What were the living conditions like in Gallipoli in WW1?

Answer 1

Well lets see, when it rained the trenches would become nothing more than ditches filled with mud, when winter came all the ANZACs would become prone to frostbite. At times the biggest killer wasn't the fighting but the disease. So basically the conditions were terrible.

Answer 2

weather in ww1The weather was very bad it was hot in summer and cold in winter

and soldiers faced horrendous conditions

the troops faced conditions like

1. FOOD AND WATER

2. CLIMATE

3. DISEASES

Answer 3

Absolutely horrific. Gallipoli is a penninsula that is one side of an entrance by water to a major Turkish base. The Allies initial strategy was to take command of both these penninsula's to make way for ships up the channel for access to the base. Turkish forces, who were expecting this, had prepared extensively. They had dug in very deeply in, and around this land. This was a common way of warfare in those days, known as trench warfare. Upon realising that the area was highly secure, the commanding officers were still forced by superior commanders and generals to make a beach landing, with foot soldiers. This was like shooting practice for the Turks. As the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, ANZACS beached, they ran up the beach to a very steep hill, almost a cliff and were mowed down.Very few made it past this first stage. Some who had made it to the safety of the embankment were told to dig in, creating their own trenches. As this was cramped and still very much in the line of fire from the Turks again many ANZACS died. Disease was prevelent, due to rotting bodies that were scattered during the fighting. Trench warfare was slow, and had high casuality rate.

Answer 4

Gallipoli was the Turkish peninsula where a protracted campaign was waged by the ANZACs (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) during World War I. Living conditions at Gallipoli were very hard. Winter months meant freezing cold temperatures which brought with them many illnesses and frostbite. Summer months were extremely hot and humid, and the soldiers encountered biting insects. The overall conditions were very unsanitary, with men dying in the trenches.

Answer 5

Dry and hot and dusty. In December/January as they were evacuating it snowed and some men died of exposure and frostbite. At Suvla Bay and Cape Helles it flooded in heavy rain, but this was rare. They were there for summer and autumn (Northern hemisphere).

Answer 6

hard deathly sad bad mean scary
Australian soldiers had it very tough in Gallipoli.

Food and water was very scarce and personal hygiene was not a top priority like it is today. When signing up soldiers had no idea what they were getting themselves into. The soldiers would go through winter months with the same clothes they had for the summer months. Some would get very sick and die of their illness before even getting to fight in major battles.

If they were sent to the the trenches, they were almost guaranteed they wouldn't make it back. They would either get shot or bombed inside the trenches and if that didn't happen they would die of diseases. eg. trench foot.

There would always be the sound of explosions and gun fires, yelling and screaming of men fighting. The soldiers would see death everyday, and some would even sleep next to rotting flesh just to keep warm .

so overall war at Gallipoli was certainly no holiday for the Australian Soldiers.

Answer 7

Limited food, dead bodies of soldiers everywhere, smelly, flies everwhere including their food.

Answer 8

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