100 Years Of Anzac War Legend

• published: 20 Apr 2015
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Anzac to Afghanistan: How Australia's WW1 Anzac legend has overshadowed the cost of war in Afghanisatan In Their Sights - On the ground in Afghanistan with Australian boots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7gYQrmRH3M WW1 Anniversary - postcards from the frontline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSl9guwcCEs For more of Journeyman's top stories this week: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGSlkijht5gyYNkhTOmpP-3AKawhjkdv Subscribe to Journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures for downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=68528&bid;=2 The legend of the Anzacs bravery in Gallipoli has been celebrated by Australians for 100 years. But has their inspiring story of war masked a different reality for today's Aussie soldiers serving in Afghanistan? "I think it's hard-wired into most Australians that when we think about war, we think about boats turning up on a shore... we think about charging up a hill to kill an enemy", Australian veteran James Brown notes. Yet the legacy of the unsuccessful takeover of Gallipoli peninsula in 1915 seems to overshadow more recent conflicts, and few Australians would know exactly what troops have been doing in Afghanistan in the past 14 years. "If you were to put the Afghan battlefield and the Anzac battlefield side by side, you couldn't really get two more different situations", explains Brown. Here, soldiers talk about why they joined the army and went into combat zones, and what they took from their time at war. Candid reflections reveal a complex puzzle of similarities and differences in technology, medical treatment on the battlefield, and attitudes to war. As one Anzac veteran says: "I was 100% keen like all were in those days. There was more patriotism in those days than there is now". The challenges facing modern soldiers differ but some aspects of the soldier experience never vary, and the belief in the power of luck remains strong. ABC Australia - Ref 6435 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.