On the 25th of April, 1915, thousands of young men from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and Newfoundland (thirty-four years before it joined Canada) stormed the beaches on the Gallipoli peninsula in what is now Turkey. By the time the campaign ended, over eight months later, tens of thousands had died. Although the Gallipoli battles had no impact on the outcome of the First World War, the campaign was a turning point for New Zealand and other Commonwealth nations in the forging of their own identities.<br /> 译文(3): 1915年4月25日,数千名来自新西兰、澳大利亚、爱尔兰和纽芬兰(加入加拿大34年前)的年轻人冲进了现在的土耳其加里波利半岛的海滩。八个多月后,竞选活动结束时,已有数万人死亡。尽管加里波利战役对第一次世界大战的结果没有影响,但这场战役是新西兰和其他英联邦国家塑造自己身份的转折点。
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