The ANZAC legend tells the story of individual soldiers during World War 1. The experiences of the soldiers were horrific and traumatizing, researched using the National Australian Archives each solider tells a different story but each and every one can relate to the ANZAC legend. Each solider fits the description of bravery, spirit, independence and mateship. The soldiers believed they were fighting for their country and all their loved ones back at home. They believed they were doing what was right. Taken into account the Turks thought that too. The Australian communities and states back home believed that… During the First World War Australia’s population was around 4 million highlighting that there was an estimate of 812,000 men between
Source three is a World War I Australian propaganda poster created by the Australian State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1917, focussing on the recruitment of soldiers, specifically sportsmen to volunteer to join the war as a method to replenish the front lines of the war in Europe. An associated message of the source questioned the validity and legitimacy of healthy, Australian men participating in sports while the other soldiers fought at the front in Europe. This situation strongly contradicted cultural loyalty, where Australians from the past and in the present have a traditional value of fitness and athletics, and have a competitive history in sports, with regional loyalty and political nationalism in terms of accommodating the
FACTORIAL EXPLANATION: THE ROLE OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN WW2 Before the World War 2, Australian women dependent, whose fathers or husbands worked to support their family, were paid enough money to support themselves only. They stayed at home and took care of their children. However, when the war started, the role of Australian women changed dramatically. They became an important part of the war. In fact, the women changed a lot of things.
This extends to going to war. Shaun Tan and Gary Crew’s ‘Memorial’ represents how the bonds of friendship have led Australians into the most horrific of circumstances. The tree in the book embodies the memories of soldiers of past. It represents three generations of war in which Australia has fought and remembering the fallen comrades that died in battle. The book demonstrates an image of patriotism within Australia.
1917 is “the worst year of the great war” for Australia! 1917, marked the year that Australia lost 76,836 causalities in battle, which out of the 416,809 men enlisted in the Australian it is by far the most casualties lost in the 4 years of WW1. This year is also known as the least favourable years of the War because of the ridicules number of Australian soldiers captured by enemies as a total of 1,170 Australian troops alone where captured in the battle of Bullecourt. 1917 also holds the date of these three important but deadly battles in WW1 they were; the battle of Bullecourt, The Battle of Messines and the Battle of Passchendaele. To reinforce, 1917 is referred to the year in which combat zone for soldiers became unbearable. As the harsh
Before that, it was simply a collection of 6 British colonies. They partly self-governed but they were under the law-making power of the British Parliament. Many people had wanted Australia to maintain the British heritage which means only white people can be allowed into Australia, creating the ‘White Policy’. Because of this, non-Australians could not help in the war, no matter how much they wanted to.
When Britain declared war on Germany on the 4th of August 1914, Australia followed the mother country, entering what came to be described as “the war to end all wars”. There has been much written about Australian society during the war, ranging from claims of it being the nation’s “baptism of fire” to the first time social cohesion was
Although most post Second World War alliances with the United states (ANZUS and SEATO defence treaties) played a significant role in Australia going to war, it is only half of the story to just write off the decision as the Australian government blindly following American policy. It is paramount to understand that for latter half of the period preceding full-scale conflict in Vietnam, it was actually Australia who pushed American into further intervention in the region. Reasons as to why Australia would do such a thing are various in nature with the main contributing doctrines regarding communism primarily leading the hearts and minds of the general Australia population. Many Australians had a genuine fear of communism and its ability to, if allowed to, spread incessantly through the Asia-Pacific region and eventually destroy the ‘Australian way of life’. This fear of the ‘red menace’ would eventually culminate into two
When faced with war soldiers change, for better or for worse. Modern culture celebrates the glory of patriotic sacrifice. However, this celebration often leaves out the gritty details and trauma of violence behind war and the way it affects people. Homer’s The Odyssey and William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives clearly discuss these details. Both debate the long-awaited return of warriors that went off to fight a war and the way the experience changes the protagonists.
During World War 2 (1939 – 1945), Australia had a variety of impacts on both its government and its people. The war had a great effect on the place of indigenous people in Australia as indigenous men and women joined services throughout the country. The Aboriginal Australians, both the men and the women had contributed in the second Great War. Meanwhile, when the Aboriginals of Australia had jobs during World War 2, Australia’s economy boomed with the help of the war as many Australian troops had gone out to fight for the British. The economy had boomed during the period of the Second World War as Australian products could be produced as well.
The Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting on the Western Front in World War I impeccably displayed the Anzac qualities and demonstrated what it truly meant to be an Anzac. The soldiers fighting on the Western Front were the true embodiment of the Anzac Spirit. (Awm.gov.au, 2015) The Anzac Spirit is made up of the qualities that the Anzacs have come to be known for. These qualities include comradeship, bravery, ingenuity, endurance and many more.
During World War One, there was a battle, which, while not as well known as Gallipoli, which finished only 6 months prior, is certainly just as significant to Australians both past and present. The battle of Fromelles saw thousands of soldiers die in less that one day, and although being regarded as a complete and utter failure, has taught Australians the importance of individuals. It has also taught people that war is not fun and games, the way it is romanticized in film and television, but is truly, indescribably inhumane and murderous. Good or bad, the battle of Fromelles cannot be called anything less than significant. The battle of Fromelles is often regarded as the most severe and overtly pointless battle that Australians fought throughout World War One.
Finally, by 1939, Australians were questioning the validity to support and defend the 'Mother Country ' at all costs. These are just three of the World War II experiences that helped shape the nation. The response of Australia to the declaration of World War II was different and less
Many believed that if Australia was to achieve an united defence force, then Australia would be better protected from the invaders. In the pacific, Russia was there, parts of New Guinea was also occupied by Germany, these surrounding forces surrounding Australia made them feel that Australia would be the next place that was going to be invaded and taken over by. Although each separate colony had their own defences, whether it be the army or the navy, there was no plan to unite altogether if Australia was ever under attack. Soon they began to realise that just by the colonies themselves, their powers were no where near powerful enough to protect the whole of the Australian coastline. The British Navy was employed to patrol Australian waters, but after all they were still not Australian and doubts were still held against them.
Telling a true war story can be hard to do, because soldiers are tempted to change some traumatic aspects to make the story easier to comprehend, and not so traumatic for the listener. For the readers who prefer the brutal and gruesome stories,
The story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemmingway depicts the wounding and post-traumatic experience of the First World War of the main character Harold Krebs and his family. Like most soldiers’ experience of the war, upon return to their lives back home, their lives virtually had no more meaning to them. Krebs presents a painful realization in this manner in which he interacts with his mother. She tries to think of her son as a hero and make him feel like one by encouraging him to re-tell his tales from the war. Krebs knows that the impressions his mother is making are not authentic and she, just like the rest of his fellow town folk are tired of hearing and reading the same stories from the war (De Baerdemaeker 24).