I recently had a unique chance to tour the battlefields of Gallipoli. The Gallipoli Campaign took place during World War I, pitting the Ottoman Empire against Britain, France, and Russia. Australia and New Zealand were also part of the “Entente” powers. The campaign ended in a bitter defeat for the Entente forces, and was a formative event for Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty—none other than Winston Churchill.
In the accompanying photos, I’m standing near the ANZAC memorial, and also holding a shard of the shrapnel that still litters the area after more than a century.