World War 1 Consequences

The severed relationship of the worlds greater powers, led to World War One. World War 1 was also known as the “Great War”, it was the war to end all wars. Australia fought between 1914 and 1918 with a freshly formed army and part of the British Commonwealth, and as the Prime Minister of Australia said at the time, "Australia is now at war. Our duty is clear...to remember that we are Britons." Briton was part of the Entente Alliance, with France and Russia, and therefore Australia was as well fighting against the Triple alliance; Germany, Austria and Italy.This war, for Australia, remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. The majority of these deaths were of young and fit Australians, seeking adventure and experience

The Western Front was where numerous battles were fought. The battles that took place in the Western Front were; Fromelles, the Somme, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele, Pozieres and Villers. Australia sent 295,000 Australian soldiers to these battles and 46,000 lost their lives and 132,000 were wounded. The Western front was a series of trenches that started 700 km from the Belgian Coast and ended at the Swiss Boarder, The Western Front was a name given by Germans. ANZACS first major battle in Europe was the battle of Fromelles. The battle of Fromelles has been described as "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history.” The objective of this battle was to divert Germany’s attention from the Battle of the Somme . The Australian soldiers were ordered to attack Germany’s third line of trenches. This ended miserably with 5,500 Australian and 2,000 British soldiers killed or wounded, this resulted with the only battle with no success. Another, battle that occurred in the Western Front was the battle of Pozieres. Both British divisions and Australian divisions were sent to Pozieres to fight, although the battle of Pozieres is primarily remembered as an Australian