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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was mostly delivered in artillery shells. It caused serious internal and external bleeding and blisters which were “extremely painful that most soldiers had to be strapped to their beds” (Poison). Mustard gas also burned skin when in contact‚ and cause blindness (Cruxton 89). However‚ human bodies were not the only ones that were affected by the poison gases. Poison gases also have negative impacts on the nature. Chlorine gas is very harmful to organisms living in water because chlorine dissolves
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Compare and Contrast Essay The causes of World War I was different than the causes of the World War II in that the World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria versus the Nazism started off by Adolf Hitler; the similarities was that the Germany was involved in both World War I and World War II. The World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was the heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary. The World
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Different Ways of Fighting World War I was fought completely different than any war prior to it. Wars before the First World War were fought on horses in a gentlemen’s war. However‚ by the turn of the century‚ new technology had been invented which changed the ways of war drastically. By no means could World War I be considered a gentlemen’s war. In previous wars‚ enemies charged at you in open fields‚ and you would stay in place while the enemy was shooting directly at you. However‚ in this war
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until 1918‚ four years. The way people mainly got sucked into doing this crazy war is that the government would print these posters that persuaded people to join the army by it looking nice‚ otherwise known as false advertising if you wish. The main cause of WWI was in 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. The war started the same year and conflict spread across the world very quickly. On the outbreak of war in August 1914‚ Britain had 247‚432 regular troops. On 7th August 1914‚ Lord
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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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On August 1st 1914‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ and on the 3rd‚ declared war on France. Starting at the top of the previous page the first piece of artwork I chose to review is Max Beckmann’s piece Der Kriegsausbruch (Declaration of War)‚ created in 1914 as the declarations of war had just been announced. This is a drawing depicting the reaction of passers-by in Berlin to the news of war being declared. I chose this piece specifically because of the "sketchy" style of drawing. I find that
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For the first few years of World War I‚ the CEF relied solely on volunteers. (Valiante‚ “The Legacy of Canada’s WWI Conscription Crisis”). However‚ the longer the war progressed‚ the more casualties increased‚ and the less men volunteered. The Prime Minister at that time‚ Robert Borden‚ had seen the decline in volunteers‚ and once he had returned from a trip to the trenches he became convinced that conscription was the only way to do soldiers justice (Jones‚ “Conscription”). The Military Service
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Women in Uniform and Out As the war raged across Europe‚ America came to the realization that in order to win they were going to have to change how they thought about women. During the first year of the war women were allowed to do very few jobs for the armed forces‚ this however changed the following year. America saw that it did not have enough man to do all the jobs that men were needed for and the only answer to this problem was to have women take over were they could. During the war a
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