Anzac Day- 25 April - a photo on Flickriver

            The largest group of New Zealanders ever to leave the country at one time boarded ships in Wellington Harbour in October 1914,  bound for the First World War.  Ten troopships carried about 8500 men and 4000 horses. They went to fight alongside their Australian comrades as 'Anzacs'.  In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an Allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula to open the way to the Black Sea for the Allied navies. The objective was to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, which was an ally of Germany during the war. The ANZAC force landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Army commanded by Mustafa Kemal (later known as Atatürk). What had been planned as a bold strike to knock the Ottomans out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served."
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Wellington / Wellington / Lambton (show map)

Taken on: March 1, 2016

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Anzac Day

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Camera: Olympus E-M10, f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, 14mm (=28mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M10
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.14-150mm F4.0-5.6 II
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.5 (Macintosh)
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