World War 1 Flashcards
Anzac involvement in Gallipoli
What happened and what was Gallipoli. Why was it established
In Europe 1915 Britain, Russia and France were all alllie so separated by Germany(their intended target) and Turkey who sits beside Germany. Anzac men thought they were going into battle with Germany from Britain but in 1914 turkey entered the war. This made it impossible for Britain and France to communicate with Russia as they had no supply route which before, would have been through Turkey. Now Turkey was opposing and they had to establish the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 to open up access for allies. So they decided to rid of the Turks first to get their supply line back.
Anzac stands for and what did it do
Aus New Zealand army corps
Joined forced that fought Gallipoli and rest of ww1
Where were the 3 fronts
What were the places for each
Belgium and France Western
Germany and Russia Eastern
Third was on border between Italy and Austria
Long term causes
Nia
Nationalism. Pride, love for country
Imperialism taking over an area of land to claim as own
Alliance people who you entrust and side with, partnership with other nations
What happened when some Australian troops moved
Where to
Western front where they were engaged in trench warfare for three years
Others stayed in the Middle East - light horse troops continued to fight Turks
What happened after troops landed in Gallipoli
What was there plan
Resolve ?
Their plan was to surprise attack the Turks but they landed in the wrong place
Faced cliffs and heavy resistance from behind defence walls
After much fighting respect grew between oppositions and they decided to hold fire and over time, they began trading with each other.
Conditions at Gallipoli
Frequent rainfalls flooded the trenches, heavy weather conditions
Drinking water was in short supply and had to be shipped and rationed.
Food lacked variety canned but rarely fresh
Illness was spread by pests rats etc. animals attracted by dead bodies
Poor sanitation
What was Australian light horse?
After 8 months after Gallipoli began, brigade called light horse remained in the Middle East to fight Turks in Egypt; a mounted brigade that would travel on horse back to battle, but fight on foot because otherwise they were an easy target
How did western front start
Germany and France/ Belgium
At the start of war Germans had marched through Belgium into France but not long before they were stopped by french and British troops who were allies but they could not turn the Germans back to where they came from. So they faced each other across a line of trenches extending from France border to Swiss border.
What new weapons were introduced in western front.
tag(not guns)wt
tanks, aircraft, Gas, wireless radio, telephones
What does no mans land mean
What did it comprise of and what took place there
A narrow strip of land between opposing trenches that belonged to neither army. Filled with mud, shell holes created by own machine guns, rotting corpses.
Often enemy would emerge from holes and mud when soldiers went through no mans land and fight with surprise.
What was the Somme campaign
Purpose and what did it achieve
Battle along the banks of the Somme river, to resolve the never ending conflict but a costly attempt. Allied forces tried to break through German lines pushing them 8 km. cost of thousands of deaths 1,000,000 deaths can be counted over both sides
