Zara's notes Flashcards
1
Q
Why WW1 started
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The Balkans Rivalries Militarism The Arms Race Alliances The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2
Q
Reasons for Australian men to enlist
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Excitement A sense of adventure A noble vision of war Opportunities to travel Their patriotic duty To escape poverty and unemployment Influence from the church, family, women, teachers and peers
3
Q
Where Australians fought
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German settlements in New Guinea Nauru Samoa Solomon Islands Cocos Islands The German cruiser Emden Gallipoli The Somme Passchendaele Villers-Bretonneux Palestine Syria Beersheba
4
Q
Gallipoli
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Known as the ANZACS baptism of fire
Anzac day was the 25th of April 1915
Total of 16000 troops
Poor planning resulted in the ANZACS landing north of their desired destination
A total o 2000 people were killed and wounded on the first day
Intended to provide a supply route through to Russia
To allow the Russian flee to reach the Mediterranean through the Bosporus
To weaken Turkey as an ally of Austria-Hungary and Germany
5
Q
Reasons for the failure in Gallipoli
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Poor allied military intelligence Old and outdated maps Alien territory (to the Allies) Bad luck Badly planned supply lines Incompetence and indecisiveness
6
Q
Turkish casualties (Gallipoli)
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250,000
65,000 deaths
Estimates vary
7
Q
Allied casualties (Gallipoli)
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252,000
48,000 deaths
Sources vary
8
Q
ANZAC casualties (Gallipoli)
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33,600
8000 deaths
Sources vary
9
Q
ANZAC spirit
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Courage Tenacity Laconic humour in adversity Mateship 'Diggers'
