Wars involving Australia

The earliest recorded account of Lebanese people arriving to Australia was in the late 19th century to escape and flee from the economic adversity and religious and political discrimination under the Ottoman Empire. Victoria arose to see settlement from Lebanon after about the 1880s. It is tough to be precise about the amount of Lebanese settling as immigrants from Lebanon were variously confidential as Asian, Turkish or Syrian until the 1950s. Nonetheless, it is identified that countless primary

World War 2 mostly known as Second World War was a war fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and during much of the 1930s and 1940s in Asia. The war begun on September 1st 1939 in Europe with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, and ended on September 2nd 1945 with the official surrender of Japan. However, in Asia the war began earlier, in China and in Europe the war ended earlier with the total surrender of Germany on may 8th 1945. The conflict also moved into Africa, including a lot of incidents

What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, part of a Serbian Terrorist Group, called the Black Hand at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism, Imperialism

YR 12 HISTORY- AUSTRALIA 1901-1941 Aim: „« To describe the nature of the role, and lives, of women in Australia before, during, and after World War One „« To identify, and describe the extent of, the international influences on the role, and lives, of women in Australia before, during and after World War One Australian women prior to World War One lived a life that consisted of traditional female roles similar to those of their British and Irish relatives. Their value in society was based

War in Syria DBQ Essay Experts on civil wars say there are several reasons Syria is “a really, really tough case” that defies historical parallels. Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War refers to political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria that began in March 2011, as well as active foreign involvement. Most parties involved in the war in Syria receive various types of support from foreign countries and entities based outside Syria. The

There are many arguments that there will soon be a Third World War. World Wars I and II have been instigated by nations wanting to rule parts of the world. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has caused many fights and controversy all around the world, possibly igniting World War III. This very dangerous and powerful group has no regard for human rights committing numerous atrocities, including sexual assault and forced marriage, suicide attacks within civilian areas, killings of religious

society, Australia has always had its share of criminal activity, from the founding of our country as a penal colony in the 18th century, bushrangers in the 19th century, underworld violence in the 20th century to recent youth violence on our city streets in the 21st century. In this essay, I will be discussing how the media presents crime in Australian society and how this does not necessarily reflect crime statistics. The media presents us with the idea that the majority of crime in Australia is violent

basis, innocent victims being shot during a crime, senseless mass shoots, shots fired in self-defense, police shootings of criminals, and last but not least, the shooting that occurs in war. Americans are bombarded with reports and images of gun violence from television, the press, social media, and computer war games. Yet, how many people have actually held a gun? How many have

Introduction to the First World War In the context of the First World War, we need to consider the question: ‘Are we as a nation so transfixed by the Gallipoli campaign that we have failed to look at what was happening elsewhere during the First World War? There is a strong case to be made that Gallipoli has over the past hundred years, overshadowed the real stage on which the war was fought – the Western Front. This does a great injustice to the many thousands of Australians who fought and died

The treatment of Prisoners of War (POW) during WW2 differed vastly, depending on the nation who had captured them. Australian and Japanese POWs went through very different variations of life. Australian POWs who were held captive by the Japanese endured months of abuse and ill treatment, whereas the Japanese POWs in Australia were given a much lighter sentence. Both populations suffered greatly from the trauma of life as POW’s but it seems the Australian POWs had to face much more unnecessary cruelty