...and finished his study at the University of Adelaide. Arthur Seaforth Blackburn died on 24th of November 1960 from natural causes. Blackburn enlisted in the 10th Battalion AIF (Australian Imperial Force) as a Private soldier shortly after the outbreak of War in August 1914. He was member of the “10th Battalion” the Adelaide Rifles and went to camp at the Morphettville racecourse. After his training, he landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Gallipoli is a peninsula, which is located on the northwest coast of the gulf of Turkey and Dardanelles. This battle took place in the year 1915 and it was fought during World War I (1914-1918)....
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...powers included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. The Central Powers included Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The Allied powers needed control of the Dardanelles Strait and the Gallipoli Peninsula which the Ottoman Empire was in control of. The Allied Powers decided to launch a campaign. They thought that it would be a quick battle and an easy win. They completely overestimated themselves and the result of the Gallipoli Campaign is proof of this. In November of 1914 the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. New Zealand joined forces with Britain and the Allied powers only four months before in August. This meant the Ottoman Empire now posed a threat to the Suez Canal. This canal was important for Britain as a...
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...conflagration to consume most of the planet, change the nature of war, destroy the lives of a generation, and create the modern world. Having already seen the destruction and stalemate on the Western and Eastern fronts, from late 1914 until early 1916 Britain attempted to cut short the war by simultaneously preventing the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) from joining the Germans and opening a resupply route to Russia. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Anzac invasion of 25 April 1915 as one of the two opening land movements in the Gallipoli Campaign. I will provide background to the campaign, examine the strategic importance of the assault, delineate the differences between planning and execution, and assess the significance of intelligence and leadership failures on the Allied side. Finally, I will suggest how better intelligence gathering and dissemination could have changed the...
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...memorial to hold a service in memory of all those lost in battle. The date is significant as the landing of the first troops on the beaches of Gallipoli in 1914, a date and a battle that have come to symbolize the sacrifice of young New Zealand and Australian men in wars that were none of their business. The effects of WWI are still deeply ingrained in the culture of both countries 100 years later. New Zealand and Australia were still young countries at the start of WWI. England had acknowledged their dominion status only a decade earlier, in 1907. They considered England "the motherland" and England used this to ask for troops to support the war effort. Men in both countries met the news of war with great enthusiasm and rushed to enlist in this "exciting" war that was expected to be over before Christmas. By the end of the war 416,809 Australians and 98,950 New Zealanders had enlisted, equating to around 10% of each country’s population. [1], [2] For Australia and New Zealand, Gallipoli was the most important part of WWI. It started when Russia asked...
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...Earlier this week at the Gallipoli Peninsula, an area along the northeast coast of the Ottoman Empire, blood from Allied soldiers was spilled everywhere. The Gallipoli Campaign was the Allied forces attempt to control the sea route form Europe to Russia in the ongoing world war. Fighting began with a failed naval attack by the British and the French ships on the Dardanelles Straits in the late winter of 1915 and continued with a major land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25. The land invasion involved British and French troops as well as divisions of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Based on accounts from one of our reporters, who is currently located in the region near the battlegrounds, a very common fighting tactic that the two sides used was trench war fighting. Trenches are long narrow ditches that allowed soldiers to hide and seek protection. The trenches were far from perfect and many soldiers died from snipers’ bullets. In addition, these trenches had many bad living conditions, the worst of which included rat infestation. Rats were actually eating away at soldiers and their food, often leaving the soldiers starving. Also, at times, the temperatures in the trenches were too cold or too hot to bare, which also led to many deaths. Finally, after many hard fought months and a significant amount of casualties, the Allied forces decided to evacuate the Gallipoli Peninsula, ending the cruel battle that is a part of this harsh war. To this point in the...
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...WW1 Significant events Many battles were fought in World War 1 and many lessons were learnt. Whether it is the advancements of technology or the new war tactics. Three of these kind of events stand out: the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, which is important as its failure influenced many countries who participated in the battles. The battle of Verdun which was the longest battle in WW1. And finally the US entering the war which, although happened towards the end of the war, influenced the battles and the decision making around the war. After the examination of these events, the most influential event of WW1 will be established and further proved to be the significant turning point in WW1. The first turning point in World War 1 is the British Campaign at Gallipoli in 1915. This campaign was important because it improved the morale of the British public, it allowed grain to more easily flow to Russia, and it kept Russia in the war, which was needed in order for the Allies to win. On November 25th 1914, Winston Churchill suggested his plan for a new war front in the Dardanelles to the British government’s War Council. On January 15th 1915, the War Council gave its agreement and British troops in Egypt were put on alert. The Central Powers were fighting primarily on two fronts – the Western and Eastern Fronts. Creating another front would force the Germans to split their army still further as they would need to support the badly rated Turkish army. When the Germans went to assist...
