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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 2837548" data-attributes="member: 1325">I agree the author wasn't downplaying the importance of the campaign in the war at general, but the recognition factor in a section on recognition points in the book. But surely the general populace of the prime antagonists are surely the ones to whom the recognition points should be applied, not the population of the world at large?!? Speak to any Turk, Kiwi, Aussie, or Pom, about whether they are aware of Gallipoli.Otherwise there are really extremely few historical battles a character could participate in that would be truly recognised world-wide....Stalingrad, the battle of Britain, The Gulf Wars (but no single encounter would earn recognition points by this standard), D-Day, and Custer's last stand, .... But would the world at large recognise the battles of Midway, Coral Sea, Gettysburg, Burma,    Leningrad, Moscow, Ypres, Mons, Crete, North Atlantic, Poltava, and a myriad of battles, which in their time were significant and well known in the consciousness of the people waging these wars?And while most aussies may not know exactly what occured at Gettysburg, I'm sure a large number would be able to pinpoint it to an important battle in the American Civil War. (Hollywood)And I for one are glad we were all on the same side too. Without which history would have taken a turn for the worse, IMNSHO.</blockquote>