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[BirKibrisli]

Somebody ought to remind our Paphidis that those Australian soldiers who fought at Gallipoli had utmost respect for the fighting ability and courage of those opposite, defending their country...I couldn't be bothered

[denizaksulu]

I like it when the German Officer says, 'They vont charge'. Typical aryan insolence.

That's another myth. The Germans were not Aryan race, the Persians were.
The Germans were just arrogant.

Are you calling Heitler the dark skinned Austrian a liar? I reckon he was Jewish.

[denizaksulu]

Somebody ought to remind our Paphidis that those Australian soldiers who fought at Gallipoli had utmost respect for the fighting ability and courage of those opposite, defending their country...I couldn't be bothered

You too should find the time and read these books. Very easy to read, it flows and hard to put down. Best of all no 'Jingoism'. He was a good journalist often criticised by his own goverment.

[BirKibrisli]

Somebody ought to remind our Paphidis that those Australian soldiers who fought at Gallipoli had utmost respect for the fighting ability and courage of those opposite, defending their country...I couldn't be bothered

You too should find the time and read these books. Very easy to read, it flows and hard to put down. Best of all no 'Jingoism'. He was a good journalist often criticised by his own goverment.

I've read quite a few books on Gallipoli from both sides,Deniz...
But I will look out for these too...One can never read enough on history.

[BirKibrisli]

Did you ever see that movie with the Australian cavalry charge I think at Bathsheba; longest cavelry charge in the first world war. It was to capture the water wells so the Allies could march into Palestine. Good movie

Jimski

Yes, I have seen it.

The Battle of Bathsheba again involved Australian Light Horse Cavalry and Turkey (Ottoman Empire).

It is a true story.

C.E.W. BEAN gives a good account of the Anzacs in his epic 7 vol books. It includes Gallipoli and Palestine. Every one should read these books; it so full of detail. I regret giving them to my father-in-law in Oz. He never bothered. Now he cant remember where they are.

What a waste...Ask you mother-in -law to find them...I will be happy to buy them<Deniz...At a reasonable discount for your yegen...

[Cap]

The Israeli government's press division is apologizing for circulating a link to a video that mocks activists aboard a ship headed to Gaza earlier this week that was blocked by an Israeli raid...

here it is: It would've been funny if it wasn't so tragic....

[denizaksulu]

Did you ever see that movie with the Australian cavalry charge I think at Bathsheba; longest cavelry charge in the first world war. It was to capture the water wells so the Allies could march into Palestine. Good movie

Jimski

Yes, I have seen it.

The Battle of Bathsheba again involved Australian Light Horse Cavalry and Turkey (Ottoman Empire).

It is a true story.

C.E.W. BEAN gives a good account of the Anzacs in his epic 7 vol books. It includes Gallipoli and Palestine. Every one should read these books; it so full of detail. I regret giving them to my father-in-law in Oz. He never bothered. Now he cant remember where they are.

What a waste...Ask you mother-in -law to find them...I will be happy to buy them<Deniz...At a reasonable discount for your yegen...

I wıll try but she ıs ın hospıtal at the moment.

The guy was a journalist attached to the Anzacs, he wrote down what he saw.

One part always sticks to mind: Not the exact words but something like this.

It was after a counter attack from the defending trenches. The Anzacs had made some gains. The Turks couterattacked and regained (these happened so many times). During a lull between the counterattacks a truce was called so the fallen could be recoverd from both sides. Bean was present. Turkish and Anzac details were recovering the fallen. " I saw the great man himself, standing among the dead - pretending to light a cigarette - and the recovering parties. He was trying to look busy with the dead, but like any good officer, he was in fact studying the Anzac positions" (or words to that effect).

[BirKibrisli]

Did you ever see that movie with the Australian cavalry charge I think at Bathsheba; longest cavelry charge in the first world war. It was to capture the water wells so the Allies could march into Palestine. Good movie

Jimski

Yes, I have seen it.

The Battle of Bathsheba again involved Australian Light Horse Cavalry and Turkey (Ottoman Empire).

It is a true story.

