The Principles Of World War One
World War one was a worldwide that was centered in Europe. The war began on the 28th of July 1914; this was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was a royal prince of Hungary and an archduke of Austria-Este. The war subsided over four years later on the 11th of November 1918. The war was fought by two conflicting alliances, these were the Triple Entente and this included the French republic, the British Empire and the Russian Empire (Italy later joined in 1915 after leaving the Central Powers) The other side of the war was fought by the Central Powers, this side was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) and Bulgaria. Australia was brought into the war via being a part of the British Empire; Australia played its part in the war by sending troops to fight in Gallipoli, the Western front and the Middle East.
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In order for a war to be just it needs to follow the principles of a ‘just’ war.
From the point of view of the Australian military, world war one would not apply to these principles. These principles state the following; “a just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified”, “a just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. For example; self-defence.” “A just war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success”, “The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace”, “The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatant”. These do not fit to the motives of World War
one.
Gallipoli was a campaign involving ANZACs (Australian New Zealand Alliance Corps) where they attacked the Ottoman Empire with the intent to set up a trading route to their allies Russia. Gallipoli, according to the principles of a just war, was not a just war on the side of the Triple Entente (which includes the ANZACs who fought in the Gallipoli campaign). This is due to the fact that they were attacking, not defending their country, without a reasonable chance of success and without the established goal in seeking peace. First of all the Gallipoli campaign was an attack on the Ottoman Empire with no first attack meaning it was not in defence, it was also with the goal of setting up a route for trade to Russia not to establish peace between the two therefore not applying to two of the just war principles. Secondly, the Gallipoli campaign was a loosing battle with no chance of success from the start of the campaign, meaning it does not fit the principle: “a just war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success”.
While World war one was in progress, back in Australia there were mixed feelings about the war. Majority of the people were encouraging the war and seeing it as a great opportunity to go out see the world and do their part for the British Empire of which they felt obliged since Australia was still a new federation under the British empires influence. Though apart from all of the hype of WWI there were a few groups who stood against WWI and were encouraging peace instead. One of these groups was the Women’s Peace Army, which was lead by Vida Goldstein. Vida Goldstein was also the writer of the Woman Voter, a newspaper back then in Australia. She expressed her thoughts on the War through her campaigns with the Women’s Peace Army and through her writing in the Woman Voter, these were against the
In order for a war to be just it needs to follow the principles of a ‘just’ war.
From the point of view of the Australian military, world war one would not apply to these principles. These principles state the following; “a just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified”, “a just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. For example; self-defence.” “A just war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success”, “The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace”, “The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatant”. These do not fit to the motives of World War
one.
Gallipoli was a campaign involving ANZACs (Australian New Zealand Alliance Corps) where they attacked the Ottoman Empire with the intent to set up a trading route to their allies Russia. Gallipoli, according to the principles of a just war, was not a just war on the side of the Triple Entente (which includes the ANZACs who fought in the Gallipoli campaign). This is due to the fact that they were attacking, not defending their country, without a reasonable chance of success and without the established goal in seeking peace. First of all the Gallipoli campaign was an attack on the Ottoman Empire with no first attack meaning it was not in defence, it was also with the goal of setting up a route for trade to Russia not to establish peace between the two therefore not applying to two of the just war principles. Secondly, the Gallipoli campaign was a loosing battle with no chance of success from the start of the campaign, meaning it does not fit the principle: “a just war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success”.
While World war one was in progress, back in Australia there were mixed feelings about the war. Majority of the people were encouraging the war and seeing it as a great opportunity to go out see the world and do their part for the British Empire of which they felt obliged since Australia was still a new federation under the British empires influence. Though apart from all of the hype of WWI there were a few groups who stood against WWI and were encouraging peace instead. One of these groups was the Women’s Peace Army, which was lead by Vida Goldstein. Vida Goldstein was also the writer of the Woman Voter, a newspaper back then in Australia. She expressed her thoughts on the War through her campaigns with the Women’s Peace Army and through her writing in the Woman Voter, these were against the