Friday, April 25, 2014

Thousands sleep at Gallipoli, Turkey, for 99th anniversary of WW1 battle | Mail Online

They will never forget… Thousands sleep on the beach at Gallipoli, Turkey, to commemorate 99th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War One

Thousands of young men and women have spent the night sleeping on the beach at Gallipoli in Turkey to commemorate the 99th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of the First World War.

Almost a hundred years after Australian and New Zealand soldiers led the
charge in their bloodiest battle on foreign soil, huge crowds gathered
together in their sleeping bags to spend the night on a beach where
large numbers of troops once made the ultimate sacrifice.

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