Anzac writing

Anzac day is a day to remember Australians and New Zealanders who served in all wars.
Dawn services, commemorative marches and remembrance services take place on 25th of April every year which is the anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.

 Three things that surprised me about Anzac day.

1- The first dawn service on ANZAC Day was in 1923. Although there were commemorative services the first official dawn service was held on 1923.

2- The ANZACs were all volunteers.
 Everyone over eighteen had to go to war or else you would go to military jail.

3- More than 11,000 ANZACs died at Gallipoli and more than 23,500 were wounded.
 Australia had 5482 killed in action, 2012 died of wounds, 665 died of disease, total deaths 8159. 17,924 were wounded. 8556 New Zealanders served in the war, and 2721 died, 4752 were wounded, a total of 7473 casualties.

Three facts I’ve found more about.

1- There were 2000 men killed or wounded on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign.

2- after an 8-month long campaign the British and French forces had suffered 44,000 deaths, the Turkish had at least 85,000 deaths.

3- Gallipoli was the first major amphibious operation in modern warfare ever! The Anzacs landed on the Ottoman held peninsula in the Dardanelles straits with disastrous consequences for the allies.