Gallipoli Campaign the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" which consisted of an account from a young Australian soldier who was maimed during the Gallipoli Campaign. The song has been praised for its imagery, evoking the devastation at the Gallipoli landings. It remains widely popular and is considered by some to be the iconic anti-war song. In Turkey, the battle is thought of as a significant event in the state's emergence, although it is primarily remembered for the fighting that took place around the port of Çanakkale, where the Royal Navy was repulsed in March 1915. For the Turks, 18 March has a similar
Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign First Army. Order of battle for the Gallipoli Campaign This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli Campaign during 1915. Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 29th Division Royal Naval Division Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 1st Australian Division New Zealand and Australian Division ANZAC Corps Troops Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient 1er Division Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the