Common ANZAC Myths Of World War I

Today in acknowledgement of ANZAC day, ACE takes an opportunity to look at and debunk a few ANZAC related myths that have come about since the First World War.

Links:

Footage used:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP2Wt3AgC3Y

Anzac to Amiens (Chapter 3) by Charles Bean (PDF link):
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1069592/document/5519084.PDF

The New Zealanders At Gallipoli By Major Fred Waite (book online):
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WaiNewZ-c4-0.html
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WaiNewZ-c4-2.html

Smithsonian Magazine article on the Battle of Broken Hill (archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200103195729/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-battle-of-broken-hill-113650077/

Ordered To Die by Edward J. Erickson (PDF download link):
https://epdf.pub/queue/ordered-to-die-a-history-of-the-ottoman-army-in-the-first-world-war-contribution.html

The Conversation article on French involvement at Gallipoli (archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20190212064039/https://theconversation.com/why-we-dont-hear-about-the-10-000-french-deaths-at-gallipoli-40014

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