But it became a sacred site

不过在1917年 1918年以及1919年
commemorated every 22th of february 1917,1918, 1919.

每逢2月22日那里都会举行庄严的纪念活动
In other words, the war itself created a mythic set of representations of war

换句话说战争本身也创造出一系列传说
that have come up to the present.

并且一直流传至今
The Great War created myth in other ways.

此外一战也在其他方面创造着神话
Another one came from the landing in Gallipoli.

其中一个来自加利波利登陆
Gallipoli was a Turkish

加利波利是一个土耳其半岛
peninsula south of Istanbul, constantinople then.

位于伊斯坦布尔南部就是君士坦丁堡
It's about a four-hour taxi drive in lousy traffic.

交通路况很差打车需要四个小时车程
It probably took longer then.

在过去可能需要更长时间
The idea of the Allies was to knock Turkey out of the war,

当时协约国决定把土耳其踢出局
help Russia

支援俄国