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A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), enlists into the [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery ANZAC]] alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Army]] and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English [[IntrepidReporter journalist]], Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the bodies of young men continue to pile up.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Army]] and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English [[IntrepidReporter journalist]], Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the bodies of young men continue to pile up.
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A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), (''Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee), enlists into the [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery ANZAC]] alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton(''John Bach''), (John Bach), a distinguished senior officer in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Army]] and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English [[IntrepidReporter journalist]], Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett(''James Callis'') (James Callis) lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the bodies of young men continue to pile up.
Sir Ian Hamilton
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* MixedAncestry: While convalescing in a hospital, Tolly meets a friend from home and is surprised to learn that the friend is serving in an Aboriginal unit due to mixed ancestry.
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** In the same episode, Tolly meets a Turkish soldier that resembles a foreign version of himself. That actor is even titled in the credits as "Turkish Tolly".
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A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), enlists into the ANZAC alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the British Army and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English journalist, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the war pointlessly continues....
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the British Army and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English journalist, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the war pointlessly continues....
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A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), enlists into the ANZAC [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery ANZAC]] alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships BritishArmy Army]] and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran Englishjournalist, [[IntrepidReporter journalist]], Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the war pointlessly continues....
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** In ''The Breakout'', an Ottoman regiment spends at least one night overhearing the nearby New Zealander troops yelling their traditional Haka chants over the trenches. Needless to say, they were [[HellIsThatNoise a bit unnerved]].
-->*in Turkish* '''Turkish soldier:''' What is ''that''?\\
-->*in Turkish* '''Turkish soldier:''' What is ''that''?\\
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** In ''The Breakout'', an Ottoman regiment spends at least one night overhearing the nearby [[UsefulNotes/KiwisWithCarbines New Zealander Zealander]] troops yelling their traditional Haka chants over the trenches. Needless to say, they were [[HellIsThatNoise a bit unnerved]].
-->*in --->*in Turkish* '''Turkish soldier:''' What is ''that''?\\
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronised with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronised synchronized with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
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* SergeantRock: Seargent Harry Percival, who frequently acts as a runner to his superiors, and is highly regarded by the men under him.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hence recognising the tragedy Gallipoli was doomed to become.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hence recognising the tragedy Gallipoli was doomed to become.
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* SergeantRock: Seargent Harry Percival, who frequently acts as a runner to his superiors, superiors and is highly regarded by the men under him.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hencerecognising recognizing the tragedy Gallipoli was doomed to become.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hence
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* LaughingMad: Captain Anthony falls into bitter laughter in response to the Army's Medical Services official orders regarding how to cope with flies and the spread of disease: ''home made fly-paper''.
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* LaughingMad: Captain Anthony Chandler falls into bitter laughter in response to the Army's Medical Services official orders regarding how to cope with flies and the spread of disease: ''home made fly-paper''.
* MixedAncestry: While convalescing in a hospital, Tolly meets a friend from home and is surprised to learn that the friend is serving in an Aboriginal unit due to mixed ancestry.
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* WarIsHellWarIsHell: The series unflinchingly shows horrific the Gallipoli Campaign was, with large numbers of men dying over small gains and losses and commanders showing no real concern for the well-being of those they were supposed to lead.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Implied. [[spoiler:During flashbacks to their pre-war days, Celia, Bevan's girlfriend is seen showing intimate acts of affection towards Tolly, presumably behind Bevan's back. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey Maybe.]]]]
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'''Gallipoli (2015)''' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven Seven episodes were aired, detailing long, it detailed the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
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Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished senior officer in the British Army and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
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* CurbStompBattle: A tragic one happens at the Nek, when the Ottoman forces completely blow ''four waves'' of the completely unprepared Light Horsemen. Even the Turkish officer is [[WhatTheHellHero appalled]] at the senseless waste of life displayed by the British.
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* CurbStompBattle: A tragic one happens at the Nek, when the Ottoman forces completely blow ''four waves'' of the completely unprepared Light Horsemen. Even the Turkish officer present is [[WhatTheHellHero appalled]] at the senseless waste of life displayed by the British.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronized with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronized synchronised with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
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--> --'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
''Gallipoli (2015)'' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven episodes were aired, detailing the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
--> --'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
''Gallipoli (2015)'' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven episodes were aired, detailing the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
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->''"Gallipoli, the war that got away from it's handlers. If it made more sense, it would be a lesser story...."''
