ANZAC Day

Today is ANZAC Day, which is like Veteren's Day. ANZAC means Australia-New Zealand Army Corp. In both World Wars they fought as a combined force. It is April 25th because that is the anniversary of the Gallipole battle in Turkey during WWI. It was an amphibious assault, sort of like D-Day, and even though the Turkish force was small, the ANZAC forces suffered a 88% casualty rate. I don't know the numbers, but Kiwis enlisted at very high rates in both World Wars, so it is a very big deal here.