World War 1: The Anzac Legend

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WORLD WAR 1: THE ANZAC LEGEND The Gallipoli campaign had a huge contribution to the developed of the Anzac legend that showed loyalty, friendship and bravery during word war 1 which hugely contributed to Australian society. The Week, 2014 states World War 1 start because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. The Irish Military War Museum (2015) states that ‘World War 1 was a military conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918, which involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world’. Josh Harrison (2013) sates some key events that occurred in WW1 such as, ‘Germany invades Belgium, 3 Aug, 1914 and the event when US declares war, 2 Apr, 1917’. If WW1 did not happen our lives today would definitely not be the same.…show more content…
The soliders and other team members experienced huge challenges in Gallipoli as Vanda Wilcox (2013) lists experiences such as, shortage of water, poor food condition and mainly facing the experience of losing their friends. Bill Gammage states (2014) explains experiences the soldiers face during WW1, ‘One of the greatest difficulties here is the shortage of water…I had the first shave for a week and my face was coated with dust and grime I had got through all the recent fighting and trench digging. After I had finished the water in my mess tin it was muddy and I washed my face in that and then had my tea out of the same tin.” The ANZAC legend was developed from the Gallipoli campaign from the unmarkable experiences and challenges that the soldiers had to face during the tough times in WW1. The development of the ANZAC legend was the outcome from WW1 leaving an remarkable name for the loyal, brave and trustworthy soldiers who fought, this action enormously changed Australian society. During World War 1 thousands of young men and woman died, not living to become parents, grandparents or Aunties and uncles. Australian War memorial (2015) explains that ‘over 17 million died and 20 million were wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history’, this amount really effected Australian society. The ANZAC legend and Gallipoli campaign had a huge impact to Australian

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