How Did Australia Cause Ww1

WORLD WAR 1

World War One was a war fought primarily in Europe where millions of people died. While the events of Gallipoli should continue to be commemorated, there needs to be more focus on the significant events of Australia’s involvement on the Western Front. starter the causes of World War One and why Australia became involved, why Australians enlisted, where they fought and the experiences of soldiers on different campaigns. stater the commemoration of World War One today and the effect on the Australian public. World War One occurred due to rising conflicts between nations, and Australia became involved due to its ties to Britain. World War One occurred in a time of high tension. For decades tensions had been rising between the superpowers

Australian soldiers fought in different places in the world. Australian soldiers first battle of world war one was a small battle to capture German Guinea in late 1914. In 1915 the Australian army joined the fight on the western front but this was only a small proportion of the AIF. The rest of the AIF joined the the New Zealand at gallipoli to make a push for the turkish capital of constantinople, this campaign would become the ANZAC’s most famous battle. In the start of 1917 the gallipoli campaign was a failure and almost all AIF divisions were moved to the western front they served out the rest of the war. Some divisions of the light horse were moved to egypt to continue to attack the turks in the middle east. The soldiers had different experiences on these campaigns. On the western the conditions were horrible, the roads going away from the front line were always lined with injured soldiers that were missing legs, arms or still screaming in pain. The mud in france was so bad that in winter men and horses drowned in the mud. The soldiers had to clamber over bodies just to move around the trench. Bodies weren’t being buried fast enough a soldier from the Somme diary says “he was badly wounded Saturday night and died early on Sunday morning.” It then goes on to state that “He and his colleagues were rescued, but spent three days without food.”(The Guardian,

The ANZAC soldiers left behind the ANZAC legend a legend of courage humour. The war effected Australia not just with the loss of its sons but also Australia’s economy which took a large hit when almost all fit young men went to war which left job shortages all around australia. In late 1916 the number of men enlisting to fight was decreasing so Australian government was forced into having not one but two referendums on conscription both of which failed. After the war Australia went into large sums of debt as they were paying a returned soldiers pension and the widows of men killed got a pension to as men were the moneymakers of the household at this time. The positive effect of the war for Australia was that they were finally recognised on a world stage as a force to reckoned with due to the supreme sacrifice the Diggers made. The Australian public now commemorate the sacrifice made for them by having ANZAC day every year. Today we commemorate the sacrifice by tending to their graves on foreign shores there are prayers said and wreaths laid on ANZAC day when we remember their sacrifice. There are walks across ANZAC cove with memorial scattered throughout. Though we commemorate Gallipoli more than the western front this is unjust to the 10’s of thousands of men who died on the western front as some of Australia’s most respected battles were fought on the western front