World War One.
World War One: a time of misery and bloodshed.
So, the trigger event? Mr. Princip, part of a terrifying terrorist group who brought terror, THE BLACK HAND murdered the archduke Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary saw this as a direct attack and then sent Serbia an ultimatum, in which Serbia declined, then BAM! They declared war on Serbia.
Many reasons for the war had to do with the Alliance System, militarism, nationalism and imperialism.
Austria-Hungary, with the help of Germany, Italy and Turkey (Central Powers) fought many wars with Russia, America, Britain and France (Allied Powers).
Australia, being part of the commonwealth, had to fight in the war. Being Australian, and not British, the Australians and New Zealanders were treated badly and sent to the front line.
Italy then eventually pulled out.
Blood was shed everywhere. Eleven million people died extremely violent deaths...shocking. The total amount of casualties in Australia alone was 215,585. This meant that the total percentage of Australians which were involved in such casualties was 64.58%!
In the end, Germany had to sign a treaty stating that they had lost the war. The closing of a horrific war had finally arrived.
By: Lisa Pham and Tharusha Dadallage
we are very proud of australia's sacrifice.
ReplyDeletethis would have been a terrible time for all in this.
how did the soldiers survive without a proper house?
Lisa- Well, the soldiers survived by...
ReplyDeleteTharusha- EATING RATS!!! I know...it's quite sad. Their rations ran out and they were left to do the sad sad things...:(
Lisa- They also lived in trenches, which is what this blog is about to be about of... :D Soooooo Stay Tuned, this is Lisa and
Tharusha- THARUSHA!
Lisa- Signing out!
Tharusha- Goodbye dear souls! :D
We really enjoyed your extremely captivating post. It was very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThe question we will raise to you is:
'Why did the Black Hand have a desire to kill the Archduke?'
Love from El & V