Australians in WW1
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Why would the Autralians sign up for the war even though they were not as affected as European countries?
There were many reasons, including:
After being in Egypt for 4 months training, they were shipped with French, British and New Zealand soldiers to go fight the Turkish in the Gallipoli peninsula. Around 12 days before they landed the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth carried the more senior ANZAC corps to view and select the landing spots at Gallipoli. On the 25th of April 1915 the ANZAC troops landed on the Gallipoli pensinsula where they where they were meet with gunfire. The ANZACs had to travel up rocky and steep hills under constant fire to even have a chance to fight the Turks. This operation was a failure and in August they launched another attack which was another failure, leading to an evacuation that was complete on the On 20 December 1915. There was a huge amount of ANZAC deaths, 8000 in total, and many more injuries, 18,000. From here most of the foot soldiers travelled to the Western Front and the Light Horsemen went to Palastine while the injured travelled back to Australia. The war ended in November 11, 1918 with the treaty of Versailles, and with a huge number of Australian casualties and leaving Australia with the ANZAC legend.
There were many reasons, including:
- thoughts that war would be an adventure,
- the comradeship of going to war with their mates,
- the good pay, and
- proving Australia to their mother country Britain.
After being in Egypt for 4 months training, they were shipped with French, British and New Zealand soldiers to go fight the Turkish in the Gallipoli peninsula. Around 12 days before they landed the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth carried the more senior ANZAC corps to view and select the landing spots at Gallipoli. On the 25th of April 1915 the ANZAC troops landed on the Gallipoli pensinsula where they where they were meet with gunfire. The ANZACs had to travel up rocky and steep hills under constant fire to even have a chance to fight the Turks. This operation was a failure and in August they launched another attack which was another failure, leading to an evacuation that was complete on the On 20 December 1915. There was a huge amount of ANZAC deaths, 8000 in total, and many more injuries, 18,000. From here most of the foot soldiers travelled to the Western Front and the Light Horsemen went to Palastine while the injured travelled back to Australia. The war ended in November 11, 1918 with the treaty of Versailles, and with a huge number of Australian casualties and leaving Australia with the ANZAC legend.