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--'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
''Gallipoli (2015)'' '''Gallipoli (2015)''' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven episodes were aired, detailing the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
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--'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
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* BigBrotherInstinct: While Bevan definitely has one for his younger brother, Tolly himself has this when he joins up just to be with him.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: While Bevan definitely has one for his younger brother, Tolly himself has inverts this when he joins up just to be with him.
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* CatapultNightmare: Gen. Hamilton has ''two'' in a row, one where he appears to be drowning which when he wakes up afterwards to see an apparition of
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'''[[spoiler:Cliffy:]]''' "I don't care what they say. These guys are good blokes-" *BoomHeadshot*
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'''[[spoiler:Cliffy:]]''' "I don't care what they say. These guys are good blokes-" blokes. Fair dinku-" *BoomHeadshot*
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* LastStand: The New Zealand regiment at the heights is last seen fighting in hand-to-hand combat with the Turks due to lack of ammunition and reinforcments, before going out in a blaze of [[UnfriendlyFire British artillery]].
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* LastStand: The New Zealand regiment at the heights is last seen fighting in hand-to-hand combat with the Turks due to lack of ammunition and reinforcments, reinforcements, before going out in a blaze of [[UnfriendlyFire British artillery]].
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* MercyKill: A Turkish officer performs one to a mortally wounded [[spoiler:Stewie]] when he is the only soldier to actually reach the Ottoman trench during the Light Horesmen's failed assault on the Nek.
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* MercyKill: A Turkish officer performs one to a mortally wounded [[spoiler:Stewie]] when he is the only soldier to actually reach the Ottoman trench during the Light Horesmen's Horsesmen's failed assault on the Nek.
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** In ''The Deeper Scar'', Tolly swiftly eliminates three Turkish officers and a nearby guard. [[spoiler:When he investigates to confirm his kills, he sees the body of the young Turkish soldier he befriended, still holding onto the coins Tolly gave him earlier.]]
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** In ''The Deeper Scar'', Tolly swiftly eliminates three Turkish officers and a nearby guard. [[spoiler:When he investigates to confirm his kills, he sees the body of the young Turkish soldier he befriended, still holding onto the coins Tolly gave him earlier.befriended two episodes ago.]]
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->''"Gallipoli, the war that got away from it's handlers. If it made more sense, it would be a lesser story...."''
--> --'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
''Gallipoli (2015)'' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven episodes were aired, detailing the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), enlists into the ANZAC alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished officer in the British Army and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English journalist, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the war pointlessly continues....
!!The series provides examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Limbs are frequently lost by explosions throughout the series.
* AnyoneCanDie: Many named characters can and do get killed, often very suddenly without any fanfare.
* BayonetYa: Commonly used by both sides given the nature of trench warfare. Tolly's first kill was with one on the first day of the landing.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While Bevan definitely has one for his younger brother, Tolly himself has this when he joins up just to be with him.
* BittersweetEnding: The campaign is lost, and the British forces retreat without any victory over the campaign, [[spoiler:but Tolly and Dave survive their last days on the peninsula and manage to successfully evacuate with the remaining ANZAC forces.]] Although the epilogue of the series almost paints it as a DownerEnding, as it mentions that most of the [=ANZACs=] who survived the Gallipoli Campaign would end up being redeployed to the Western Front anyway, where many, ''many'' more perished.
* BoomHeadshot: A common occurrence throughout, given the amount of snipers employed by both sides. [[spoiler:Captain Taylor, Cliffy all meet their end this way.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: Cliffy ''loves'' to engage in these even in the heat of a firefight.
* CatapultNightmare: Gen. Hamilton has ''two'' in a row, one where he appears to be drowning which when he wakes up afterwards to see an apparition of
* ColdSniper: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing Billy Sing]], and Tolly's mentor in the art of sniping. Tolly himself slowly becomes one starting from ''The Deeper Scar''.
* ChildSoldier: Tolly himself is one, as he lied about his age to enlist when he was seventeen. TruthInTelevision for many soldiers in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne.
* CurbStompBattle: A tragic one happens at the Nek, when the Ottoman forces completely blow ''four waves'' of the completely unprepared Light Horsemen. Even the Turkish officer is [[WhatTheHellHero appalled]] at the senseless waste of life displayed by the British.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Averted. The Australian Light Horsemen are relegated to banal trench duties on foot when they are assigned to Gallipoli while leaving their horses behind, much to the amusement and mockery of their infantry counterparts.
