Each year on April 25th, Australia commemorates the day when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the beaches of Gallipoli. These soldiers known as the ANZACs were slaughtered but even though there was no hope they stood their ground and helped shape Australia into what it is today. Soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand armies had to endure life in trenches which to some children might seem fun but the reality of their situation was terrible. Soldiers were in danger constantly whether it be to enemy soldiers or to sicknesses that came from trenches. Shifts had to be taken to keep order and dogs were also brought which were good for keeping the spirits of the men up. As such life in these trenches was much harder than it would seem. The trenches lived in were long and narrow leaving not much space to manoeuvre, these trenches were dug out and lined with sand bags for the protection of the soldiers. Sand bags were good because they were able to endure hits from bullets without taking much knockback which proved quite helpful in enemy attacks. Though these trenches were well protected from enemy soldiers, sicknesses were a whole other …show more content…
The Battle of Lone Pine was originally meant as a diversion from attempts by New Zealand and Australian units to force a breakout from the ANZAC perimeter on the heights of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971. The attack, launched by the 1st Brigade AIF (Australian Imperial Force) in the late afternoon of August 6th 1915 pitched Australian forces against formidable entrenched Turkish positions, sections of which were securely roofed over with pine logs. In some instances the attackers had to break in through the roof of the trench systems in order to engage the defenders. The main Turkish trench was taken within 20 minutes of the initial charge but this was the prelude to 4 days of intense hand-to-hand fighting, resulting in over 2,000 Australian