WW1: GALLOPOLI CAMPAIGN

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Introduction WW1

World war 1 was a worldwide global conflict that occurred between July 18, 1914, to 11 November 1918. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated which acted as a catalyst for the start of the war which provoked Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia a month later July 28, 1914, starting World War 1.

Main Reasons

Archduke wasn’t the only cause for World War 1, the war had many long-term causes, such as increasing imperial tensions for new territory and possessions. The naval arms race occurring from 1906 to 1914 lead to high tension between Germany and Britain, during this time there was also some competition in economics between them as well. Britain and Germany didn’t want each other overpowering them, so they went to war attempting to stop each other’s military power or economics from strengthening.

Nationalism played a big part in both the war and getting soldiers to enl Nationalism is when someone proud of their country and sup its interests but goes against o nations interests. Australian So enlisted because they were pr country and didn’t want it take them by another nation. Natio used in propaganda to get Aus soldiers to enlist in the war.

Timeline and more main reasons WWI

. Imperialism is the act of colonising a country and gaining power using military force or other means, since many colonies were being taken over with the use of coercion, imperial tensions were rising because the colonial nations had been taken advantage of by the mother countries. During WW1 there were two main alliances that were formed before the war, the triple Alliance, and the triple Entente. The triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, and the triple Entente was made up of Russia, France, and Britain. Having alliances causes tensions between alliances from an early stage, and as imperial tensions grew so did tensions between nations.

Timline for the history of WW1

Australia's Involvement in WWI

Australia joined the war after Britain declared war on August 4, 1914, and asking all the commonwealth countries for backup and to send soldiers.. During WW1, Australia served in over 30 battles but mainly served in Gallipoli, the western front, and the middle east. 416, 809 Australian soldiers had enlisted, but because of the war, over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 were wounded or taken prisoner.

Gallopoli Peninisula Campaign

During World War One, (WWI) the British wanted to control the Gallipoli peninsula with the point being to control the Dardanelles. During the campaign, the conditions were horrible, soldiers would get trench foot and dysentery due to the muddy trenches, cold conditions and insufficient diet. The Gallipoli campaign lasted from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916, but the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) started the fight on 25 April 1915. After 8 long months, the campaign proved unsuccessful and had to evacuate the surviving units.

. During the Gallipoli campaign, the British and ANZAC lost a lot of soldiers setting them back a little bit in the war due to the lack of soldiers. Since so many people died, it influenced enlistment numbers as they had significantly dropped after 1915, affecting how many soldiers were in the army. The Gallipoli campaign had very little effect on the overall outcome of the war despite all the casualties, but it still holds significance for the ANZAC’s and turkey since its first major military action fought by the ANZAC’s.

Find more about the gallopoli peninsula campaign here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli campaign

Albert Jacka

. Albert Jacka was the first to receive Australia’s Victoria cross of the first world war, He was rewarded this because he had taken advantage of a diversion made by bomb throwers and jumping into a trench killing seven Turkish soldiers retaking the trench, awarding him the Victoria cross. . During Albert Jacka’s time as military personnel, he sustained multiple injuries, once when he killed the seven Turkish soldiers, he was seriously injured in the neck and solider. On 15th March 1917, Albert Jacka was promoted to captain just before getting shot by a sniper’s bullet on 8th July. He went back to war after serving and was then badly gassed during a bombardment which he was demobilized afterwards. Because of albert Jacka’s acts of bravery, he was used in enlistment propaganda during the war.

Map of the Gallopoli Peninsula Campaign

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_c ampaign#/media/File:Map_of_Turkish_f orces _ at _Gallipoli_April_1915.png

Bibliography

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