Military history of Australia during World War I

INTRODUCTION World War 1, or the “Great War” as many referred to it, is considered to be one of the worst and deadliest conflicts in history of earth. During a stretch of four long years, more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians were killed, as well as resulting in crippling war debts that reached 6.6 billion. France, Germany, Britain and Italy were considered the Central Powers of the war, despite multiple other countries participating. This report will cover the main aspects of Australia’s

‘The War to End All Wars’, commonly known as First World War, was one of the largest wars in history global conflict in Europe that commence on 1914 and lasted until 1918. Due to the aggression among the alliances, countries came to each other’s support and evolved in the six main powers of Europe uniting into two large groups: Italy, Austria-Hungary and Germany compose the Triple Alliance, while France, Russia and Britain established the Triple Entente. By the outbreak of the Great War, Australian

South Korea in what would be Australia’s major contribution in the war effort against invading forces from the north of the Korean peninsula, to the Korean People’s Army (KPA). “Following Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies’ endorsement of UNSC Resolution 82, this would see the beginning of a three year conflict in which Australia would commit 17,000 troops and suffer over 300 fatalities, only five years after the end of the Second World War, (AWM, 2016)”. In what was predicated as Australia’s commitment

The events of World War Two such as the failed Malaya campaign, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Pearl Harbour and the stretched resources of Britain, led to Australia developing a more independent foreign policy however, independent of Britain. The changing of alliance between Britain, Australia and the United States of America has led to a substantial impact on shaping Australian society and where Australia are today. The fall of Singapore and the Malaya campaign brought the war extremely close

Canada was a part of World War One between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The First World War brought changes to every aspect of the world from society to medicine to the arts. This investigation aims to evaluate the contributions of artists in the World War One war effort. To determine the extent of the artists’ contributions, the investigation will focus on art created during this time for the war effort such as propaganda posters, dazzle camouflage and military camouflage. To analyze

a on U.S. army general, who fought in both Word War 1 and World War 2. He is best known for his command of forces during World War 2 in the Pacific Theater. Childhood + Education Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas on a military base. His father, Arthur was a captain and was awarded for being a part of the Union Army during the Civil War. His mother’s name was Mary. MacArthur attended the West Texas Military Academy, when his family moved to San Antonio in

the most controversial aspects of Australian history. The film depicts heritage myths regarding Australian culture; and Australia’s size in the world at large. Weir’s Gallipoli is taken from an Australian perspective and presents a compressed narrative of the events that shaped Australian society during World War I. The 20th Century saw the emergence of cinematography as a primary medium. One aspect of cinematography that is popular with audiences is war movies; movies that depict key battles that

Kokoda Ceremony I would like to propose a ceremony for the end of Kokoda. Kokoda was a thrilling and terifiying event that happened from July 21st 1942 to the 16th of November 1942. Australia, America, Japan and the people of Papua New Ginuea fought is this war. The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of WW2. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and allied—primarily Australian—forces in what was

and traumatized the Darwin community into fleeing to a safer refuge. Today we will be giving an insider’s view of what the event was like and how much it swayed Australia. This topic is an important aspect of Australian history. Many historians are deeply involved and interested in the Darwin bombings because of how little warning Australia was supplied with. Here today we have historian, Jane Stevens. She has been studying the Darwin Bombings for over 5 years now and knows every little detail about

a major British military base and presence in the Pacific. Six days later, over 90 000 British, Australian and Indian troops were forced to surrender. It had been believed that Singapore guaranteed the security of Australia during the war, consequently, the fall of Singapore opened Australia to invasion. The fall of Singapore was significant in causing relations between Australia and the United States to increase as in lieu of Britain’s inability to provide economic and military assistance when