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History: Gallipoli Assignment

  1. How useful are the views of Anzac soldiers at Gallipoli suggested in Sources A, B and C.  Explain your answer.

Source A seems to tell us that the Anzac soldiers were unprofessional and lazy in their duties.  The first cartoon portrays a soldier unprofessionally dressed, also the soldier is yawning, which gives me the impression that he is lazy.  Furthermore at the top of the cartoon it says ‘The Hopeless Dawn’, this suggests that the artist believes the Anzac soldiers are unprofessional in their duties.  At the bottom of the cartoon it says ‘Standing Tall 4.30 am’, even though these are the early hours of the morning this would not be acceptable for a soldier to do.  Overall the first cartoon depicts the Anzac soldiers as ‘Hopeless’, hence I believe that according to this source the views of the Anzac soldiers at Gallipoli were not very useful.  The cartoon could possibly have been biased or it could have been propaganda.  

        

The second cartoon is unclear about what it is representing, the cartoon shows an Anzac soldier smoking.  The soldier looks scruffy, hence maybe the aim of the artist was to give us the message that the Anzac soldiers were young, inexperienced and scruffy.  However surely this cannot be accurate for each Anzac soldier, as there must have been some well trained Anzac soldiers.  My first impression of this cartoon would be to disregard the views of the Anzac soldiers, but after further attention, this cartoon only shows one soldier hence it may be misguiding.  In addition the cartoon may be biased or it may be propaganda.

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Source B is from a book written by John Keegan, John Keegan is a well known and trusted historian.  Thus I would trust his information.  Keegan seems to praise the Anzac soldiers, he makes them seem like an elite bunch that everyone would like to be a part of.  He talks of the fact that some of the Anzac soldiers could be considered as the best soldiers in the world.  He tells us that being an Anzac soldier was a position in high demand.  From John Keegan’s point of view, I would trust the views of the Anzac soldiers ...

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