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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DanMcS" data-source="post: 2837817" data-attributes="member: 6530">No, you're just wrong.  It's not comparing Gallipoli to Gettysburg, or even the western front to Gettysburg.  It's comparing Gettysburg to Pea Ridge, and WWI trench warfare to Gallipoli.  It's entirely about proportion and history.  In the sphere of the American Civil War, Gettysburg is vastly more recognizable than Pea Ridge (which I would have to look up to know anything about, and a fair amount of my high school education referenced the Civil War).  Americans were the ones involved in that war, and among them, Gettysburg would stand out.In the history of WWI, the western front is vastly more recognizable than Gallipoli.  More than just Australians and New Zealanders were involved in WWI, so among all the nations involved in WWI, Gallipoli would not be as recognizable.You're making a mountain out of a molehill.  No one is denigrated by that passage.  It's a comparative example.</blockquote>