* FieldPromotion: Tolly gets one for disabling a Turkish machinegun nest, but is reluctant to take it as it would make him a higher rank than his brother. He doesn't get a choice in the matter anyway.
* FriendlyEnemy: After the armistice, the [=ANZACs=] and the Ottoman troops begin to respect and recognise another to the point where they start to exchange friendly gestures and compliments to one another. A friendly duel breaks out between the Turks and the Aussies as boredom sets in; in the form of waving shovels over the trenches and baiting the other side to hit them.
* ForegoneConclusion: The Battle of Gallipoli will become a tale of bitter defeat for the British Empire and their ANZAC colonial troops, with thousands of men dying for no venerable gains to show for it.
* GracefulLoser: Commander Hamilton, when he is relieved of his command over at Gallipoli. He simply packs up and thanks the GHQ staff, despite knowing that most of them stabbed him in the back. He does go off with a few jabs at them though.
* GeneralFailure: The high command at the Gallipoli campaign are portrayed as these. Commander Ian Hamilton is portrayed as a well-meaning, but flawed leader who insists he can win the battle despite the staggering losses and zero progress.
** But all of the above pales in comparison to the portrayal of one of his subordinates, [[ArmchairMilitary General Stopford]], whom appears to be more concerned with the heat and his sore leg than actually leading his troops into battle.
* GrenadeHotPotato: Cliffy apparently has some skill with throwing grenades, which comes in handy when a Turkish hand grenade drops into their trench and he manages to toss it back out in the nick of time [[NervesOfSteel without panicking]].
* HiddenDepths: Cliffy, whom despite his overtly cheerful nature and snarky disposition, he is inside a God-fearing man who manages to expresses his opinion over the concept of hell to Tolly.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many key figures of the actual battle appears in the series as side characters.
* HeroicBSOD: Many characters get this at some point.
* InterserviceRivalry: The Australian Light Horse and Infantry soldier initially have one, but as the campaign goes on, they evolve to become more like BashBrothers.
* IntrepidReporter: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, a seasoned wartime journalist who will step over all political boundaries and military censorship just to report the truth, that is the failing nature of the campaign.
* IronicEcho: "The first blow is half the battle. Don't forget that."
* JumpScare: [[spoiler:Tolly has one when he sees an apparition of the Grim Reaper in one of his nightmares.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Captain Taylor and later on, Cliffy]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Captain Taylor:]]''' "Right then! LET'S SHOW THESE TURKS -" *gets a bullet in the neck*\\
'''[[spoiler:Cliffy:]]''' "I don't care what they say. These guys are good blokes-" *BoomHeadshot*
* KubrickStare: Tolly provides one for the cover art of the series.
* LanguageBarrier: There is one for most of the Turks and British forces, save for a few Turk officers with a good grasp of the English language.
* LastStand: The New Zealand regiment at the heights is last seen fighting in hand-to-hand combat with the Turks due to lack of ammunition and reinforcments, before going out in a blaze of [[UnfriendlyFire British artillery]].
* LaughingMad: Captain Anthony falls into bitter laughter in response to the Army's Medical Services official orders regarding how to cope with flies and the spread of disease: ''home made fly-paper''.
* LoudOfWar
** In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', an Ottoman assault on the Australian trench is preceded by Turkish patriotic band music.
** In ''The Breakout'', an Ottoman regiment spends at least one night overhearing the nearby New Zealander troops yelling their traditional Haka chants over the trenches. Needless to say, they were a bit unnerved.
-->*in Turkish* '''Turkish soldier:''' What is ''that''?\\
'''Turkish Officer:''' ({{beat}})...... [[CannibalTribe Cannibals]].
* ManOnFire: Several British troops at the Suvla Bay landing gets incinerated when an ill-timed artillery strike on their sector lights up the dry bush surrounding the landing area.
* MercyKill: A Turkish officer performs one to a mortally wounded [[spoiler:Stewie]] when he is the only soldier to actually reach the Ottoman trench during the Light Horesmen's failed assault on the Nek.
* MotorMouth: Cliffy, to the annoyance of his friend Dave.
* NotSoDifferent
** In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', an armistice is called between the Turks and the [=ANZACs=] for collecting their dead, which gives the soldiers on both sides some downtime to mingle with one another. It comes as a revelation to some that their enemies are also people with families, friends and similar beliefs.
** In the same episode, Tolly meets a Turkish soldier that resembles a foreign version of himself. That actor is even titled in the credits as "Turkish Tolly" .
