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Question: How many anzac soldiers fought in Gallipoli!?
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The ANZACs comprised the 1st Australian Division (Major General W!.T!. Bridges) and the composite New Zealand and Australian Division commanded by Major General Sir Alexander Godley, which included the New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Brigadier General F!.E!. Johnston)!. Some 60,000 Australians and 18,000 New Zealanders were part of a larger British force!.

The ANZACs landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula at dawn on the 25th April and met fierce resistance!. Instead of finding the flat beach they expected, they found they had been landed at an incorrect position and faced steep cliffs and constant barrages of enemy fire and shelling!. Around 20,000 soldiers landed on the beach over the next two days!.

Thousands of Australian and New Zealand men died in the hours and days that followed the landing at that beach!. The surviving diggers, as the Australians called themselves, hung on waiting for reinforcements!. The stalemate ended in retreat with the evacuation of the ANZACs on 20 December 1915!. By then, 8,141 had been killed or died of wounds and more than 18,000 had been wounded!. Among the dead were 2721 New Zealanders, almost one in four of those who served on Gallipoli!.

I have seen numerous different casualty figures, however the ones I have quoted are as good as any and none vary very much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the initial landings of the british, australians, new zealanders, and the french were 75,000 british troops and 15,000 french troops!. on the opposing side were 84,000 turkish troops under the command of a german named liman von sanders!. i have looked for exact numbers but can't find them!. i can only find the numbers for the total force!.Www@QuestionHome@Com