Not only Poles study Gallipoli

We all remember the materials sent last year from Turkey by Piotr Wytykowski and Roman Zajder. The organisers and participants of the 1st Polish Expedition to Gallipoli collected excellent information, which significantly raised the level of knowledge and historical material we now have about the battles fought on the peninsula. This year, both men are planning to return to Turkey, but as it turns out, there are more people interested in the subject.

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This time, the facts about the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place here during World War I, are being researched by scientists from Australia. This should not surprise anyone, after all, during the famous battle, Australian soldiers supported the English in the fight against the Turks, and to this day in their country are treated as heroes. Many of them died in the ill-fated campaign, and today their descendants want to establish the details of what took place during the battles fought here.

Researchers focused their attention on the wreck of the destroyer HMS Louis and a barge found alongside it, used to transport wounded soldiers from the beachhead on land to a hospital ship. It is worth recalling at this point that the British forces suffered a devastating defeat against the forces of the Ottoman Empire, fighting on the side of Germany. The disregard for the enemy and the disastrous tactics adopted by the British took a bloody toll of soldiers fighting both on land and in the waters surrounding Gallipoli.

So far, most of the research has been carried out using sonar and based on information provided by local fishermen. Now comes the moment when the second phase of work will begin, where the collected material will be enriched with information provided by divers. So far, the project’s biggest success has been the identification of the above-mentioned wreck of the destroyer HMS Louis.

However, that is not all. The collected information and materials that were sent to Sydney are now being analysed and it is likely that soon we will see the identification of several more ships sunk off the Turkish coast. All the results of this work will be included in a report which the scientists will submit to the Turkish and Australian governments.

In Poland, too, we can slowly set our sights on further revelations from there. The group that conducted research there last year intends to return and continue their project. Of course, the results of their dives will be published on our website on an ongoing basis.

Source: xray-mag.com