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Gallipoli
This campaign took place on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. An estimate of 8709 Australian men and 2701 New Zealanders died. An approximation of 17,260 Australian men were wounded.There were two sides in the campaign, Turkey and Australia/New Zealand. -
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Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles in World War I and was fought near the Somme River in France. For five months the British and French armies fought the German armies so they could weaken the German defences. This battle had resulted in 500,000 German casualties lost, 420000 French/ British lost and 24,000 Australians. -
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Bullecourt
This was an Australian attack on German trenches east of the village of Bullecourt. There were two battles of Bullecourt, the first poorly planned and executed however the second battle was successful. In the first battle, the Australian 4th Division attacked without artillery support.Three weeks later the Australian 2nd Division attacked with the British 62nd Division. Australia had 3000 men killed and wounded, however, 11000 German men were killed and wounded. -
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Messines
The Messines was fought on the Western Front near the village of Messines. Both the British and German empire were involved in this battle. The Messines was designed to force the German enemy to withdraw from the main battlefront of Vimy. This battle resulted in 6000 Australian casualties ,however, 10000 german casualties. -
Beersheeba
The 4th and 12th Light Horse casualties were thirty-one killed and thirty-six wounded; they captured over 700 men. This battle took place in a place just south of Israel. Both the British empire and the Ottoman/German empire were involved. -
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Villers Bretonneux
The First and Second Battles of Villers-Bretonneux were a part of the Kaiserschlacht, multiple German attacks along the Western Front. The British and German were involved in this battle.On 4 April, in the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, the Germans had narrowly failed to capture the town, but in the second battle on 24 April they succeeded with the help of 15 tanks.The British lost 9500 men and the German lost approximately 10000 and there were more than 2400 Australian casualties.