They were met with fierce resistance and in the ensuing nine months, the Turks, during a campaign that would result in 252,000 casualties, would repel Australian, New Zealand, British, French and Indian forces. ... Many think of it as the day when we came of age and accepted that, as nations, we had to fend for ourselves and bear the full consequences of our actions. For at the time of outbreak of war, Australia was a very young nation - only 14 years old. ... Thousands of Australian and New Zealand soldiers had died, and thousands of other Allied troops from France and Britain also died. ....

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