Why Is Gallipoli Historically Accurate

Gallipoli during the First World War was a campaign, a joint offensive by allied forces intended to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. It was also the first major engagement for Anzac, (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.) Gallipoli incurred one of the highest death tolls of the war while failing to achieve its objective. The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles, The campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in February-March 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, involving British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).

Gallipoli captures the futile nature of war, and its portrayal of why men enlisted, how the conditions of Gallipoli seemed realistic and reasonable and were found to be quite the opposite, the story of mateship and courage being challenged and the absolute waste of life. Throughout the starting of the movie ‘Gallipoli’ was historically accurate in its depiction of why men enlisted for WWI which is shown through different characters , there are many different reasons why men decided to enlist themselves, for some naive young men during that time the lure of war and adventure was not to be missed.eg Archie, It was an opportunity for “a chap to make a man of himself” Others just wanted the pay of 60 cents a day as although slightly below the basic wage, it was attractive to many because of the tough financial conditions and high unemployment in 1914. However most men enlisted because they felt they needed to fight for their country if they did not enlist themselves they were a disgrace and would be torn from the identify of being an Australian, and throughout the movie that is what Frank and Archie enlisted for [ source A] . The script conveys the mood at the beginning of the war, where a mixture of patriotism, boredom, thirst for adventure and a desire to stick with their mates drove thousands of young men to enlist. In particular, the movie shows how people believed the wartime propaganda without question. Example of this; Archie collects clippings of newspaper accounts of the Gallipoli campaign, which fuels his desire to join the War. One scene starkly illustrates the blind patriotism that drove so many young men to enlist. When the pair meet a man in the desert, who had never heard of the war, Archie is unable explain how it had started, just that it is Germany’s fault and they need to fight or the Germans will be in Australia .The character