Was Anzac Cove the wrong spot?
The debate about this question goes on today amongst historians. Different books give various points of view. They debate whether the landings at Anzac Cove were unintended and a mistake of landing boat navigation or whether they were the result of a late change of plans kept secret? ‘Wrong spot’ can mean ‘the most inappropriate and unsuitable spot’ or it can mean the ‘the unintended or misplaced spot’. As to being the most unsuitable, tackling the steep and rough climb from Anzac Cove in the dark was a most difficult task. In the end, though, the landing itself at Anzac Cove, as difficult and confused as it was, was achieved. Moreover, given the strength of the defences of Brighton Beach, the original intended landing beach a little further south, it was either providential or a result of good sense. As to Anzac Cove being the ‘unintended spot’, we cannot be sure that there was no late change to move the landing there. No full record, original documents or official account associated
