COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS GALLIPOLI
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1
The causes of world war 1 were Militarism, Alliances , Nationalism and Imperialism.They explanations and impact on the war as follows:
Militarism the policy of building or creating a large military ,their goal was to have more and better weapons than everyone else. By 1914 Britain only had a small army. Britain relied on its navy to protect itself and its empire. In 1888 Germany expanded its army meaning that Britain had to follow in order to keep a larger army than Germany
Alliances this is an agreement between two or more countries to help each other and defend each other. At the end of Franco-Prussian war Germany became suspicious of France so it created an alliance with AustrIa -Hungarian and Italy (the triple alliance).France also created an alliance with Russia and Great Britain (the triple entente)
imperialism this is when a country tries to extend its power and influence over other countries, through diplomacy or military force. In 1884 Germany sought to extend its empire outside Europe. Prior Germany focused on forming alliances within Europe to isolate France.
Nationalism extreme nationalism is to believe that you've more than other countries and are willing to defend your country. The Catalyst Archduke Franz and Ferdinand of Austria -Hungary. He was the spark which causes the war (after he was shot).
volunters
the soldiers across Europe were so excited about the war because they were told that they will go and see different places around the world which they did not
Role of women in world war 1
women were not involved as fighting personnel during the war. However ,they served as members of the Australian Army Service dealing with injuries and immense suffer in the field. The first draft of nursing sisters left Australia in September 1914.In total 2 139 served overseas , 423 served in Australia ,25 died and 388 were decorated for their service
where they fought
Trench Warfare
The ANZACs joined a war that had been going since 1914 ,the Germans on the one side and French ,Belgium and British troops on the other had fought a kind of warfare known as trench warfare.Trench warfare had resulted in a stalemate.
Battle Of The Somme
the Battle of the somme ,from July to November 1916 was aimed at breaking the stalemate. The plan was to launch a major attack on German lines in Somme River Valley . The aim was to cut the Germans off and demoralise them, however when soldiers advanced they were met with heavy German gun fire . the Germans killed over 20,000 soldiers.
Passchendaele in Belgium
From mid to late 1917 fighting took place around the Belgium town of Ypres known as Battle of Passchendaele.The battle was aimed at breaking through German lines to the North Sea ports were German U-boats were docked.Germans had the advantage of higher ground.Over 14 weeks Allied troops made 10 attempts to breakthrough to Passchendaele.they were 38,000 Australian casualties.
Bullecourt
In April 1917 the Australians were sent agaist the German lines near Bullecourt.Tanks were supposed to spearhead the attack,however they broke down .in this battle 80% of the attacking force was lost, including over thousand taken for imprisonment.
The significance of ANZAC Day for Australians
goes beyond the anniversary of landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the which we remember Australians who served and died on all wars , conflicts and peacekeeping operations.The spirit of the ANZAC , with its human qualities of courage of our sense of humour and national identity
MEMORIAL
In the aftermath of the battle of Pozieres in 1916, the Australians off war Charles Bean began to develop plans for national memories to commemorate the sacrifice made by his fellow Australians . He felt it was important for such a memory to be included an extensive military collection , in order to help Australians at home understand the war time experience : It had always been in the mind of many Australian soldiers to record a relics of their fighting would be preserved in some institutions in Australia and to several of us it had seemed that a museum housing these would form the most natural interesting and inspirational memories
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Is a memorial day observed in all commonwealth and national states since the end of world war 1 to remember the members of their armed forces who had died in the line of duty. The specifically designated by King George V on 7 November 1919