Great content mate. As a Turkish military history student i been in area few times. The Quinns post really difficult position to hold. So close to Turkish positions and open to fire from multipile directions. In fact, the names given to the hills and ridges by both sides shows how horrendous this piece of land was. Like Quins post= bomb ridge in turkish, the nek=courage hill in turkish, plugges plateu=tratior hill in tr, sharapnel valley=horror creek, lone pine=bloody ridge, bloody angle=swords ridge etc etc.
Thank you so much for your comment 🙏 Sadly I’ve never been to Gallipoli, it must be amazing to be able to see these places in real life. The Anzac sector was truly unique in the nature of the warfare and the landscape on which it was fought.
I've not read up on Quinn's Post. Such an important part of our WW1 history. The last recorded soldier to leave Gallipoli (noted by Charles Bean) was pte Fred Pollock. My gran told me that he was her uncle, making him my great great uncle.
Far out 😲 I mentioned the last man out in my evacuation video but not by name. That’s awesome. Quinn’s was a nasty spot. No doubt the closest opposing armies were in the entire war.
I think I have read everything there is about Gallipoli and never realized without the pics how close the trenches were at the nearest point. If the regular trenches were hell with a state of constant fear and rotting bodies littering no mans land? This must have been next level misery for the ANZAC lads. Claustrophobic, stench filled, constant anxiety as you can hear the Turks talking. Churchill was a real *******. Not only for this disaster but his lifetime of throwing other men's lives away that never should have been lost. Two whole generations of Europe's best, brightest and bravest just extinguished. Great vid as always.
Thanks again. Actually, I should have mentioned the May armistice because it happened a couple of days before Quinn’s Post was briefly captured by the Turks. ANZAC was an incredibly unique battlefield. Basically, the combatants set-up either side of that first ridge and sapped into no-man’s-land trying to extend the front line and were often just yards from each other. The whole endeavour was so poorly and arrogantly planned. There was simply no accounting for the fact that the Turks would successfully defend Gallipoli. The assumption was that it was going to be a walk-over and once it bogged down...it was a disaster. Once the Turks held the high ground it was game over. When you read about the quality of men we lost at Gallipoli and the Western Front in WW1, I don’t think Australia has ever recovered. They were the cream and our greatest generation. I can only wonder what we might have been if these men had built our nation.
@@theknightwatchman indeed. It always pains me to think of all the Germans, English, Australians, French and Americans that have been pissed away on Internationalism and bourgeois squabbles. Two World Wars. Two generations of all our best. We owe it to them to do so much better than we are.
@@theknightwatchman random question for you, i have been trying to remember the name of the historical film. An Anglo officer in a fort being overrun in India or Afghanistan makes his final stand on a flight of steps with his cane or sword i believe. Either the officer or the film. It is driving me crazy and for the life of me cant find details with crappy Google. Old black and white film. Real events
Gday mate Your Quinn’s post film was great. Thanks for the diagrams. Do you know if The Nek was reachable from Quinn’s post? Or to get to The Nek did you have to go by Walkers Ridge?
Thanks for your comment, mate 🙏 During the battle Pope’s Hill was a position on a ridge between Quinn’ Post and The Nek. You would have to go down through Monash Valley to access Russell’s Top and The Nek. These days I believe a road goes along the old no-name’s land and that road links all the posts/cemeteries.
