Australia's Gallipoli Campaign | The Cove

The Battle of Gallipoli, 1915-16, explained and Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers who fought in World War I pictured | Britannica

3,500 Irishmen died during the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. “Gallipoli” is an Irish song written by Mike Swan and Daire Doyle, in the 1970’s and popularized by the Fureys. The title refers to the 1915-1916 Gallipoli Campaign in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), the only Ottoman victory in World War I, where many young Irish soldiers were killed while fighting for Britain, who ruled Ireland at the time. Songwriter Mike Swan’s great-uncle was among the Irish soldiers killed at Gallipoli, which gave h

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