Hi readers for today's blog post I'm going to share what we've been doing in social study. So were doing the ANZAC Day. On the morning of 25th of April the ANZAC set out capture the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The 25th of April soon became the day on which Australians remember the sacrifice of those who had died in the war.
Why does Anzac Day is important? Anzac Day, 25 April, is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during world war one and commemorates all the conflicts that followed.
Why do they celebrate Anzac Day? It commemorates the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli, Turkey, during world war 1 in 1915. This event, also observed their country in wars and conflicts.
What happened in Anzac day? The date marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers - the Anzacs - on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. The aim was capture the Dardanelles and open a sea route to the Bosphorus and the black sea. At the end of the campaign, Gallipoli was still held by it's Ottoman Turkish defenders.
How many people died in world war 1 Anzacs day? 62,000. According to the first world war 1 on the Australian war memorial form a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded gassed, or taken prisoner. The latest figure for those killed is given as 62,000.
