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The Making of ‘Armenia, Australia and the Great War’
On April 25, 1915, just a day after the mass arrest of Armenian leaders in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, a large force of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs) landed on the Gallipoli peninsula as part of an allied effort to capture Constantinople. Althoug
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I am not surprise of Australian generosity and the fight for freedom . I am very proud of Australians, also I has the privilege of living in Sydney for 36 years of my life and I enjoy every minute of it.Now far away for family reasons I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME. God bless the People of Australia
I noticed a typo in my comment above. Please take the one below.
Վարձքդ կատար, Վիգէն Պապիկեան։ Ծանօթ եմ գործիդ։ Նպատակդ լաւագոյնս իրագործուած է։ Մաղթում եմ ուժ ու կորով՝ նոր յաջողութիւնների հասնելու։
Ռուբինա Փիրումեան
I am very proud of my cousin Vicken whom we met in 2005 in Sydney after lifelong search, lost relatives were found “The Bablanians” since the terrible massacres of Armenians by The Turks in 1915. Vicken’s researches and achievements adds more light on The Armenian Genocide.
The PM Churchill mentioned in his book about general Antranig’s advise, to attack from Cilicia and not from Gallipoli. Is it true?
Hi Bedros. Yes, Boghos Nubar had proposed an attack from Alexandretta in November 1914 but it was rejected by the British. They instead decided to land at Gallipoli. See article by Dr Andrekos Varnava “French and British Post War Imperial Agendas …. formation of the Legion D’orient” (2014).
A journalist from New Zealand, James Robins, is doing research on this subject too. Here’s a link to an article by him: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/anzacs-witnessed-the-armenian-genocide-that-shouldnt-be-forgotten-in-our-mythologising
I am working to get my novel ‘Angel of Aleppo, a Story of the Armenian Genocide’ published. I have drafted it twelve times and have had no luck as yet with a legit publisher. The narrative in the opening chapters is based loosely on the actual life experiences of my wife Lilit’s grandmother.
My wife and I visited Armenia a couple of years ago, she wanted to visit her ancestral homeland. Her grandparents were refugees who ended up in Iraq during the genocide. One visit moved me greatly when we visited to cultural museum just outside Yerevan, at the sight of the Armenian stand against invading turks. The lady guiding us in the centre mentioned her love of Australians because they helped save Armenia. One story I read was that of twin brothers who were defending their homeland. One was wounded in the action but refused to be repatriated to behind the loines, he wanted to stay and fight with his brother. We only had 3 weeks there but what a beautiful country to visit.