While veterans of the two world wars dominated Anzac Day services and marches for decades, their descendants and unrelated younger generations have taken their place, defying an expectation that the tradition might die with the veterans. The 1,080 killed from 14 nations included 979 Australians, which was Australia’s largest wartime loss of life at sea. With Japanese supply lines stretched, Japan decided to isolate rather than invade Australia.ĭeep-sea explorers announced Saturday they had found the wreck of the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru that was transporting Allied prisoners of war from Rabaul in the then-Australian territory of New Guinea to China when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942. Over the weekend, Australians were given a tragic reminder of when Japan’s land forces reached what is now Australia’s nearest neighbor, Papua New Guinea, during World War II. It described China’s military buildup as the largest and most ambitious of any country since the end of World War II. The report recommended more Australian defense spending and a rapid embrace of missile technology to strike targets at longer ranges. His government chose the eve of Anzac Day to release a review of the nation’s defense force that warned with China’s growing military strength and assertiveness, Australia’s geographic isolation did not provide the protection from global conflict that it once did. “Gallipoli is just one battle in our history, but in all its stories of valor and resilience, in its simple truth of Australians looking out for each other no matter how bad things got, it has come to stand for something so much bigger in our collective heart,” Albanese said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke to more than 30,000 people who gathered at the Australian War Memorial in the national capital Canberra for the first Anzac Day since his government was elected almost a year ago. The Ed Sullivan Theatre - in New York, where the Beatles performed and all of America watched.CANBERRA, Australia - Hundreds of thousands of Australians gathered at dawn services and veterans’ street marches across the nation on Tuesday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day as recent events focused minds on the cost of war and the new threat of China’s rapid military buildup.Īustralia and New Zealand commemorate Anzac Day every April 25 - the date in 1915 when the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the beaches of Gallipoli, in northwest Turkey, in an ill-fated campaign that was the soldiers’ first combat of World War I. St Peter's Church - where John and Paul first met, and Eleanor Rigby is buriedĪbbey Road Studios - including the famous crossing (which has moved since the 1960s, move the view around to find it!)Īpple Corps - in Savile Row, where the Beatles performed on the roof. Penny Lane - the Liverpool street immortalised in a song Whitechapel - the former location of Brian Epstein's record shop Mathew Street - home of The Cavern, John Lennon's Statue and the Grapes pub, as well as The Beatles Shop. Paul's home is now owned by the National Trust and open for visits. John's home is now owned by the National Trust and open for visits. John, Paul, George and Ringo were all born and brought up around Liverpool, and here are their childhood homes. What's more, if you click through to see the map on Google, you can add your own Beatles locations - places of significance that show your love of the Fab Four.Īnd on the following pages we have also broken out some of the locations using Google Street View - including their childhood homes, Abbey Road and American Beatles landmarks - so you see what they look like now. We're gathered together the definitive Beatles locations from Liverpool and beyond - take a look.Īll you have to do is zoom in to whatever mark you are interested in. and now you can see just where those places are with our new Beatles location map. THERE are places I remember sang John Lennon.
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