C.E.W. BEAN gives a good account of the Anzacs in his epic 7 vol books. It includes Gallipoli and Palestine. Every one should read these books; it so full of detail. I regret giving them to my father-in-law in Oz. He never bothered. Now he cant remember where they are.

What a waste...Ask you mother-in -law to find them...I will be happy to buy them<Deniz...At a reasonable discount for your yegen...

I wıll try but she ıs ın hospıtal at the moment.

The guy was a journalist attached to the Anzacs, he wrote down what he saw.

One part always sticks to mind: Not the exact words but something like this.

It was after a counter attack from the defending trenches. The Anzacs had made some gains. The Turks couterattacked and regained (these happened so many times). During a lull between the counterattacks a truce was called so the fallen could be recoverd from both sides. Bean was present. Turkish and Anzac details were recovering the fallen. " I saw the great man himself, standing among the dead - pretending to light a cigarette - and the recovering parties. He was trying to look busy with the dead, but like any good officer, he was in fact studying the Anzac positions" (or words to that effect).

It is quite amazing that neither side had a bad word to say about the other...And i assume you know Ataturk's consoling words to the families of the Anzacs (written and spoken in 1934 I believe)...

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.

Gives you goose bumps,doesn't it???

[BOF]

Where will you be watching from? Armchair in the UK?

Well the 'CYPRUS IS GREEK' threads seem to have dried up since Greece had a few problems.

I wait now for the 'CYPRUS IS YIDDISH' threads to start!

No doubt with Paphitis at the helm… Captain pseudo-Yiddish-Crypto-Austro-idiot!

Don't you worry you're little head Bitch Boy!

You can bet your bottom dollar that if Israel and Turkey come head to head, Australia will once again be at the forefront fighting the Turks along with it's ally and friend, Israel. Australians and Turks have a long tradition of fighting each other!

The RoC better be on the winning side, because we deserve better days. You, can do your bit and service the Ottoman Troops!

yes but greekie the Greeks didnt help you at Gallipoli did they
they refused to join in until 1917 - bloodt drongo's
And what side is ROC on? not in NATO - not in Soviet block, just a vulnerable little island beholden to nobody...and open to an assault by anyone who cares......did you know your Jewish budies wanted to set up camp in Cyprus originally ????

[denizaksulu]

Did you ever see that movie with the Australian cavalry charge I think at Bathsheba; longest cavelry charge in the first world war. It was to capture the water wells so the Allies could march into Palestine. Good movie

Jimski

Yes, I have seen it.

The Battle of Bathsheba again involved Australian Light Horse Cavalry and Turkey (Ottoman Empire).

It is a true story.

C.E.W. BEAN gives a good account of the Anzacs in his epic 7 vol books. It includes Gallipoli and Palestine. Every one should read these books; it so full of detail. I regret giving them to my father-in-law in Oz. He never bothered. Now he cant remember where they are.

What a waste...Ask you mother-in -law to find them...I will be happy to buy them<Deniz...At a reasonable discount for your yegen...

I wıll try but she ıs ın hospıtal at the moment.

The guy was a journalist attached to the Anzacs, he wrote down what he saw.

One part always sticks to mind: Not the exact words but something like this.

It was after a counter attack from the defending trenches. The Anzacs had made some gains. The Turks couterattacked and regained (these happened so many times). During a lull between the counterattacks a truce was called so the fallen could be recoverd from both sides. Bean was present. Turkish and Anzac details were recovering the fallen. " I saw the great man himself, standing among the dead - pretending to light a cigarette - and the recovering parties. He was trying to look busy with the dead, but like any good officer, he was in fact studying the Anzac positions" (or words to that effect).

It is quite amazing that neither side had a bad word to say about the other...And i assume you know Ataturk's consoling words to the families of the Anzacs (written and spoken in 1934 I believe)...

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.

Gives you goose bumps,doesn't it???

I have sent a message to my sister-in-law who remembers packing up a set of books on the Anzacs. She will try and retrieve them. She lives in Cairns and f-i-l lives in Toowoomba/Leyburn. Only 2000 miles away. She is flying there in a fortnight.