Australia's Involvement In World War 1 Essay

The Gallipoli campaign began with a failed naval attack by British and French ships, on the naval attacks upon the Dardanelles Straits in, February-March 1915. The British and French attempted to collision the Divan Empire of Turkey since World War One had begun. Australia’s involvement in WWI was because, Britain was the “Mother country” and Australia was part of the commonwealth and the British Empire, therefore Australia felt compelled to help. In the training period, Australian Soldiers had an opportunity to meet the world, and they equally allowed the world to meet Australians. Australians made a cultural impact on the rest of the world. People still celebrate the campaign, even though it was a failure to honour the soldiers who went to war and flighted. Those people risked their lives to fight for their country, and the least that people can do is celebrate and honour the people and the campaign. …show more content…
Australia’s involvement in WWI was because Britain needed Australians, to be soldiers and fight for the commonwealth countries. Because Britain was the “Mother country” and Australia was part of the common wealth and the British Empire, so Australia had a duty to go and help them out. Also because Australia wanted the war to be over faster, so that Japan won’t attack Australia and if it does, Australians knew that Britain had their backs. Australia still showed a lot of loyalty to Britain, and some of the solders considered Britain as their home. The Gallipoli campaign resulted in the deaths of 7,600 Australians and 2,500 New Zealanders and the wounding of 19,000 Australians and 5,000 New