РУСФОРУМ АВСТРАЛИЯ

Всех с праздником и приятного времяпрепровождения на длинный викенд, завершающий Easter holidays this year

А кто-нибудь на парад ходил сегодня?

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...never giving up...

Надо пойти хоть Анзак печенек испечь чтоли...

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...never giving up...

я была, в пять утра подъем
меня впечатлило количество народа, добровольно проснувшегося и разбудившего детей, количество молодых людей, непоказушность, но трогатедьность церемонии.
ну и не затянулось все на часы, как я привыкла , я бы еще постояла послушала поглазела

Здорово!
А почему так рано начинают?

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...never giving up...

Мы по тв смотрели! В 5 утра в темень и холод ... Отважный народ

идея в том, чтобы встретить рассвет в конце церемониии, довольно таки трогательно получается
и да, блу тру те еще патриоты!

не так.
церемония привязана к времени когда анзак стали высаживаться на берег.

привязана к конкретному дню , когда австралийцы и новозенландцы решением бездарного командования были отправлены под расстрельный огонь при высадке на Галлиполи
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/
а около 6 утра потому что солнце в этот день встает около 6,30-6,45 , насколько я помню. может они на рассвете и начали высадку, надо почитать подробнее
ну так мне местные объяснили....

THE FIRST LANDING.

"As the moon waned, the boats were swung out. The Australians received their last instructions, and these men, who only six months ago were living peaceful, civilian lives, began to disembark on a strange, unknown shore, and in a strange land to attack an enemy of a different race.

"Each boat, which was in charge of a midshipman, was loaded with a great rapidity in absolute silence, and without a hitch, and the covering force towed ashore by the ships' pinnaces. More of the Australian brigade were carried aboard torpedo-boat destroyers, which were to go close inshore as soon as the covering force had landed.

"At 3 o’clock it was quite dark, and a start was made towards the shore with suppressed excitement. Would the enemy be surprised, or be on the alert?

"At 4 o’clock, three battleships, line abreast and four cables apart, arrived 2,500 yards from the shore, with their guns manned and their searchlights in readiness. Very slowly, the boats in tow, like twelve great snakes, moved towards the shore. Each edged towards each other in order to reach the beach four cables apart. The battleships moved in after them until the water shallowed. Every eye was fixed on the grim line of hills in front, menacing in the gloom, and the mysteries of which those in the boats were about to solve.

"Not a sound was heard, not a light seen, and it appeared as if the enemy had been surprised. In our nervy state the stars were often mistaken for lights ashore.

AT DAYLIGHT.

"When the sun had fully risen we could see that the Australians and New Zealanders had actually established themselves on the ridge, and were trying to work their way to the northward along it. The fighting was so confused, and occurred on such broken ground that it was difficult to follow exactly what had happened on the 25th April, but the task of the covering forces had been so splendidly carried out that the Turks allowed the disembarkation of the remainder to proceed uninterruptedly, except for the never-ceasing sniping. But then the Australians, whose blood was up, instead of entrenching, rushed to the northwards and to the eastwards searching for fresh enemies to bayonet. It was very difficult country in which to entrench, and they therefore preferred to advance.

таки да, это время «расстрела»