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...borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Western and Eastern Fronts The first month of combat consisted of bold attacks and rapid troop movements on both fronts. In the west, Germany attacked first Belgium and then France. In the east, Russia attacked both Germany and Austria-Hungary. In the south, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia. Following the Battle of the Marne (September 5–9, 1914), the western front became entrenched in central France and remained that way for the rest of the war. The fronts in the east also gradually locked into place. The Ottoman Empire Late in 1914, the Ottoman Empire was brought into the fray as well, after Germany tricked Russia into thinking that Turkey had attacked it. As a result, much of 1915 was dominated by Allied actions against the Ottomans in the Mediterranean. First, Britain and France launched a failed attack on the Dardanelles. This campaign was followed by the British invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Britain also launched a separate campaign against the Turks in Mesopotamia. Although the British had some successes in Mesopotamia, the Gallipoli campaign and the attacks on the Dardanelles resulted in British defeats. Trench Warfare The middle part of the war, 1916 and 1917, was dominated by continued trench warfare in both the east and the west. Soldiers fought from dug-in positions, striking at each other with machine guns, heavy artillery, and chemical weapons. Though soldiers died by the millions in brutal...
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...because it brought forth fear of outside countries. There were not many countries involved, but attention was drawn to the most powerful, America. Participants in war were important to know because we needed allies, we could not have won without them. The main countries in the war was; The United States, The Ottoman Empire, Germany, United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, and Italy( Google Participants of WWI).All these massive powers were allies and the enemy of each other. The United Kingdom Was big allies with America. Germany declared war on the U.S. and the Ottoman Empire declared war on Italy. The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I. Allied countries suffered over 70,000 casualties(History.com). During the Battle...
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...n late June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I, which pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four years of the Great War–as it was then known–saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction, thanks to grueling trench warfare and the introduction of modern weaponry such as machine guns, tanks and chemical weapons. By the time World War I ended in the defeat of the Central Powers in November 1918, more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and 21 million more wounded. WORLD WAR I BEGINS (1914) Though tensions had been brewing in Europe–and especially in the troubled Balkan region–for years before conflict actually broke out, the spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death along with his wife by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident...
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...1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, an 18-year-old Serbian named Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie while they were driving in an open car. Princip belonged to a sercet terror society, called the Black Hand, that wanted to rid Bosnia of Austrian rule and unite it with Serbia. The assassination led to the first World War. This terrible conflict latsed over 4 years, involved over 30 nations, and claimed more than 20,000,000 lives, both miltary and civilian. It cost billions of dollars, destroyed Europe, crumbled empires, and sowed seeds of World War 2. There were also others causes that led up to World War 1. Over time, countries in Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into battle. If one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to defend them. Before World War 1, the following alliances existed: Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria-Hungary (The Dual Alliance 1879), France and Russia (Franco-Russian Alliance 1891), Britain and France and Belgium, and Japan and Britain. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia (July 28, 1914), Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia mobilizing, declared war on Russia (August 1, 1914). France was then drawn in against Germany and AustriaHungary (August 3, 1914). Germany attacked France through Belgium pulling Britain into war (August 4, 1914). This eventually split the continent into two hostile sides. The Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, later...
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...and extremely capable military commander while serving as a division commander at the Battle of Gallipoli. He later fought with distinction on the eastern Anatolian and Palestinian fronts, making a name for himself during World War I. Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Entente powers. His successful military campaigns led to the liberation of the country and to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. The purpose of this paper is to examine to extent to which Mustafa Kemal was an effective military leader. Leadership behavior; The study of the actions, or behaviors, that define a leader is known as behavioral leadership. First developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton in 1964, this theoretical approach to understanding leaders creates categories of styles, which are aligned with the actions the leader may take, or the methods they use to reach their goals. In the following paragraphs, I will give a example of Mustafa Kemal’s leadership behavior. Mustafa Kemal knew the psychology of the Turk, and the dogged fanatical fighting spirit of which he was capable once he had faith in his leaders and his blood was roused. Mustafa Kemal knew how to arouse Turk’s blood. This is how Mustafa Kemal and the Turkish soldiers saved the Gallipoli. Leadership traits; is defined as integrated patterns of personal characteristics...
