Although many men did enlist for war‚ there were many who strongly objected. In the beginning of the First World War‚ there were so many enlistments that the recruitment officers were forced to reject people. Nonetheless‚ as the war went on‚ casualty rates increased and the number of men volunteering to enlist declined. This quote by Prime Minister Billy Hughes expresses the emotion of majority of Australian people at the time. “The conscription issue is the greatest issue ever put before a free
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I as Germany blame England as being responsible for starting World War One because they started Imperialism. Imperialism led to alliances‚ nationalism‚ and militarism. To begin with‚ the Treaty of Versailles says that England’s Queen Victoria caused the Scramble for Africa. Knowing this‚ England basically forced me to create alliances because I felt that England was going to become too powerful and be too threatening. England created tensions because of their need to feel superior which is why it
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April 26th 1915 There isn’t much to be seen from the ships as we are so far out‚ but from what was coming back from the landing‚ not much was to be imagined. Wounded men were pouring off the sets of rowboats being pulled by the steamboats. Many of the soldiers were unrecognisable. My thoughts went out to my little brother who had been so excited to enlist‚ but it wasn’t the case anymore. I had heard one of the captains talking about the thousands of men who had already lost their lives to the
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World War One remaining 9‚906‚000 fighter’s dead‚ 21‚219‚000 trooper’s injured and 7‚750‚000 officers missing. It was a contention between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Britain‚ Italy and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The three primary driver of the war were the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ boundless militarism and monetary dominion. The primary reason for World War One occurred on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian
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Why Did Australia become involved in WW1? Australia became involved in World War One in August 1914’‚ as Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany. At the time Andrew Fisher (future Australian prime minister) promised that Australia would stand behind their mother country. He believed this war to be a noble cause where Australians could demonstrate their loyalty. As Australia is still part of the British Empire‚ our loyalty was pressured into joining the war and fighting for what they
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Timeline of Events leading up to World War Two Taken from the Pearson Baccalaureate History Companion Causes of World War II in Europe: Failure of Collective Security Time Event Significance 1919 Treaty of Versailles Treaty of St Germain 1920 Establishment of the League of Nations Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and the USSR 1922 1923 French occupation of the Ruhr 1924 Introduction of the Dawes plan Locarno Treaties 1925 1926 1928 1929 1932 1933 Germany
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WW2 Big Ideas 1. War changes a society. Societies make good and bad decisions in a time of war.Political decisions have implications and consequences on future events. 2. The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of the U.S. as a super power. 3. The failures of post-World War I policies led to World War II. 4. World War II dealt a catastrophic blow to humanity. 5. Cultural‚ economic and political factors led to the rise of dictatorships. 6. World War II ended the Great Depression and
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Poland actually started World War 2. Britain and France could have prevented WW2 from ever occurring at The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland‚ Munich Conference and The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France could have also lowered reparations for Germany as Germany was bankrupt and with extremist parties taking power such as The Nazis would dislike the Allies and The Treaty of Versailles. The major causes of WW2 were not the weaknesses of Britain and France as Czechoslovakia was too far
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9 WHY DID WORLD WAR ONE BREAK OUT IN 1914? World War One or ‘The Great War’ as it became known ‚ started in late summer of 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It was the first long-lasting war that the world had experienced until then‚ as millions of people got killed. The factors that started the battle were numerous and are still being debated; Alliances‚ imperialism‚ the arms race‚ nationalism ‚ and miscalculations were some of them. However‚ at the end the war broke out because
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CAUSES( also from janki mam’s book) Arms race The naval race between Britain and Germany was intensified by the 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought. She was revolutionary‚ rendering all previous battleships obsolete. Britain had also maintained a large naval lead in other areas particularly over Germany and Italy. Paul Kennedy pointed out both nations believed Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis of command of the sea as vital to great nation status; experience with guerre de course would prove Mahan false
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