Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front.

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Corps - Australia - New Zealand - World War I - Gallipoli - Middle East - Western Front

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Within Australasia the Anzacs came to stand not just for the troops in World War I, but for Australian and New Zealand soldiers in time of war more generally. ANZAC Day is annually observed in memory of those soldiers who died in war. It is commemorated each year by both countries on April 25, the date of the first landing at Gallipoli in 1915 on a beach which was subsequently to become known as Anzac Cove. (It is similar to days such as Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Rememberance Day or V-E Day commemorated in other countries.)

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Australasia - ANZAC Day - April 25 - 1915 - Veterans Day - Armistice Day - Rememberance Day - V-E Day

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