This book is intended to provide both practical touring information for the
independent traveller to Gallipoli, as a guide to the amazing First World War
Anzac battlefields. It includes detailed information on the key sites at
Gallipoli; including recommended routes, optional walks and drives, maps,
digital images, and original artwork. Information and suggestions on accommodation, transport, restaurants,
entertainment and sight seeing are also provided to enable you to plan your
holiday and make the most of the your time on the Peninsula. There is even a
section on touring Istanbul should you have a few days spare.
Written by a serving Australian Army officer with over 30 years soldiering
experience, and how an historian with the Australian Army History Unit,
Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Wahlert presents a unique view of the campaign and of
the key events that occurred on the ground. He guides you through walks along
Monash Valley and up to Quinn's Post, one of the most dangerous places at
Gallipoli; places you in the light horse trench at The Nek and talks you through
that fateful charge in August 1915; before directing you to some of the most
beautiful sites and lookouts that witnessed so much carnage more that 90 years
ago.
The Anzacs area of Gallipoli is well preserved and unique, as battlefields
go. While large slices of where the British and French fought have been returned
to farmland or villages, the rugged, steep cliffs that both surprised and
challenged the waves of Australian and New Zealanders in 1915 remain largely
untouched. It is still common to trip over a piece of shrapnel, find bullets and
cartridge cases sticking out of the dirt, and, sadly, even uncover human
remains.
There is so much to see that the unwary traveller is likely to miss half of
the key locations (such as the lovely Shrapnel Valley and Shell Green Cemeteries
and the magnificent views from Plugge's Plateau) and waste time wandering
aimlessly. So much happened in those eight months of the campaign that a quick
drive around the area cannot do it justice or give the visitor a true feel for
what happened here.
Contents:
Section 1: How to use this Book
Section 2: Some Basic Facts
Section 3: The Origins of the Gallipoli Campaign
Section 4: The Landings
Section 5: An Overview of the Campaign
Section 6: Outcomes and Consequences
Section 7: Planning Your Trip
Section 8: How to get There
Section 9: Things to Watch Out For
Section 10: Where to Stay
Section 11. What to do While in Istanbul
Section 12. Bargaining
Section 13. What to do While on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Section 14: Things to try Out
Section 15: Taking a Car
Section 16: A Tour of the Anzac Battlefield
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