The Battlefield of Gallipoli, Turkey

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The battle for the Gallipoli peninsula involved about a million men on both sides. Half a million Turks fighting half a million mostly British Commonwealth soldiers. The battle of Gallipoli lasted about eight months; about half a million men on both sides were killed or wounded. So now there are Australians, New Zealanders, British, and Turks buried all over the peninsula.

Under Ben Bulben: W. B. Yeats’ Grave

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Famous Ben Bulben mountain can be seen from the gravestone of the Irish poet W. B. Yeats, author of the poem “Under Ben Bulben,” which features his burial instructions. “Horseman, pass by.”

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