed

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