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Gallipoli
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The film “Gallipoli” directed by Peter Weir is an entertaining view of the events leading up to and during the Gallipoli campaign, but it misrepresents history in some important areas. The film does however have an accuracy of detail that makes it seem true and it provides some similar views to those provided in “ANZAC to Amiens” written by C.E.W Bean (a former Australian Official War Historian) and to veterans interviewed in the documentary “The Fatal Shore”. These two sources show that it genuinely and correctly represents the reason for enlisting and the spirit and character of Australian troops, but misrepresents aspects in the Battle of the Nek. The film “Gallipoli” portrays the realistic and authentic reasons for enlisting in the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). Going to war was “a call to adventure” and an honorable duty to fight and die for your country and mother country- Britain. Many men had never left the country or even been on a ship so they saw this as a perfect opportunity to accomplish something new. In “Gallipoli” the families which were not represented by at least one male going to serve in the war were looked upon as cowards and disgraceful. The film portrays different reasons why the men wanted to enlist. Frank’s mates, Snowy, Billy and Barney believed that “there was nothing better to do” and when they were to return from the war, if they ever did, they would be treated with great respect and be looked upon as hero’s. Archie believed that it was a sense of duty to sign up and no one was going to change his mind. However some men believed that it was not there duty to serve in the war against the Turks and put their own lives at risk to die considering “it wasn’t even our war” .
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