** In ''The Earth Abides'', Tolly is astonished when Dave tells him that both sides (i.e Christians and Muslims) technically pray to the same God, abielt in different ways.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronized with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Due to his numerous attempts to get past the military censors, Gallipoli high command sends Bartlett and the rest of his journalist crew to the nearby Greek island of Imbros. Away from actually seeing the conflict and under the watchful eyes of Braithwaite. It doesn't take [[IntrepidReporter Bartlett]] much to circumvent this eventually.
* SadisticChoice: In ''The First Day'', Tolly has to choose to either help his friends, or abandon a wounded ANZAC choking on his own blood. He goes off to assist his friends, essentially dooming the poor ANZAC to a painful death.
* SergeantRock: Seargent Harry Percival, who frequently acts as a runner to his superiors, and is highly regarded by the men under him.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hence recognising the tragedy Gallipoli was doomed to become.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', a Turkish soldier with little command of English innocently asks Bevan if "Bastard" is the name of their God.[[note]] Context: Since the Turks shout "Allah, Allah!" and the Aussies shout "Bastard! Bastard!" in return during each side's attacks.[[/note]] Bevan just shrugs and agrees.
* SniperDuel: Tolly has a few duels with other Turkish snipers during his brief time as one.
* WarIsHell
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The series takes moments to remind the protagonists that their enemies are not faceless monsters, but human beings like themselves.
** In ''The Deeper Scar'', Tolly swiftly eliminates three Turkish officers and a nearby guard. [[spoiler:When he investigates to confirm his kills, he sees the body of the young Turkish soldier he befriended, still holding onto the coins Tolly gave him earlier.]]
* WeHaveReserves: During the negotiations for the conditions of a ceasefire, the Turkish Colonel disagrees with some of the terms leading Briathwraite to remind him that there are more Turkish bodies to bury than the British. The colonel replies, "Sadly General, many more (to come)."
* WorthyOpponent: The [=ANZACs=] and the Ottomans come to see one another as these eventually. During the final evacuation, many soldiers are seen leaving drinks and letters behind for their enemies.
-->'''Note under whiskey bottle:''' "FOR A GOOD TURK"
* YourCheatingHeart: Implied. [[spoiler:During flashbacks to their pre-war days, Celia, Bevan's girlfriend is seen showing intimate acts of affection towards Tolly, presumably behind Bevan's back. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey Maybe.]]]]
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->''"... Perhaps that's why after longer and more important battles are forgotten, it lingers in our imagination."''
->''"Gallipoli, the war that got away from it's handlers. If it made more sense, it would be a lesser story...."''
--> --'''Thomas "Tolly" Johnson'''
''Gallipoli (2015)'' is an Australian-produced mini-series made and released for the 100th-year anniversary of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Gallipoli Campaign]]. Over seven episodes were aired, detailing the stories of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, as well as the controversial political war being fought between their commanders and the public press.
A young Australian called Thomas "Tolly" Johnson (''Kodi [=Smit-McPhee=]''), enlists into the ANZAC alongside his brother Bevan Johnson and their friends Dave Klein and Cliff Sutton from the same town, heading towards the fateful battle that shaped their nation's history, as well as losing their innocence and maybe even their lives to a pointless struggle.
Sir Ian Hamilton (''John Bach''), a distinguished officer in the British Army and the appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force whose staff operates off the coast of Gallipoli. He is confident in the coming victory over the Ottomans, but as the months wade by, he realises that his victory may be completely out of his reach, not to mention that his enemies may be even closer to him than he thinks....
A veteran English journalist, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (''James Callis'') lands on the peninsula only to witness the beginnings of a hopeless battle for the British. His critical views of the war eventually makes him an enemy to High Command, who will stop at nothing to censor all attempts to sabotage the campaign, but Bartlett is determined to reveal the truth to the public, before the war pointlessly continues....
!!The series provides examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Limbs are frequently lost by explosions throughout the series.
* AnyoneCanDie: Many named characters can and do get killed, often very suddenly without any fanfare.
* BayonetYa: Commonly used by both sides given the nature of trench warfare. Tolly's first kill was with one on the first day of the landing.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While Bevan definitely has one for his younger brother, Tolly himself has this when he joins up just to be with him.
* BittersweetEnding: The campaign is lost, and the British forces retreat without any victory over the campaign, [[spoiler:but Tolly and Dave survive their last days on the peninsula and manage to successfully evacuate with the remaining ANZAC forces.]] Although the epilogue of the series almost paints it as a DownerEnding, as it mentions that most of the [=ANZACs=] who survived the Gallipoli Campaign would end up being redeployed to the Western Front anyway, where many, ''many'' more perished.
