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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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The Anzac area of the Gallipoli Peninsular, Turkey |
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This is an image of the
landing area at North Beach Anzac, taken in November 1915.
It clearly shows the difficulties faced by the Anzacs and the advantage of height the Turkish troops held, at least for a while.
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| Click to enlarge above photo. Photo donated by Ken Lyall. |
Photos by Tim Kantar |
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The land immediately behind North Beach Anzac. |
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| The land immediately behind North Beach Anzac (which can be seen on the right). |
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Flanders Fields are not the only place that poppies blow but in the Gallipoli area there are no "crosses, row on row". Most burial sites are unidentified or have never been located. Photo: Eric Goossens |
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The mouth of "Poppy Valley" Anzac . (Refer CEW Bean) |
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Looking down to the beach over Ari Burnu at the northern tip of Anzac Cove, looking towards Suvla. |
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GABA TEPE BEACH : Anzac Troops wanted to land here on April 25, 1915. But they had not landed on the Gaba Tepe Beach at all. In the darkness an uncharted current had swept the boats about a mile north of the intended landing place.
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| Compare the almost level ground at Gaba Tepe (Kabatepe) above, where the landing was supposed to take place, with the tortured and uncharted foothills of the Sari Bair Range where ANZAC was actually landed, below. |
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| Instead of the flat or gently sloping ground they were told to expect this is the sort of territory the Anzacs were landed beneath. |
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Click to enlarge. The bay north of Anzac Cove. In 1915 (above) 1998 (centre) and 2005. This is North Beach and further north is called Ocean Beach. Here were the piers including Embarkation Pier. Here is Fisherman's Hut. |
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The ridge lines of Anzac, looking north. |
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These are the ridges and valleys the Anzacs had to battle through while the Turks sat on the heights. |
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The Sphinx, a well known Anzac landmark overlooking North Beach. |
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Fisherman's Hut, North Beach, Gallipoli. (photo courtesy Tom Curran) |
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| North Beach looking towards Plugge's Plateau, with the remains of a landing craft in the foreground. (photo courtesy Office of Australian War Graves) |
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| The
southern end of North Beach, dominated by the Sphinx and Plugge's
Plateau, where Australian soldiers landed on the morning of 25 April 1915. (photo courtesy Tom Curran) |
