WWI Questions?

Question

1) Why was the Middle East strategicaly important during WWI?

2) Why was the western front strategicaly important in WWI?

3) What were some of the main battles that Australia fought in whilst stationed in the Middle East region? Give a brief description on one of these battles.

4) What were some of the main battles that Australia fought in on the Western Front? Give a brief description on one of these battles.

5) Compare the tactics and conditions the soldiers used/faced on the Western Front and in the Middle East, Were they similair or different?

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Answer 1

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1) Supplies could move between Russia and the Western allies if Turkey was knocked out of the war. There was oil in the Middle East. Britain needed to guard Egypt (the Suez Canal) and India (the jewel of her empire).

2) Because it was where the real war was fought and won. The contest on the Western Front was basically the whole point of the war (Germany versus France and Britain) and the rest of the war was a 'support'.

3) Gallipoli, Beersheba, Megiddo. Wiki for descriptions.

4) Bullecourt, Arras, Villiers-Brettoneux (sp?), Amiens. You should cover Amiens- the 'Black day of the German army' in August 1918.

5) Western front involved trenches, artillery, mud and tanks. The Middle East fighting (though Gallipoli was different to Palestine) was more fluid, with less artillery and less use of trenches. There was even cavalry used in the Middle East. Flies everywhere on both fronts, thanks to all the horse poo.

Answer 2

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