* BoomHeadshot: A common occurrence throughout, given the amount of snipers employed by both sides. [[spoiler:Captain Taylor, Cliffy all meet their end this way.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: Cliffy ''loves'' to engage in these even in the heat of a firefight.
* CatapultNightmare: Gen. Hamilton has ''two'' in a row, one where he appears to be drowning which when he wakes up afterwards to see an apparition of
* ColdSniper: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing Billy Sing]], and Tolly's mentor in the art of sniping. Tolly himself slowly becomes one starting from ''The Deeper Scar''.
* ChildSoldier: Tolly himself is one, as he lied about his age to enlist when he was seventeen. TruthInTelevision for many soldiers in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne.
* CurbStompBattle: A tragic one happens at the Nek, when the Ottoman forces completely blow ''four waves'' of the completely unprepared Light Horsemen. Even the Turkish officer is [[WhatTheHellHero appalled]] at the senseless waste of life displayed by the British.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Averted. The Australian Light Horsemen are relegated to banal trench duties on foot when they are assigned to Gallipoli while leaving their horses behind, much to the amusement and mockery of their infantry counterparts.
* FieldPromotion: Tolly gets one for disabling a Turkish machinegun nest, but is reluctant to take it as it would make him a higher rank than his brother. He doesn't get a choice in the matter anyway.
* FriendlyEnemy: After the armistice, the [=ANZACs=] and the Ottoman troops begin to respect and recognise another to the point where they start to exchange friendly gestures and compliments to one another. A friendly duel breaks out between the Turks and the Aussies as boredom sets in; in the form of waving shovels over the trenches and baiting the other side to hit them.
* ForegoneConclusion: The Battle of Gallipoli will become a tale of bitter defeat for the British Empire and their ANZAC colonial troops, with thousands of men dying for no venerable gains to show for it.
* GracefulLoser: Commander Hamilton, when he is relieved of his command over at Gallipoli. He simply packs up and thanks the GHQ staff, despite knowing that most of them stabbed him in the back. He does go off with a few jabs at them though.
* GeneralFailure: The high command at the Gallipoli campaign are portrayed as these. Commander Ian Hamilton is portrayed as a well-meaning, but flawed leader who insists he can win the battle despite the staggering losses and zero progress.
** But all of the above pales in comparison to the portrayal of one of his subordinates, [[ArmchairMilitary General Stopford]], whom appears to be more concerned with the heat and his sore leg than actually leading his troops into battle.
* GrenadeHotPotato: Cliffy apparently has some skill with throwing grenades, which comes in handy when a Turkish hand grenade drops into their trench and he manages to toss it back out in the nick of time [[NervesOfSteel without panicking]].
* HiddenDepths: Cliffy, whom despite his overtly cheerful nature and snarky disposition, he is inside a God-fearing man who manages to expresses his opinion over the concept of hell to Tolly.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many key figures of the actual battle appears in the series as side characters.
* HeroicBSOD: Many characters get this at some point.
* InterserviceRivalry: The Australian Light Horse and Infantry soldier initially have one, but as the campaign goes on, they evolve to become more like BashBrothers.
* IntrepidReporter: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, a seasoned wartime journalist who will step over all political boundaries and military censorship just to report the truth, that is the failing nature of the campaign.
* IronicEcho: "The first blow is half the battle. Don't forget that."
* JumpScare: [[spoiler:Tolly has one when he sees an apparition of the Grim Reaper in one of his nightmares.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Captain Taylor and later on, Cliffy]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Captain Taylor:]]''' "Right then! LET'S SHOW THESE TURKS -" *gets a bullet in the neck*\\
'''[[spoiler:Cliffy:]]''' "I don't care what they say. These guys are good blokes-" *BoomHeadshot*
* KubrickStare: Tolly provides one for the cover art of the series.
* LanguageBarrier: There is one for most of the Turks and British forces, save for a few Turk officers with a good grasp of the English language.
* LastStand: The New Zealand regiment at the heights is last seen fighting in hand-to-hand combat with the Turks due to lack of ammunition and reinforcments, before going out in a blaze of [[UnfriendlyFire British artillery]].
* LaughingMad: Captain Anthony falls into bitter laughter in response to the Army's Medical Services official orders regarding how to cope with flies and the spread of disease: ''home made fly-paper''.
