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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to the Austria-Hungary throne and his wife are assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist in Sarejevo.
This is important becuase this set off many traumatic events that led to the outbreak of war in which australia was involved in.
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Austia-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
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This is important to Australian troops because it started WW1 and signaled the flag to Australia that they might be involved in the war. -
Andrew Fisher's Famous Speech
Andrew Fisher, 4th Australian Prime Minister, ensures the Australian public that ''should the worst happen, Australians will stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling.''
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This is important to Australia because it affirmed the Australian attitiudes towards the war. -
Britain Declares War On Germany
Great Britain declares war on Germany and its Allies. The Australian government also pledged full support for Britain in the war against Germany.
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Britain was one of the last countries to declare war. Australia became part of the war because they were part of the British Empire and they were asked to fight alongside them. -
First Battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres was a First World War battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium.
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Australian Troops Land at Gallipolli
The landing, north of Gaba Tepe on the Aegean coast of the Peninsula, was made by soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and was the first major combat of the war for these two countries. Another landing was made several miles to the southwest at Cape Helles by British and French troops -
Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipolli
The battle of Lone Pine was intended to divert attempts made by NZ and Australian units to breakout from the ANZAC perimeter battlefield. This battle of intense hand-to-hand fighting resulted in over 2,000 Australian casualties. Seven Victoria Crosses were awarded for bravery to Australian troops.
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Battle of The Nek
The Battle of the Nek was a minor World War I battle fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli peninsula. On 7 August 1915, the Australian defences mounted a tragic and futile attack on the Ottoman trenches which involved over 1000 Australian casulaties.
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This is important because is shows how horrible the Gallipollii battle as it had many little battles within it. -
Last Australian troops leave Gallipoli Peninsula
The Allies evacuate 83,000 troops from the battlefields of Suvla Bay at ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli. There were virtually no casualities in this withdrawal and the Turkish were not aware of the evacuation taking place. Many men were saddened by having to leave behind the graves of their dead comrades.
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This was important to the Australians as they finally understood the gratitide of the war and what was happening. -
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was one of the major battles during the First World War on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies, from 21 February to 18 December 1916, The French were victorius.
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Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme started in July 1st 1916. It lasted until November 1916. This battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare..
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The Battle of the Somme started in July 1st 1916. It lasted until November 1916. For many people,
This was important to Australian troops because the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One -
Battle of Fromelles
The attack was intended to deceive German troops away from the Somme offensive then being pursued further to the south. The 5th Australian Division suffered 5,533 casualties and the 61st British Division suffered 1,547. The German's lost a 1,000 troops.
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This was important to the Australian troops as it was the first major battle on the Western Front fought by Australian troops. -
Battle of Romani
This battle fought by the British and Australians in the Middle East signified the end of the Turkish threat on the Suez canal. The Turkish resistance collapsed at the next morning, and large numbers of prisoners were taken.
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First Referendum for Conscription
On 28 October 1916, Australians had to say YES or NO to the following question: ''Are you in favour of the Government in this time of grave emergency, the same compulsory powers of citizens in regard to their military service. For the term of this war, as it now has in regard to military service within the commonwealth.’’
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This is important because people back livin in Australia realised that they didn't want to be conscripted and women didn't want men to leave. -
Third Battle of Ypres
The Third Battle of Ypres, was a major British offensive in Flanders in 1917. The plan was to break through German defences enclosing the Ypres salient, a range of trenches near the British front line, with the intention of sweeping through to the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast.
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Battle of Passchendaele
British divisions with the Australians in support, attacked in bad conditions towards Passchendaele village in the mud and rain. Spearheading this attack were the Australian Third Division and the New Zealand Divisio. However the Asutralians were not strong enough to hold off other troops and eventually fell back and gave up their guns.
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This is important to Australian beacause the Aus troops had to surrender and they didn't like to do that. -
2nd Referendum for Conscription
Bill Hughes' futile attempts to introduce concription in the first referendum resulted in the Labor Party expelling Hughes from office on the 14th Novemeber, 1916. Despte the split, Hughes tried to introduce Conscritpion through a 2nd referendum with his newly formed Nationalist Pary.Voting for the second referendum took place on 17 December of 1917, however, again the referendum failed.
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This is important because once again the referendum failed, people were desperate. -
Black Day of the German Army
Australian infantry troops and approxiametely 6000 armed tanks shatter . Pushing German defensive forces back past their own bared wire fences and metal trenches of the Hindenburg Line. Consequently, the AIF and British military services gained approxiametely 10 kilometres of land.
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This is important because this battle started the end of the war as the Germans were defeated. -
Armistice Day
The Germann Government signed a treaty (armistice) with the allies at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. This significant event represented the official end of World War 1.
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It was important to the Australian population and they consequently reacted to this news with enjoyment and happiness due to the horrific imapacts of WW1
