Australian Journal of Politics and History: Volume 52‚ Number 3‚ 2006‚ pp. 439-454. A Prehistory of Australia’s History Wars: The Evolution of Aboriginal History during the 1970s and 1980s LORENZO VERACINI Australian National University While an extensive debate has recently addressed more contemporary contributions to historical scholarship‚ the historiographical background to Australia’s History Wars has rarely been appraised. This article proposes an interpretative narrative of the evolution
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World War I was one of the worst battles in the world’s history. It was fought from 1914 to 1918 which involved several allied forces trying to stop Germany and its allies from trying to dominate all of Europe. On August 4‚ 1914‚ Britain declared war on Germany and its allies because of the infringement they made on The Treaty of London of 1839. Legally being a member of the British Empire‚ Canada was involuntarily sent to war when Britain joined to fight. Canada helped immensely in the war but overall
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Assess the reasons for the outbreak of World War I There were a number of reasons for the outbreak of World War I. These included: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans Crisis‚ the Alliance System‚ Imperialism and the arms and naval race between the major European powers. In my opinion‚ the most important cause of World War I was imperialism. Firstly‚ one reason for the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th
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The United States entered World War One on April 6‚ 1917. During that time‚ America had to tried to keep out of World War One – they had traded with the nations that were involved in the war – but the unrestricted submarine warfare‚ were introduced by the Germans on January 9‚ 1917‚ which was the prime issue that caused Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. Four days passed by and the Americans joined the war on the Allies side. In 1914‚ war was declared in Europe;
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President Wilson was an idealistic president who wanted peace. His main emphasis was on a just war. The US started out in 1914 as a neutral country. While the sale of arms and supplies went to all countries‚ the US banks were more likely to loan money to the Allies. The US government accepted the illegal British blockade but protested the use of U-boats and their surprise attacks by the German government. In 1915‚ the German U-boat sank the Lusitania‚ which killed 128 Americans. Not wanting
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America and World War I Prior to his re-election to the presidency in 1916‚ Woodrow Wilson promised to keep America out of World War I. However‚ following the election‚ his determination was turned down by Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare‚ sinking seven American merchant ships on 21st of March. 12 days later‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk‚ American lives taken‚ in ways that it has stirred us very deeply to learn of‚ but the ships and
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1) What was the cause for chemical weapons in World War I? The use of chemical weapons in World War I were cased by the quickly growing need to end stalemate‚ periods of time where during warfare there was no action nor movement. This had become increasing popular and occurred often in the western and southern fronts. Stalemate was due to technological developments that favored defensive tactics such a barbed wire. In addition‚ poison gas was deployed to cause murders on an extensive scale and invade
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World War I‚ or the "Great War" was a trench battle. Men would dig trenches and stay there‚ hundreds of them‚ and there they would wait with their bayonets and other weapons and look over a small piece of land. Imagine that you are in the middle of a field. The field is maybe a quarter mile wide and on the other side of the field is your enemy. There are no tanks or bombers to give you cover. There are no fancy heat-seeking missiles. You are going to have to kill or be killed for a piece of earth
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Germany played a major role in causing World War I and should mostly be blamed for it because German militarism forced other countries to join the war and fight back with full force‚ the Germans introduced new deadly technologies which increased the death toll and lead to further participation of other countries‚ even though the alliance system is what engendered Germany and other countries into the war‚ not Germany itself. Germany should be blamed for World War I because Germany’s militarism and arrogance
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Before the Great War‚ the World War I‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ one of the largest empires in human history reigned over a vast territory that includes most of what is now known as the Middle East. World War I marked the end of the Ottoman Empire. After four centuries of continued dominance‚ the Ottoman Empire collapsed‚ creating a vacuum that contributed to tensions between local people and external powers or interests. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire‚ the Middle East fell into the hands of the
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