Lone Pine 1915
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Uploaded by lizardfisher03 on Mar 19, 2010
In an effort to break the stalemate of trench warfare on the Gallipoli peninsular the 'August Offensive' was devised. There were a number of feints or diversionary attacks along the ANZAC and Cape Helles fronts designed to draw the Turks away from the real objective - Chunuk Bair and Suvla Bay to the north of ANZAC. The Lone Pine operation was a limited success - it did achieve was it set out to do, namely to draw the Turks (a Division) away from the New Zealand attack on Chunuk Bair.
The August Offensive ended with great slaughter for both sides and very little change in the stalemate. The on-going stalemate was one of the reasons that led to the decision to evacuate in December 1915.
This slide show of images has concentrated on the Lone Pine operation undertaken by the 1st Australian Infantry Brigade on the ANZAC front - 6 to 10 August 1915. Lone Pine became a by-word for the horror that took place in desperate close quarter fighting, much of it being
hand to hand. Later in the World War I, in France, survivors from this fight would often remark when emerging from a major battle that 'It was almost as bad as Lone Pine' or sometimes 'It was just as bad as Lone Pine'.
Music - 'Elegy' by Lisa Gerrard.
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what a masterpiece of a video.good work.
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@SLAVEUNCHAINED i dont know i kinda like this song
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Ion Idress called it the greatest bastard of a place of all the bastards of places on earth... Or AP Herbert ""The flies! oh, God, the flies
That soiled the scared dead.
To see them swarm from dead men's eyes
And share the soldiers bread!
Nor think I now forget
The filth and stench of war,
The corpses on the parapet,
The maggots in the floor"
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Quite a wonderful presentation. Thank you for sharing it really touched my heart.
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ty for doing this video it brings a trear to my eye and pround to be a aussie
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Exceptional - beautifully crafted - thank you
spiritofremembrance 3 weeks ago
@spiritofremembrance Thanks
lizardfisher03 3 weeks ago
Going to show your video to my Year 10 History class today on the eve of the anniversary of the battle. Thank you and Lest we forget.
ss3cleric 6 months ago
@ss3cleric No worries your'e welcome
lizardfisher03 6 months ago
Beautiful, as you would know seeds from that very Lone Pine propagated and now growing all over Australia, such poignant sentimentatlity.
carnex333 1 year ago
@carnex333 If only we had a national forest of lone pines in Canberra - that would be beautiful
lizardfisher03 1 year ago