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Britain declares war on Germany
Australia pledged their allegiance to Britian as they declare war on Germany -
Australians recruit troops
Australian volunteer soldiers are assessed and pass their physical and medical tests for overseas service -
Australian Troops in Egypt
Australian and New Zealand troops were moved to Egypt to protect the Suez Canal against the Turkish army -
Australians land in Anzac Cove
Australian and New Zealand troops land on the Anzac Cove, ready to fight the Turkish soldiers. Throughout the battle the ANZAC's were able to gain a little bit of land but made little progress due to the Turks having the advantage as they were able to overlook the terrain ontop of the cove. -
Baby 700
The devastating assault on the Baby 700 left many ANZAC casualties due to the quick and swift surprise ground attack by the Turks -
Burial Truce
On this day, the Turks and ANZAC's negotiated a truce allowing both sides to reclaim the dead soldiers bodies from No-mans land. -
Battle of Lone Pine
This was the first day of the real battle against the Turks. The ANZAC's in this battle fought ferociously against the Turk's counter attacks for the past 3 days, due to this the first and third assault divisions of the ANZAC's suffered a severe 2277 deaths. -
Charge at the Nek
Due to the misleading judgement of the Australian army, they decided to send out their light horsement to ambush the Turkish trenches. Due to the incorrect descisions made by the ANZAC's, the attack failed and killed 234 horsemen and wounded 140 horsemen. -
Evacuation of Gallipoli
According to the ANZAC corps diary done by a single soldier, the Australian, British and New Zealand troops were able to flee the battle at Anzac Cove. Due to this evacuation, 26000 casualties were sustained.
