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January 11, 2016  

This Being Gallipoli 100th Anniversary “The Water Diviner” Is A Great Enlightening Movie To See.

by Anura Guruge

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Saturday, January 9, 2016 marked the 100th anniversary of the ending of the incredibly gruesome World War I ‘Gallipoli Campaign‘, 25 April 1915 – 9 January 1916, in which over 112,000 soldiers, from both sides, died — ironically, pretty close to 50:50. The Allies that fought in ‘Gallipoli’ were made up of forces from the U.K., France, Australia, New Zealand, British India & the Dominion of Newfoundland.

Most of us, especially those of us lucky enough to be from the mighty British Commonwealth, obviously, know of ‘Gallipoli’ but would be hard pressed to come up with much details other than that a lot of folks, many of Australia and New Zealand, died. And yes some of us know of and mark ANZAC day.

Well, this movie, is a great way to learn a LOT about what happened in Gallipoli while being entertained to a fairly good yarn and some beautiful cinematography.

HBO had it, i.e., “The Water Diviner“, as its featured Saturday night movie a few weeks ago. I DVRed it and we watched it recently. We liked it. I learnt a lot. So sharing that with you.

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by Anura Guruge

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Tags: 100th anniversary, 1916, 2016, allies, , ANZAC day, , British Commonwealth, British India, Dominion of Newfoundland, DVR, France, Gallipoli Campaign, HBO, , January 8, movie, New Zealand, The Water Diviner, U.K., World War I, WW I

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