Consequences of Gallipoli
By the time the campaign ended, more than 130,000 men had died: at least 87,000 Ottoman soldiers and 44,000 Allied soldiers, including more than 8700 Australians. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, about a sixth of all those who had landed on the Peninsula.
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By the time the campaign ended, more than 130,000 men had died: at least 87,000 Ottoman soldiers and 44,000 Allied soldiers, including more than 8700 Australians. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, about a sixth of all those who had landed on the peninsula. Obviously, many thousands have died as a result from each country who had participated in the Battle Of Gallipoli. This is the common consequence of war, facing thousands of deaths from each side. [Ian McGibbon- Impact of the war, Te Ara, 2012]
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Again with the number of deaths that had occurred from the Battle Of Gallipoli, it also affected New Zealand as a country. As one of the consequences, an impact on the work force was one. Many of the fittest and healthiest men that were sent over to fight, not much were left behind. Just the men who were slightly weaker and less capable than the ones who were. Barely any money was made due to the men (who are to earn more money than females) being away to fight, affecting their families as their family would have to find a new way to earn money and provide. Also the amount of men who didn't get to make it back home, affected the work force as there were many job vacancies available, some needing to be filled in as soon as possible. [Matthew Howse, Gallipoli Campaign, 2011]
Short Term Consequences
As a direct social consequence of the Gallipoli landing, hundreds of thousands of men dedicated months of their time (and often, in the case of 362,000 plus men & their lives) to an eight month campaign that resulted in no military advancement whatsoever. The battle ended up lasting until around August, with many more unsuccessful Allied attempts to gain land going south instantaneously. After a later campaign was launched by the Allies, Constantinople was eventually captured in 1918 (this occupation lasted until 1923). Following this occupation, the Allies finally convinced the Turks into the armistice they had been clamouring for, forcing them from the powerful empire they had been to a small state. The Turkish government signed a treaty agreeing to occupation, but the locals weren't happy about it and began readying their people for protest and revolt. From this erupted the Turkish War of Independence, waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies occupying their country. The result of this war was the Ottoman Empire's deterioration into the Republic of Turkey, the name by which it has been officially known since 1923, at the conclusion of the war for liberation.
Long Term Consequences
For starters, Britain failed their all of their initial objectives. They were unable to rearm Russia, leading to Russia’s embarrassment on the front the Turks were bombarding. Britain successfully knocking Turkey out of the running, the Ottoman Empire remained a combatant until 1918, and were joined by Bulgaria shortly after the failed landing on April 25th. The Ottoman successes in that battle gave the Turkish leaders confidence in their military involvement as Constantinople was occupied by the British, French and Italian forces in 1918. Either way, if a failure hadn't of occurred, the war wouldn't of extended as long as it did. Considering the long-term social consequences of a tragedy, often the first thing that comes to mind is emotional scarring and just how traumatised the soldiers must feel post-war. At Anzac Day ceremonies, it was common to see New Zealand and Turkish veterans standing shoulder to shoulder, remembering their fallen friends together and helping each other through the pain of their losses. Consequential of the tragedy, the Turkish government physically renamed the beach on which the misguided ANZAC rowers landed to commemorate the losses suffered there. Ari Burnu, the beach on which the 9th Battalion mistakenly landed, was officially renamed Anzac Cove on 25th April 1985, and has been recognised by that name by the Turkish government ever since.
Conclusion
After the Battle of Gallipoli / The Gallipoli Campaign, it is obvious that there were many consequences to it. Consequences that affected not only individuals, but families, society, work forces, and just the country in general. Many men had died, also many many young men from New Zealand who never got to come back to their families and live the rest of their lives. Certain individuals being a victim of this event as well as their wellbeing is being damaged due to receiving bad news or other unfortunate things, affecting their lifestyle and the way they're living, this could be any individuals whether they're wives, sons and daughters etc. Also affecting the way some countries government runs due to the decisions and actions their past leaders had taken during the Battle of Gallipoli. Most importantly, the most affected people...the ones who survived and got to come back home, but is traumatised from everything that had happened. This will affect them basically their whole lives as it was an experience that no one can ever forget once they've been through it. Their well-beings being destroyed- mentally and emotionally, physically, socially and possible also spiritually as well.