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...and extremely capable military commander while serving as a division commander at the Battle of Gallipoli. He later fought with distinction on the eastern Anatolian and Palestinian fronts, making a name for himself during World War I. Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara, he defeated the forces sent by the Entente powers. His successful military campaigns led to the liberation of the country and to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. The purpose of this paper is to examine to extent to which Mustafa Kemal was an effective military leader. Leadership behavior; The study of the actions, or behaviors, that define a leader is known as behavioral leadership. First developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton in 1964, this theoretical approach to understanding leaders creates categories of styles, which are aligned with the actions the leader may take, or the methods they use to reach their goals. In the following paragraphs, I will give a example of Mustafa Kemal’s leadership behavior. Mustafa Kemal knew the psychology of the Turk, and the dogged fanatical fighting spirit of which he was capable once he had faith in his leaders and his blood was roused. Mustafa Kemal knew how to arouse Turk’s blood. This is how Mustafa Kemal and the Turkish soldiers saved the Gallipoli. Leadership traits; is defined as integrated patterns of personal characteristics...
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...One of the major themes portrayed in literature following World War I was the realization that a difference existed between ideas and reality. The public had preconceived ideas about the superiority of their country and that battle would bring honor to oneself. The communication systems in place at the time could be prone to error or intervention from outside influences. In addition, staff officers lacked sufficient battle experience or enemy intelligence to plan battles that their troops were capable of meeting the promised outcome. These situations are the foundation for the perception that the public held about the concept of war that differed from what the young men on the front actually faced. Prior to World War I, the Napoleonic Wars took place almost 100 years prior from 1792 to 1815. Only stories existed about the horrors of battle with those who fought long dead. Without an oral history of what the troops experienced on the battled field the public perceived service and death in combat as the ultimate sacrifice to support ones county. This also dovetailed into the perception that society was only going to get better with the improvement in science and technology (Meyers). In Rupert Brooke’s “Peace” he wrote “And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping” and “Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move” (Brooke). These phrases in his poem established that young men at home were ignorant of what was going on around them and ignoring their duty to country...
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...the production of this recount. I thank my father and my brother especially for their time in coming with me on a special trip to the Australian War Memorial, to browse at Andrew Gillison’s diary and records. I would also like to acknowledge the staff at the Australian War Memorial for their time in obtaining the records for me to read. These are things that I never would have done, had I not focussed on Andrew Gillison: met an amazing woman, Mrs Annie, or visited the Australian War Memorial in Australia’s capital. Introduction While the Federation of Australia occurred in 1901, 25th April 1915 is the national day hallowed as the birth of a great nation, whose identity was formed on the bloody sands of a foreign nation: Gallipoli. It was a campaign of little strategic significance in the Great War; rather it was the place of a complete military disaster,...
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...World War I was caused by competitions for power and resources by the empires, and the conclusion of the war resulted in the destruction of the empires, particularly the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary Empire. The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire allowed many Middle East countries to be self-governed, while the West such as Great Britain and France had more interest in Europe than in the Middle East enabled the former to play a dominant role of colonization in the region. This seeded confrontation between two different civilizations, resulting in chaos later and to a large extent helping shape the Middle East in today's world. This paper attempts to examine this history arguing how the Ottoman Empire declined and eventually dissolved at the end of WWI. It shows that the internal problems of the Empire, such as its backward political and economic system, failed to compete with the increasing influence of the Western European countries, whose government was more efficient and more industrialized than the former, in the Middle East. The paper starts with a discussion of the contemporary situation in the Empire, and then deals with the problems that led to the conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the European powers over the Middle East during WWI. It finally analyzes how the defeat of the Ottomans and the increasing British and French dominance in the Middle East laid the ground for today's conflicts in the region between the Arabic states and the Jewish nation, which...
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