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11 Movies Saved by Historical Inaccuracy
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18/07/2007 05:47:14
 
 
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Metin Emre
Ozcom Bilgisayar Ltd.
Istanbul, Turkey
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>>>>Came as quite a surprise to me when I first heard the truth, esp. as the 1st film I saw him in, which launched his career, was "Galipoli", where he was as oz as a galah! (difficuly allitero-assonance to that last phrase or what! :-)
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>>>If he really hates you, possible you can find the answers from that movie...
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>>It has been shown that the Brits did not "walk all over" the Anzac troops at Gallipoli, as the film portrays. I'm not even saying that Gibson had any directorship of the film but it's as if the ideas planted in his head, about the British, in that film have stayed with him since.
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>>You tell me: Did the Ozzies climb over the top, no bullets in their rifles, for a suicidal charge, while your troops had a gala, sitting cross-legged, out of their trenches, just mowing them down with impunity?
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>I didn't tell you anything. Only just said why he could hate from you...

You did. You said I can get the answers why he hates the Brits from that movie. Therefore you're saying that it happend just like in the movie.

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>Our commanders were german and their commanders were english. We just know there are anzac and turk graves in the Gallipoli. No german nor english groves. Anzacs visit every year these graves.

That's because it was anzacs who took part in that engagement - not other Empire troops. True, it was a great military blunder, and British troops landed peacefully with no resistance, but the narrow, blinkered bloody-mindedness of the British officers in charge is debatable.

Of the allied casualties about half were British alone, the anzacs only 1/4 as many:
                     Died     Wounded  Total 
Total Allies         44,072   97,037 141,109 
- The United Kingdom 21,255   52,230 73,485 
- France (estimated) 10,000   17,000 27,000 
- Australia           8,709   19,441 28,150 
- New Zealand         2,721   4,852   7,553 
- India               1,358   3,421   4,779 
- Newfoundland           49      93     142 
Ottoman Empire       86,692 164,617 251,309 
Total (both sides)  130,764 261,654 392,418 
I'm surprised that the Turkish casualties were so high, more that 2x those of the allies. If you go by the film you'd think it was just like shooting fish in a barrel for the Ottomans.
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