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The first battle of Ypres
This battle went for 34 days, resulting in a win for the allies by pushing the Germans back from the English channel. The Germans lost over 19,000 men while the allies had over 85,000 casualties. The image is a modern interpretation of the intricate plans that were concocted by the Allies for their battles. It shows that they were very serious about their jobs. -
Second Battle of Ypres
This was a differnt battle because of the new weapon: gas poison. It was made of poisonous chlorine, and was made to sink into the allies' trenches. it was a great success, and the Germans won with only 35,000 casualties and the allies had 60,000 casualties. The British quikly caught on later and invented gas masks as protection. The picture shows how the Germans used full body protection from thegas and had little trouble handling it. -
First Day of the Gallipoli Campaign
The British and French troops landed around Cape Helles. The ANZACs landed before dawn at the North of Gaba Tepe. The Turkish imediately began firing because of the delays and the late arrival. Because of all the confusion muchof the fights were hand to hand and was very ferocious, and over 2,300 ANZACs died on the first day. The photo shows how obvious the Gallipoli landing was adn how the Turks had a very big heads up before the Allies could even start firing. -
Turkish counter attack
The ANZACs encountered a massive counter attack from the Turks. 42,000 Turks were ordered tp drive them back into the sea. In brave and suicidal attacks the Turks had 10,000 casualties, half of which lay dead or wounded on no man's land. A midday truce was agreed upon so that both sides had a chance to buy the deceased before the fighting started again. The picture shows how brutal the fights were, with dead bodies strewn over the battlefields. -
the Battle of Lone Pine
Australian troops had to divert Trukist forces out of their trenches. British and Indian troops landed at the Suvla bay to capture higher ground. The Lone Pine diversion was one off the most savage battles int eh gallipoli campaign. There more than 23,000 Australians casualties. After four nights of combat the Turks lost around 6,000 men. The photo is of the Lone Pine a few years ago. This shows howimportanat and sacred the tree is to everybody, even today. -
The Nek
In another attempt to divert the Turks the Australian light horse made bayonet charges along a narrow strip of open ground called the Nek, though the plan to capture the riges had failed, the attacks proceeded.The bombardment of Turkish trenches stopped too soon, allowing the Turks to return to their firing positions. The deaths were unncessary and acheived nothing. This image shows how narrow and difficult the Nek was to fight in for the Australians. -
Evcuation of ANZACs
This evacuation was done at night secretly, so the Turks had no idea of their actions. When the Turks charged down the hills the next day they realised their enemy had escaped. the evacuation was successful and only took two nights to complete. You can tell that a lot of men were lost in the battle because of the small number of men that are leaving. -
Battle of Somme
The allies only advanced twelve kilometres, and when the battle was going nowhere the allies abandoned the battle. I was a bit of a waste of time and men, when 620,000 allies were killed. The picture is of the British artillery shells. It proves just how out of hand the battle got and what extent these people would go to to win this war. There are thousands of shells and the whole battle was useless. This shows how ridiculous these battles were. -
Battle of Fomelles
The battle of Fromelles was designed to hold off any German troops eentering the battle of Somme, but did nothing. The Germans and ended up getting through to the Somme, and captured 470 British. The image shows how little space there was in the trenches and how bad the conditions were for so many soldiers. -
First battle of Gaza
The first battle of Gaza was unsucessful due to lack of water, poor communicaon and poor planning. The battle went for two days before the allies were forced back after gaining nothing. This picture shows troops firing machine guns. This shows how flat the land was so keeping outof sight was virtually impossible. These men are struggling to keep from being an easy target, by lying on the ground. -
Second battle of Gaza
The Allies had an army of over 30,000 men with almost 200 guns, aswell as 25 additional aircrafy and about 8 worn out tanks that were spared for them. Lead by General Dobell, the army attacked the 5 Turkish positios that were supported by trenches and barbed wire. The search for water was getting desperate. The attack was broken off in the evening, because it was a total failure and acheived nothing. The photo shows that with technology advancements like in the war, even a tank can be ruined. -
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele Campaign)
The third battle of Ypres is renound for the amountt of mud on the battlefield. If a man got caught in it they could not get out themselves, bu had to be pulleed out or drown. Some men would go under and were never seen again. This photo displays the mateship within the ANZACs. -
Third battle of Gaza
This was the last and only successful battle in the three Gaza battles. A suprise attack was launched at Gaza at dawn to divert the Turks attention from Beersheba. the Australian lighthorse brigade charged Beesheba like mad men and captured the well of Beersheba for easy acess to water. This image shows how well the troops can adapt and make a trench so quickly on a battlefield.
