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I am an engineer, not a formally trained historian. In a way, I am not really qualified to write a book about the sacred subject of Gallipoli, but in another way, I am uniquely qualified to do so.

I grew up in Sydney. Like most other Australian children, I was taught in school about the brave Australian soldiers who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and gave their lives so that we can enjoy the freedom we have today. I learned how they charged at machine guns, against impossible odds. I felt angry at the Turkish soldiers for killing the brave young Australian men.

I wondered how it could be that running at a machine gun might help to preserve others’ freedom, but believed it must be true as I was being taught this at school.

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If you have a look at my website https://gallipolisoup.com/about you can read why I was looking for a book just like this, but couldn't find one, so I thought maybe I could write it myself. It to
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