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World War I
Causes
Australia's Involvement
- Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force taking possession of German New Guinea: 1914
- Royal Australian Navy made a significant contribution when HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider SMS Emden: 1914
- Australian Imperial Force (AIF) landed at Gallipoli together with troops from New ZEaland, Britain, and Franxe: 1915
- Ended with evacuation of troops: 1915
- Australian forces fought campaigns on the Western Front and in the Middle East
- Australia and other allied troops advanced into Palestine and captured Gaza and Jerusalem: 1918
- The ANZAC's
Significant Battles
Some of the significant battles of Wolrd War I are;
- The battles of Verdun: 1916
- The battles of the Marne: 1914, 1918
- The battles of Ypres, Beligium: 1914, 1915, 1917
- The battle of the Somme, France: 1916
- The battle of Cambrai: 1917
- The battle of Gallipoli, Turkey
- The battle of Bullecourt, France: 1917
- The battle of the Messines, Belgium: 191
Impact At Home
Significance of ANZAC Day
landing on Gallipoli was like a sense of Australian nationhood
was born, it then became the ANZAC legend.