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Jackhr

11-01-22 01:41 AM

Unknown map any ideas ??

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Hi all
have this map which was picked up by an Australian soldier during WW1 , can any one say where this is ?? As i cant work it out .

Thanks

magpie

11-01-22 02:45 AM

Picture seems very blurred on my phone, it could be gallipoli but the southern part of the straights isn't there on the map and you've cropped off the bottom.

Jackhr

11-01-22 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by magpie (Post 569770)

Picture seems very blurred on my phone, it could be gallipoli but the southern part of the straights isn't there on the map and you've cropped off the bottom.

Any better ?

Tinto

11-01-22 07:21 AM

Hi Jack,
I think the map covers the area north of the Gallipoli Peninsula, just a small bit of the northern end of the peninsula showing.
Cheers,
John

mike_vee

11-01-22 07:42 AM

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Map looks similar to this one issued in 1912 by the Ottoman War Ministry :

WWI Gallipoli Campaign / Anzac Cove-Ari Burnu-Suvla Bay

https://pahor.de/product/wwi-gallipo...e-dardanelles/

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Jackhr

11-01-22 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tinto (Post 569774)

Hi Jack,
I think the map covers the area north of the Gallipoli Peninsula, just a small bit of the northern end of the peninsula showing.
Cheers,
John

Thanks

mike_vee

11-01-22 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackhr (Post 569777)

So mainland Turkey with the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula showing .

Looks to be part of a series of maps , the one I posted being a 'close up' of the lower part of yours.

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dumdum

11-01-22 09:47 AM

Isn't there a story about the Allies having very few up to date maps of the Peninsula when they landed or is this just another "myth"?

I once owned a canvas backed map with heaps of pin holes in it, bits of old cellotape and a piece of paper glued over the bay with "Anzac Cove" written on it..

Why do we part with these things?

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