Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4656717-20130425074413

I hope all the Aussies and Kiwis had a (happy? solemn? comemorative?) ANZAC Day.

While I was at my local Anzac day march this morning, I had time to ponder Gallipoli and I began to wonder if it would be such an important part of the Australian national psyche/consciousness if the Allied troops had won. What is your opinion? Do you think this day (in particular) is only commemorated because it was a massive failure? And do you think that a victory at Gallipoli would have resulted in the newly-federated Australia developing a different self-image?

And on another note, if there are any Kiwis on the wiki (I don't know if there are), how do you commemorate the day on the other side of the Tasman?  