"THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAING" Canakkale Ili by mabozer

"Those heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives, you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side in this country of ours. You, the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tiers, your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they become our sons as well."
Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK's inscription on the Atatürk Memorial at Tarakina Bay in Wellington,New Zealand.

who lost about 253000 men at the battles, had managed to emerge in honor against the Allied forces. Actually, the fate at trenches chanced when Mustafa Kemal addressed his soldiers whit words " I am not giving you an order to attack, I am ordering you to die!"