The battle of Fromelles was one of the worst 24-hour periods in Australia's military history with over 5,000 casualties.
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True
False
Question 6
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In the battle of Somme, the British plan failed because:
Select all the correct boxes
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The Germans trenches could withstand heavy bombardment.
The French and British artillery fire stopped early.
The troops were massacred by German gunfire as they left their trenches.
The British were bad gunners and didn't know how to aim properly.
The French were under-prepared and too dependent on the British.
Question 7
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There were 32,000 Australian casualties in the battle of Somme
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True
False
Question 8
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Who was the Australian General during the battle of Hamel?
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John Monash
James Cook
James Stirling
Question 9
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In the battle of Hamel [blank_start]800[blank_end] Australian and [blank_start]170[blank_end] Americans were killed in action. About [blank_start]1400[blank_end] Germans were captred and approximately [blank_start]2000[blank_end] were killed.
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800
170
1400
2000
Question 10
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Click all the battles on the Western Front
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Batttle of Ypres
Battle of Festubert
Battle of Verdun
Gallipoli
Battle of Somme
Battle of Beersheba
Battle of Bataan
Question 11
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The battle of Somme settled into a [blank_start]stalemate[blank_end] that lasted til [blank_start]November 1916.[blank_end]