Daily Polandball: WWI Chronicles: ANZAC

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 04/24/2014 at 13:30 • Filed to: Polandball

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Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 04/24/2014 at 13:33

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i don't understand those australian were talking about, but it's still funny!

ncasolowork2 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 04/24/2014 at 13:34

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I find these are funnier when they're put in context. Can anyone help put this one in context?

For Sweden > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 04/24/2014 at 13:35

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Ottoman is worst Turk

Babz > ncasolowork2 04/24/2014 at 13:39

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I suppose this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli…

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > ncasolowork2 04/24/2014 at 13:47

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This is what the OP said he context was

"Union Jacks, man. Fuck 'em.

This is part V of my onging WWI series, where I take one of history's greatest tragedy and turn it into a comic about balls. Part IV can be found here [1] .

The context for this comic is the Gallipoli Campaign, a British attempt to establish a foothold near the very heart of the Ottoman Empire, conquer Istanbul and take out the Ottomans, ensuring British dominance over the eastern Mediterranean and relieving Russia's Black Sea ports. The campaign itself was a disaster that ended with around 250,000 men dead on each side and tarnished the reputation of the man who suggested it, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill.

However, many of the British soldiers who gave their lives during the campaign were actually members of ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Cunts), and the whole thing turned into a defining moment in Australian and New Zealand historiography. It is seen as a sort of defining moment for those young dominians, a "bleeding" that helped them forge their own unique identities and earn their place in the world as more than just British colonies. To this day, ANZAC day, on the 25th of April, is one of the most important days of the year for our Antipodean friends."

Brian, The Life of > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 04/24/2014 at 13:50

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I really want to know what Indiaball is saying here.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Brian, The Life of 04/24/2014 at 13:57

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Yeah same here. That being said its almost funnier that all your can read is "sleep now"

Roberto G. > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 04/24/2014 at 16:02

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Army Cunts??

thisisamazonman > Roberto G. 04/25/2014 at 10:43

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It is actually Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. That was the name of the Aussie/Kiwi military force that was decimated at Gallipoli.

However, military forces being what they are, lots of soldiers call them "cunts" instead.

It's unclear who started that, but from what I know it seems Aussie and Kiwi soldiers, in years after Gallipoli, were the ones who adopted the moniker. Sort of like how Marines call themselves "Jarheads," sort of. It spread like wildfire then.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 09/13/2015 at 06:53

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and always will be!