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The start of World War 1
World War One started on the 28th of July 1914 when Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia a month after the assissination of Franz Ferdinand.
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This is the newspaper at the time with the large headlines Austria has chosen war.
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Assination of Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand took place in a royal open car when a terrorist group killed him and his wife in seconds. The Austrians blamed Serbia for plotting the assassination.
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This photo is from his great grand daughters who shared it with a news paper. This soarce shows a photo of Franz Ferinand in his uniform.
This event was important to the war because his assassination by the Serbia terroist group caused the outbreak of the war. -
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The Ultimatum
Great Britian declares war on Germany because of the invasion from Germany, the British sent an Uitimatium demanding to keep the belgiums independence.
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This photo shows the newspaper of the date when england and germany are at war.and also states about the ultimatium.
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Australia Prepares to join the war
Australia volunteers started being recruited. There was 52,561. They had to pass physical and medical standards to able to go as an overseas service.
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This black and white photo is of Andrew Fisher who was the prime minster of Australia at the time and was responsible for Australian troops going overseas.
This was important to the war because this event is when Australia joined WW1. -
Battle of Mons
The Battle Of Mons was first between British and German forces on the Western Front as Sir John French from the BEF struggled with the german.
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This is a photo taken at the battle field at the Mons which lloks like they are in a town since there are houses. It shows lots of troops in uniform and carrying riffles.
This was important to the war because the germans were challenged by the British but ended up defeating them. -
Australia military capture German New Guinea
Australia wanted to remove German threat from the Pacific. The Australian military and naval forces were sent to German New Guinea to clear them from the area.
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This is a photo of Australian military and naval troops in the wireless station area.
This was important to the war because it was one of the first battles Australia was in. -
Battle of Ypres
The battle of ypres was between Allied and German forces, on the noorth coast of Belgium. The battle was in parts. This was no true clear winner identified.
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This source is a primary source because it is a photo of the time. It shows troops wearing gas masks because at the time there was Poisonous gas.
This was important to the war because it introuduced a fairly new weapon were many died but there was no clear winner. -
Central Powers Combine
In opposition to the Entente Alliance there was the Central Powers which was Austria Hungary, Germany and Italy. This made Europe pre dominated by two armed camps. Russia and france feared germanys powers because they were neighbours.
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This photo shows the three leaders of the Central Powers Austria-Hungary: Archduke Franz Ferdinand,Germany:Wilhelm II Italy: Antonio Salandra
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AUS+NZ disembark to Egypt
Australian and New Zealand troops disembark to Egypt before being sent to where many troops hadn’t heard of- Turkey. They were trained and getting prepared by the British leaders. Many troops wanted to fight at this stage.
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This photo shows hundreds of ANZAC troops in there uniform spread over the pyramid. This pyramid is the Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt near Mena camp.
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Unoffical Christmas Truce
Around Christmas Day 1914 the shooting stopped and in places along the Western Front the troops of Germany and Britian celebrated the holiday and celebrated with their enemys.
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This is a primary source because its a photo taken of british and german troops standing side by side at the time.
This was important to the war because as it showed that even during a brutal war soliders could come together to celebrate Christmas. -
Battle of Gallipoli begins
The battle in Gallipoli was a failed campaign. The Australian, New Zealand, French and British troops were allies. The ANZAC cove was very dangerous, 12000 troops died over the first 10 days of the battle.
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This photo is a picture of the troops over ANZAC Cove it was crowded and there was huge numbers of troops sent to Turkey.
This was an esspecially important battle to Australia were many lost there lives. -
Battle of Verdun
Verdun was a historic fortrress guarding France's eastern boarder, to loose it would be fearful. The french goverment defended at all costs. The germans died as the french had the adventage of machine guns. The germans called of their attack. The French and German had equal numbers, neither side has an adventage.
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This photo is of a solider defending his trenches in the Battle Of Verdun.
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Battle of the Somme
The German and British were at war along the river Somme. It was a joint French and British attack and ran for 4 and a half months. The British Forces had the main role in the war as the french forces were delayed at the Battle of Verdun.
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This is a map of the area of the attack.
This is important to the war because it was the main allied attack on the German Western Front during 1916 one third of British troops were killed on the first day of battle. -
Battle of Fromelles
This battle was against a strong German Position. The battle was intended to move german troops away from the Somme battle, to help the allies at the Somme.The attack was a failure as the Germans realised very quickly that is was a trick to get them to leave the Somme.
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This photo is of the Australian Troops before the battle of the Fromelles.
It was important to the war because it was the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front. -
First conscription referendum
Australian leaders raised the issue of having a conscription to become stricter on the volenteers. The issue was put to the Australian people as a referendum.
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it's primary because it was a photo taken at the time. It shows the prime minister, Mr William Morris Hudges, speaking to a very large crowd of people at the time of the Conscription Referendum .
This was important to the war because it involved all of Australias votes to see what the law on troops going overseas. -
America joins the war
initially in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson said the United States would not get involved in the war. But when several American ships were sunk by Germans, the current president of the day president Wilson declared war against the Germans.
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This source is the newspaper of the day and the front page showing US is at war.
This was important to the war because after 4 years of battle the entrance of Americas well supplied forces was a turning point ithat helped the allies win. -
Battle of Passchendale
Battle of passchendale which is also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. This campaign was known for the amound of casualties in the mud. It was the heaviest rain in 30 years. The rain caused reifles and tanks to clog and many deaths of men and horses from drowning.
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This is a photo of a wagon and horse being pulled through the mud by a solider. The horse is getting stuck in the mud.
This was important to the war because it lost many lives for both sides. -
End of World War 1
World War One ended at 11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The German leaders lost hope and surrended to the Allies. Brittan and France were relieved it wads the end of war.
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This is a original photo of the end of WW1 with troops celebraiting on what looks like a London bus.
This is important to the war because it is when World War one officially ended. -
Treaty of Versallies
After the war France, Brittan and America wanted to make Germany pay and agree that they caused the war. The treaty of Versallies was a peace agreementand was signed after many months of negotiation.
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The photo is the Versailles palace with the germans and allies politians signing the treaty.
It's important to the war because it was the offical peace settlement that signified WW1 had ended. -
League of Nations
The league Of Nations was to ensure that there wouldn't be another war and to retain world peace and harmony.
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This source is the symbol of the League Of Nations.
It is important to the war because it brought the world together particularly to look at social issues such as diseases, child labour and drug smuggling.
