WW1
Happened from 1914 - 1918. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism were major contributors to war, but the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand was main spark. New technologies (machine guns, tanks, airplanes) and trench warfare were key characteristics of this war.
WW1
extreme social & political loyalty, patriotism and love for one's own country
Nationalism
List 3 reasons for Indigenous Australian joining up
An opportunity to prove themselves the equal of Europeans, hope for improved treatment and equality after the war, earn extra money, travel overseas and do their duty for the country.
Explain the Gallipoli Campaign
A military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula 1915- 1916, considered to be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national consciousness. It was a military defeat, but the battles fought on Gallipoli established the military reputation of the original Anzacs.
Trenches protected soldiers from this new weapon
Machine guns
This was the spark that started the war.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
posters, movies, cartoons, songs, political ads etc. aimed at promoting a specific point of view and to create support
Propaganda
List the 5 roles that women took on during WWI
nurse, making ammunition, canary girl, land girl, farming, transport, engineer, looking after children
Were Indigenous Australian treated with discrimination when they served in the AIF?
Indigenous Australians enlisted in the AIF and for the only time in their lives, many men found themselves free from the discrimination that affected their everyday civilian lives.
Australia joined the war during this year
1914
to block/stop any goods or military materials from getting in or out of a place
Blockade
to work, communicate and negotiate with other nations peacefully
Diplomacy
Why were Indigenous Australians allowed to enlist in the AIF during WWI?
Rapidly declining numbers of Australians were willing to enlist as war went on and casualty lists lengthened.
Explain the term canary girl
The Canary Girls were British women who worked in munitions manufacturing trinitrotoluene (TNT) shells during the First World War (1914–1918). The nickname arose because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure can turn the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a canary.
Explain the role of the WLA
The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created in 1917 by the Board of Agriculture during the First World War to bring women into work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls (Land Lassies)
military intertwined with society along with massive military spending & build up of military forces/equipment
Militarism
What is trench warfare?
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery
Ended WWI with harsh conditions for Germany: Had to pay back money for the war (reparations), downsize military, give up conquered lands etc..
Treaty of Versailles
Women's involvement during WWI proved women could do more than just take care of their family. This lead to women gaining the right to do what in 1918?
Vote! 18th Amendment!
What are U-boats?
U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars
groups working together to achieve similar economic or militaristic interests (Triple Entente, League of Nations, United Nations, Nato, Warsaw Pact)
Alliance
not taking one side over another, to remain uninvolved in a war or foreign entanglement
Neutrality
What was the Australian Army's first and main expeditionary force in WWI?
Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
He was the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. He was assassinated by the Black Hands.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
an informal name applied to the condition of foot damage due to moisture from its prevalence during the trench warfare of World War
trench foot