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Flashcards by Amar Jehel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Amar Jehel
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| When was Australia's first military campaign? | October 1914 |
| Where was Australia's first military campaign? | Papua New Guinea |
| What is Australia's best-known campaign? | The Gallipoli Landing |
| When was the Gallipoli Landing? | April 1915 |
| When did the last Anzac leave Sydney Cove? | 20 December 1915 |
| What does Anzac stand for? | Australian New Zealand Army Corps |
| When did British troops leave? | 8 January 1916 |
| What were the two main Australian forces? | Australian Light Horse Infantry |
| Who did the Australian Light Horse continue to fight against? | The Turks in Palestine |
| Who did the infantry move on to fight? | They went to France to fight against the Germans |
| What were the Australian Light Horse? | Australian Light Horse were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry. |
| What did Australia fight for in 1916 | Australia was fighting to defend the Suez canal against the Ottoman Turks. |
| Why was the Suez Canal important? | The Suez Canal was an essential waterway linking Europe to the Indian ocean. |
| Why is World War I usually referred to as the first modern war? | This is because in WWI the style of warfare changed, from the traditional clash of infantry with hand-to-hand combat, and cavalry charges, to battles fought with more technologically advanced weaponry such as aeroplanes, tanks and heavy artillery. |
| What were the changes of weaponry fuelled by? | The were fuelled by the second industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. |
| What were the trenches? | The trenches were long holes in the ground, reinforced with timber and sandbags with wooden floor called duckboards. |
| What was the trench system? | The trench system consisted of: Front Line trenches Support Line trenches Reserve Line trenches |
| Front Line Trenches | The front line trenches from which attacks were launched and which spearheaded the defences. |
| Support Line Trenches | The support lines were designed to hold the soldiers during bombardments and also from which reinforcements and supplies could be taken up to the front line. |
| Reserve Line Trenches | The reserve line where troops waited to be called up to the front lines closer to the battle. |
| How were the different lines connected? | The lines were joined together by communication lines which theoretically allowed the men to move safely between the three lines of trenches. |
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