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WW1 definition
WWI was a defining period in Australian history. it was only only 13 years after the federation of Australia, it was one of the first major international conflicts in which our young nation had been involved. World War I began in August 1914 when Britain and Germany declared war on each other. In the same year, Australia followed Britain into war when the Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher, declared Australia's support for Britain and 416,809 men enlisted to fight for Australia. -
when war first began
The First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war in August 1914, and Prime Minister Andrew Fisher's government pledged help for Britain. The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great excitement -
the first day gallipoli
The ANZACS landed in the beach now known as ANZAC cove, the landing was at night and they didn't know were they where or what time it was. in my case I would be terrified. -
three days after they went to gallipoli
They were running out of good food to eat thousands of men have already died they thinking this was not an adventure they were thinking why they here they wanted to retreat but the officers were telling them they had to stay. -
when war ended
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians
