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ANSAC'S formed
The ANZAC's are formed (Australian, New Zealand Army Corps) -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archuke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria- Hungary's throne, and his wife Sophie, are assassinated by serbian nationalist gavrilo princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on serbia
One month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
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World War One
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War Preperations
Australia prepares to join war. -
War Declared
Germany declares war on Russia. -
Allies standing together
Allies stand together as Britain declares war on Germany and joins France and Russia in battle. -
Battle of Tennenberg
German army, led by Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg achieves its greatest victory of the war on the Eastern front against Russia at the Battle of Tennenberg. -
Start of the Gallipoli Campaign
This is the day when the Gallipoli Campaign started. Australians entered the Great War welcoming conflict as a test of their bravery and nation. Even though Australia was a self-governing country, it was still a dominion of the British Empire and had to follow orders from Britain. So when Britain declared war on Germany Australia automatically became involved, as well as all the other countries that were part of the British Empire. -
Reason for The Gallipoli Campaign and End Results
The reason for the Gallipoli Campaign was for the British to be able to capture the Ottoman Empire Capital and also they wanted to secure their trading route with Russia. Then with the secure trading route with Russia, British forces would be able to supply Russia with resources and reinforcements. -
End Results of The Gallipoli Campaign
The campaign was a failure, but ANZAC troops were battle tested and of course the Anzac legend that is part of Australian and New Zealand culture was made. It was an event that consisted of a historical loss of life and a Campaign that did not achieve anything for the allied nations. -
Condition at Gallipoli
The conditions at Gallipoli were included very unhygienic, bad sanitation, in the summer the heat was very bad and corpses left out in the open were very disgusting and were a place where flies thrived. -
Effect on Australia and Other Countries
Before Australia went to war many people were excited to go and they were determined to go so the could prove their bravery but after realising that so many people were dying and that there was nothing we could do about it, everyone thought that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go in the first place. More than 8000 Australian Casualties died and the whole Gallipoli operation cost more than $26000. -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of fighting where both sides build deep trenches as a defense against the enemy. These trenches can stretch for many miles. Soldiers generally rotated through three stages of the front. They would spend some time in the front line trenches, some time in the support trenches, and some time resting. The British said it took 450 men 6 hours to build about 250 meters of a trench system. The trenches were not nice, clean places. There were pests living in them such as rats. -
Charge at the Nek
Dismounted Australian light horsemen charged the Turkish trenches at the Nek in what was a callous and ultimately futile charge against machine-gun and rifle fire. The attack failed, with 234 of the 8th and 10th Light Horse regiments killed and some 140 wounded -
New British commander
Sir Douglas Haig becomes commander of British Expeditionary Force. -
Withdrawal of troops.
Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli. -
End of the Gallipoli Campaign
This was the day when the Gallipoli Campaign ended. -
The Battle of Verdun
The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is fought to a draw with an estimated one million casualties. -
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme results in an estimated one million casualties and no breakthrough for the Allies. British introduce the tank, an effective weapon but far to few to make much of a difference. -
USA enter the war
America enters the war -
Third Battle of Ypres
Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele,results in minor gains, but still no breakthrough in the Western front at the cost of 700,000 casualties for both sides. -
Stopped by American forces
Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris are stopped by American forces at Chateau-Thierry -
Australian victory at Le Hamel
With the support of American forces, General Monash launched a spirited and victorious attack which for the first time combined infantery, artillery and tanks, a fore-runner of modern war tactics -
Turkish defeated
Allies including Australia defeat the Turkish in the battle of the Megiddo -
End of World War 1
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Celebrating the end
At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.
