Gallipoli Dbq

During World War 1, more than sixty-five million men from thirty different countries fought. The Gallipoli campaign overshadows the Western Front campaign when considering Australia’s involvement in and commemoration of World War 1. A commemoration is remembering those who have passed away. The Western Front went from 1914 to 1918 and was situated from north-east France to Belgium. Many casualties were lost on the Western Front, the conditions were challenging, and Australia was involved in many of the battles. The many lives that were lost on the Western front was caused by both being shot and from sickness.

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On the Western Front, the death toll was high, and sickness was common. Many people may say that Gallipoli is more important than the Western Front because of the amount of lives lost, however, more casualties died within first 6 weeks of fighting on the Western Front than the eight months of the Gallipoli. While

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Topic Sentence: There were many individual battles on the Western Front and Australia fought in 29 of the 33 battles.

Argument 1: The battle of Messines was a very dangerous tactic. Many troops, including Australian, dug tunnels under the Germans and put many explosives into those tunnels. The digging of these tunnels took years however it was the exhausting effort was worth it since on the 7th of June 1917, the explosives were lite, and many Germans were killed. The explosion made was the biggest in history. By winning the ground that the Germans had once held, the Allies had been able to launch a bigger attack at Ypres. The battle was also significant because it was the first battle that had more deaths on the enemy’s side than it took to win the ground. The Australian’s bravery in this battle show why the troops that fought on the Western front are just as important as the troops at