What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 31, 2026

Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Australian and New Zealand Army Corps 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Sandbrook challenges the Anzac myth, noting a quarter of the Australian Imperial Force was British-born and many were city dwellers.
“a quarter of the Australian imperial force had actually been born in Britain”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 45:11
Sandbrook tentatively suggests the term 'diggers' for Anzac troops derives from Hamilton's order to dig in, while admitting uncertainty.
“I think it is, actually. Yeah, this is my assumption, I guess, although I'm not certain”
The Rest Is History: 675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:05

675. The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5)
The Rest Is History · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount the origins of the Gallipoli campaign, Churchill's Dardanelles scheme, and the bloody Allied landings of 25 April 1915.