Yr 9 WW1 study
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| In what years did WW1 start and end? | It was from 1914-1918
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| What started WW1? | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinard
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| Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinard shot by? | Gavrillo Princip
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| Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinard? | The heir to the throne of the Austro- Hungarian Empire
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| when did Archduke Franz Ferdinard die? | June 28th, 1914
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| How long after Archduke Franz Ferdinard assassination was WW1 declared? | 1 month after, Austria declared war on Serbia
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| Who were the central powers? | Germany, Austro-Hungarian empire, Bulgaria and the Turkish Ottoman empire.
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| what were the 2 main groups fighting against each other called? | allies and the central powers.
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| What was WW1 also called? | The great war.
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| Who were the allies? | British,France and Russia.
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| what does AIF stand for? | Australian imperial force
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| When did the first soldiers land on the beaches of Gallipoli? | Morning of 25th April 1915
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| How many soldiers died on the 25th of April? | around 2,300
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| About how many men in each battalion were killed by the start of may? | Half the men in each battalion had been wounded or killed.
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| what happened on the night of 18-19 may? | Anzacs withstood a massive counterattack as 42,000 turks were ordered to drive them from their positions and back into sea.
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| what was the truce the Anzacs and turks arrange? | that both sides could bury their dead before the battle resumed.
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| How many soldiers died on the 25th of April? | around 2,300
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| what does no mans land mean? | unoccupied ground between the front lines of opposing armies.
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| what happened on the night of 18-19 may? | Anzacs withstood a massive counterattack as 42,000 turks were ordered to drive them from their positions and back into sea.
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| Did the turks succeed? | n o they lost 10,000 men, half of them lay dead or wounded in no man land.
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| what happened when the heat of summer came? | swarms of flies came in bringing in heaps of diseases such as tyhpoid and dysentery.
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| What is the lone pine? | it was one of the most savage battles of gallipoli
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| How many australians were killed or wounded during the lone pine? | 2300 in four days
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| how many men did the turks loose? | about 6000
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| who fought in the lone pine battle? | Australians charged at the turks.
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| What happened after 7 months of fighting? | the British command finally accepted the victory would not be possible.
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| How were trenches usually designed? | in a zigzag pattern
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| what were trench toilets called? | latrines
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| what did the field workers do? | cook and supply the food for the troops
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| how many did the British army employ to be field workers? | 300,000
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| what was the standard bulk diet for troops? | bully beef (canned corned beef), bread and biscuits.
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| what were one of the most deadliest weapons? | machine guns
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| what is no mans land? | The space between the 2 opposing trenches.
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| what is mustard gas? | almost an odourless gas and took 12 hours to take effect, and once in the soil it would stay active for several weeks.
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| how did troops protect themselves from dangerous gases? | not all troops had face masks so they used urine drenched cloth to keep them from breathing in gases.
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| what is conscription? | having no choice on going to war.
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| pro conscription argument . | it was Australia's duty to support Britain.
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| pro conscription argument . | voluntary recruitment had failed
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| pro conscription argument . | other allied countries such as great Britain,
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| anti-conscription arguments | no person had the right to send another to be killed or wounded.
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| anti-conscription arguments | conscription would harm and divide Australia.
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| anti-conscription arguments | to many australians had already been killed or wounded.
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