More English Bashing

A hell of alot is an understatement?

How did you bail us out? Since Aussies were under British command, used British wepons, tanks, planes ect...

"Well seeing as there were 3 landing beaches, the ANZACS landed at Gallipoli (the most difficult) and the other two were landed at by Poms which subsequently were abondoned because they were getting no where fast."

There were actually six landing beaches on the Gallipoli peninsular itself on April 25, 1915, with the ANZACS landing only at ANZAC Cove and the British and French landing at the other beaches. Opposition varied, but was toughest at W Beach (Lancashire Landing - where the Lancashire Fusiliers won 6 VC's) and V Beach. ANZAC Cove was a stalemate from the off. Later the British landed more troops at Suvla Bay.

In total, Australia lost about 9,000 dead in the campaign, and NZ lost about 3,000 dead. The Brits lost over 21,000 dead.

Like the guy said, the ANZACS did their bit. And that's what it was - a bit.

They were sitting on the beach drinking tea because it wasnt their turn to fight,they had already done their bit and had more turns to come,its as simple as that.Ask yourself,where were the Anzacs and what were they doing when Brittish soldiers were getting killed,21,000 of ours.Soldiers dont all go into battle at the same time,they all have their role to play and they follow the orders they are given,if their orders are to attack at a certain time then thats what they do.And no one knows who is going to get the worst deal,one battalion of Lancashire fusiliers landed with no problem and had no enemy to attack on their beach, where as another battalion OF Lancashires met with loads of barbed wire set up in the water placed there by the Turks,they were cut to pieces the sea ran red with blood,a terrible sight apparently.Why didnt anyone help them?its because they couldnt,the other soldiers couldnt leave their positions,they were all vulnerable.There is a documentary on the history channel about soldiers at war and how when some were fighting others were having a rest period only yards away,they may be swimming or just relaxing,its nothing unusual,the Anzacs did the same,or how do you think they ate and drank,or do you think they went with out food and water and didnt bath.Look at it logically.The film uses the line drinking tea on the beach at the worst possible opportunity,to let the viewer think the Brittish didnt care,when the Brittish soldiers were really awaiting their own orders.Their turn was yet to come.And also Scothendo or what ever your name is,our soldiers didnt retreat because that was a court martial offence and for that we would have been shot at dawn.

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The British were on the beach having tea probably because it was teatime.

A chap has to have a cup of tea at teatime or he is liable to forget which end to fix his bayonet, and who knows what may happen. It’s simple division of labour. Ausies hold the lines while the English brew up some fine lapsang souchong, slice the lemons, and make sure the china is warm.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful, but I’m only surprised my forebears didn’t take the time to break out the cucumber sandwiches. It shows how seriously they took the situation.

Much like a water mark. Its there if you look for it.

"There was no drinking of tea"

You're statement is wrong. There was lots of tea drinking, by both the British AND the Australians.

There is quite a famous photograph taken from the heights above ANZAC cove showing the Brits attacking (and getting slaughtered) at Suvla Bay. Strange how nobody ever mentions that the Aussies were probably drinking tea as they watched all this happen.

it was not my intention to belittle the british. im a big fan of the british beleive me. now that i know a bit more i see that the british were wrongly portrayed as drinking tea etc. so im sorry but just so you know my intention was to actually agree with you.

The Suvla and Anzac link-up was successfully made (see Source 7 ) but the main attack strategy failed. Only the New Zealanders and supporting British troops reached their objective of Chunuk Bair. They briefly gained the summit, but could not hold it. The force made little progress and was of no assistance to the men on Chunuk Bair.

This is the action shown in the 1981 film Gallipoli, which presents an inaccurate view of the strategic situation and distorts the role of the British (‘drinking tea on the beach while the Anzacs are being slaughtered at the Nek’).

-taken from the australian government war verterans page http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/commac/studies/anzacsk/aday4.htm#strat

The reporter was Keith Murdoch(who was later knighted as Sir Keith), he was the father of Rupert Murdoch who financed the film along with Robert Stigwood.

If that doesnt sound like propaganda then nothing does.