A national holiday in Australia and New Zealand, Anzac Day takes its name from the initial letters of “Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.” It commemorates the landing of the Anzac troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula in European Turkey on April 25, 1915, during World War I. Like Memorial Day in the US, this day is celebrated with veterans’ parades and church services. Observed as a holiday since 1920, Anzac Day now honors those who have died in both world wars as well as in Korea and Vietnam. Discuss
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