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Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917. In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to engage in the conflict.
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The first day of the battle consisted of light skirmishes; the main battle did not begin until 21 August. [6] According to the pre-war French strategy document, Plan XVII, German forces in the area were only expected to be light, with French light, rapid-firing artillery proving advantageous in a wooded terrain such as that found in the ...
The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front, under General John J. Pershing, and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.
Battle of Abu Tellul; Capture of Afulah and Beisan; Battle of Aleppo (1918) Allied occupation of German New Guinea; Battle of Amiens (1918) First Battle of the Jordan; First Battle of Amman; Second Battle of Amman; Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917; Second attack on Anzac Cove; Third attack on Anzac Cove; Landing at Anzac Cove ...
A site by the Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs. Discovering Anzacs, includes service records and profiles from National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ for those who enlisted in WWI. New Zealanders at Gallipoli; An ongoing collection of geo-mapped Australian & ANZAC War Memorial photographs.
The myth of the digger as the military embodiment of the Australian bushman is a powerful and persistent one which had its origins in part in the writings of the prominent journalist and the war's official Australian historian Charles Bean. However, men from the cities enlisted in proportionally equal numbers to those from rural areas. [4]
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by C. E. W. Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes and was published between 1920 and 1942.