The most heroic place of your country

I think it is Gelibolu Peninsula in Canakkale where we fought against British, French and Australian armies and navies.  The area is big. At the south of the straits and peninsula there is the famous city of Troia which is also a symbol of heroism against invading Greek army. 

Here is Kilitbahir.

Naval museum

One of the Turkish cemeteries

Turkish artillary

View of Sulva Bay from Conkbayiri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anzac Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anzac day in Gellipoli

Ataturk in the war of Gallipoli

Old enemies, good friends - Veteran Turkish and Anzac soldiers and their childs

The legendary city of Troia in Canakkale

City walls in Troia which may have witnessed the heroism which has talked in Homer's legends.

I think that in Portugal, one of the most heroic places, so to speak, would have to be the city of Porto. It is called the Invicta (unconquered, unbeaten) because it was never conquered by the invading armies of Napoleon.

Yes, we know that. There's actually a thread on that in the Islamic World forum. You just didn't need to quote Alparsan's entire post for the matter being.

Originally posted by Infidel Yes, we know that. There's actually a thread on that in the Islamic World forum. You just didn't need to quote Alparsan's entire post for the matter being.

I know I didn't have to, I just wasn't thinking.

No intent to be rude or anything, Feramez. Just wanted to point out that sometimes one quotes a great deal more than is necessary and it becomes slower and harder to scroll down through the topics for the rest.

Most heroic places for Mongols?  Too many sites all over Eurasia and many are known.

For relatively unknown sites, I would say, the city of Hiagt, where we kicked the stuffing outta the 10000 Chinese soldiers with 500 Mongolian troops at 1921. (The Chinese were defending it but we stormed in and through some struggle, chased them away)   Mongolia was occupied by the Chinese then and the Chinese commander at Mongolian theater was Xu Shu Zhang or "little Xu". 

Also, at Khalkhiin Gol, Russian and Mongolian forces soundly defeated an entire army of Emperial Japan(The Kwantung Army of the Manchurian theater), from 1936-1941.  We chased them all the way to manchuria, liberating northern Chinese cities along the way.  Marshall Zhukov became our hero then and there.


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This is by far the most heroic place in my country. The castle with no more then a few thousand soldiers withstood three massive sieges from the Ottoman Empire, two of them involved the all famous Mehmed "The Conquerer" who in his second try completely strangled the place from all sides, cut off any possible supply route and completely drowned it in men. In the end, thanks to the genius of our national hero Skanderbeg, Mehmed had to give up and went home. Before that the castle was also sieged by Sultan Murad II who also had a massive force with him. The garrison was only about 2,000 and the castle did not fall. The fourth time however was a charm , except Mehmed did not capture it by force. It was starved out.

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In April, a landing on the Gallipoli Penninsula attempted to secure the shores and silence the Turkish guns. Trouble brewed from the beginning. Amphibious operations were a new and unperfected form of warfare leading to poor communications, troop deployment and supply. The Turks entrenched themselves on the high ground pouring artillery and machine gun fire down upon the hapless Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French and British troops below. The battleground soon resembled that of the Western Front - both sides peering at each other from fortified trenches, forced to spill their precious blood in futile frontal attacks on well defended positions. The stalemate continued through the fall of 1915 until British forces withdrew at the end of the year.

Casualties were high - approximately 252,000 or 52% for the British/French while the Ottoman Turks suffered about 300,000 casualties or a rate of 60%. The failed campaign gained little and badly tarnished both Churchill's and Kitchener's reputations. ###

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gallipoli.htm

So , is this the most "heroic" monument of Turkey ??

A poorly conceived , poorly executed amphibian expedition of the Allied Forces in WW 1 , which stoped in front of the deep trenches the Turks have dug ??? And it is considered "heroic" just because the Turks didn't lose ....

Just imagine the scene , when the allied forces seeing no gain for them fighting there and having casualties without any substancial gain , decided to withdraw ..... Turks jumping all over shouting " we won...we on.." we got them bored so much that they r leaving....Because that is exactly what they did . They didnt attact to drive the allied forces to the sea , they just stood there , deep in the trenches , waiting for the allies to leave...

This comes not as a surprise....Turks have conquered the land which now is Turkey , so all heroic places there , are probably heroic  for those who defended them against the invading Turks.

Isk.

In Scotland i would say Bannockburn.  In the battle of Bannockburn the mighty English army with 40,000 well trained men were up against 13,000 Scots including women and children.
The English were heavily armed, had included 2,500 heavy cavalry, 500 light cavalry and 2000 Welsh bowmen.  Following the army there was a huge train carrying weapons and equipment as well as huge supplies of food.
The Scots by contrast were starved and were outnumbered 3 to 1, their resources were exhausted after 18 years of war and were therefore lightly armed.
Robert the Bruce led the Scots in battle( he was not a traitor like he was potrayed in the film Braveheart).
The battle and the war in general showed that even a world superpower  can be defeated by a small number of determined freedom fighters, that the might of superior weapons is no match for those who truly want to be free from foreign hegemony.

Originally posted by iskenderani ### In April, a landing on the Gallipoli Penninsula attempted to secure the shores and silence the Turkish guns. Trouble brewed from the beginning. Amphibious operations were a new and unperfected form of warfare leading to poor communications, troop deployment and supply. The Turks entrenched themselves on the high ground pouring artillery and machine gun fire down upon the hapless Australian, New Zealand, Irish, French and British troops below. The battleground soon resembled that of the Western Front - both sides peering at each other from fortified trenches, forced to spill their precious blood in futile frontal attacks on well defended positions. The stalemate continued through the fall of 1915 until British forces withdrew at the end of the year. Casualties were high - approximately 252,000 or 52% for the British/French while the Ottoman Turks suffered about 300,000 casualties or a rate of 60%. The failed campaign gained little and badly tarnished both Churchill's and Kitchener's reputations. ### http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gallipoli.htm So , is this the most "heroic" monument of Turkey ?? A poorly conceived , poorly executed amphibian expedition of the Allied Forces in WW 1 , which stoped in front of the deep trenches the Turks have dug ??? And it is considered "heroic" just because the Turks didn't lose .... Just imagine the scene , when the allied forces seeing no gain for them fighting there and having casualties without any substancial gain , decided to withdraw ..... Turks jumping all over shouting " we won...we on.." we got them bored so much that they r leaving....Because that is exactly what they did . They didnt attact to drive the allied forces to the sea , they just stood there , deep in the trenches , waiting for the allies to leave... This comes not as a surprise....Turks have conquered the land which now is Turkey , so all heroic places there , are probably heroic  for those who defended them against the invading Turks. Isk.

Do you know what was heroic about that place?Do you know how our soldiers fought to death?There was only one order given by Kemal"i command you to die"