* LoudOfWar
** In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', an Ottoman assault on the Australian trench is preceded by Turkish patriotic band music.
** In ''The Breakout'', an Ottoman regiment spends at least one night overhearing the nearby New Zealander troops yelling their traditional Haka chants over the trenches. Needless to say, they were a bit unnerved.
-->*in Turkish* '''Turkish soldier:''' What is ''that''?\\
'''Turkish Officer:''' ({{beat}})...... [[CannibalTribe Cannibals]].
* ManOnFire: Several British troops at the Suvla Bay landing gets incinerated when an ill-timed artillery strike on their sector lights up the dry bush surrounding the landing area.
* MercyKill: A Turkish officer performs one to a mortally wounded [[spoiler:Stewie]] when he is the only soldier to actually reach the Ottoman trench during the Light Horesmen's failed assault on the Nek.
* MotorMouth: Cliffy, to the annoyance of his friend Dave.
* NotSoDifferent
** In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', an armistice is called between the Turks and the [=ANZACs=] for collecting their dead, which gives the soldiers on both sides some downtime to mingle with one another. It comes as a revelation to some that their enemies are also people with families, friends and similar beliefs.
** In the same episode, Tolly meets a Turkish soldier that resembles a foreign version of himself. That actor is even titled in the credits as "Turkish Tolly" .
** In ''The Earth Abides'', Tolly is astonished when Dave tells him that both sides (i.e Christians and Muslims) technically pray to the same God, abielt in different ways.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In ''Breakout'', the [=ANZACs=] clocks were not synchronized with those of the Royal Navy which ends with the latter ending their artillery barrage too early, giving the Ottomans time to regroup and reoccupy their trenches. Despite the clear failure of the first wave, the attack goes on and on.... [[spoiler:and as a result the entire Australian Light Horse Regiment at the Nek is wiped out by machinegun fire in a pointless attack netting no gains whatsoever.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Due to his numerous attempts to get past the military censors, Gallipoli high command sends Bartlett and the rest of his journalist crew to the nearby Greek island of Imbros. Away from actually seeing the conflict and under the watchful eyes of Braithwaite. It doesn't take [[IntrepidReporter Bartlett]] much to circumvent this eventually.
* SadisticChoice: In ''The First Day'', Tolly has to choose to either help his friends, or abandon a wounded ANZAC choking on his own blood. He goes off to assist his friends, essentially dooming the poor ANZAC to a painful death.
* SergeantRock: Seargent Harry Percival, who frequently acts as a runner to his superiors, and is highly regarded by the men under him.
* ShellshockedVeteran: Most of the young [=ANZACs=] would become this by the last episode. Even the reporter Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett is one, revealing in one episode that he had covered ''six'' previous wars, hence recognising the tragedy Gallipoli was doomed to become.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: In ''My Friend, the Enemy'', a Turkish soldier with little command of English innocently asks Bevan if "Bastard" is the name of their God.[[note]] Context: Since the Turks shout "Allah, Allah!" and the Aussies shout "Bastard! Bastard!" in return during each side's attacks.[[/note]] Bevan just shrugs and agrees.
* SniperDuel: Tolly has a few duels with other Turkish snipers during his brief time as one.
* WarIsHell
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The series takes moments to remind the protagonists that their enemies are not faceless monsters, but human beings like themselves.
** In ''The Deeper Scar'', Tolly swiftly eliminates three Turkish officers and a nearby guard. [[spoiler:When he investigates to confirm his kills, he sees the body of the young Turkish soldier he befriended, still holding onto the coins Tolly gave him earlier.]]
* WeHaveReserves: During the negotiations for the conditions of a ceasefire, the Turkish Colonel disagrees with some of the terms leading Briathwraite to remind him that there are more Turkish bodies to bury than the British. The colonel replies, "Sadly General, many more (to come)."
* WorthyOpponent: The [=ANZACs=] and the Ottomans come to see one another as these eventually. During the final evacuation, many soldiers are seen leaving drinks and letters behind for their enemies.
-->'''Note under whiskey bottle:''' "FOR A GOOD TURK"
* YourCheatingHeart: Implied. [[spoiler:During flashbacks to their pre-war days, Celia, Bevan's girlfriend is seen showing intimate acts of affection towards Tolly, presumably behind Bevan's back. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey Maybe.]]]]
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->''"... Perhaps that's why after longer and more important battles are forgotten, it lingers in our imagination."''
