what were the reason for australia to be patriotic during World War 1?
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Are you a patriot? Do you love your country? Would you fight for it? Of course you would, just  like we did in WW1. The Great War, The war to end all wars it was thought. The Anzac tradition lives on to this day. 25/4/06 is our next ANZAC DAY march and we are proud of those who fought to preserve out life, our standards and our patriotism.Does one not have to be patriotic to fight for their country,. to fight for what they believe is good.\nAustralia, belonging to the British Commonwealth, fought along with other nations to fight what was the Great War, WW1,  Many people died for their beliefs, as did those in WW11. And other wars. Those beleifs were patriotism. Love of country.
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It tends to bolster national feeling and also the requirement of centralisation into a nation to deal with adversity. For example, national identity wasn't really a big deal in France until they had provincial revolts and foreign invasion. It was during its wars that the key elements of the nation formed, from the army, to a national economy, to a national set of laws, to a national mythology. You can pick many other examples where a similar process has happened. Similarly, you can look at countries which haven't had it really bad at any point in their history and where nationalism isn't such a big issue.
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Causes of WWI\n\nAlliance System\n-Bismarck wanted to isolate France and protect Germany politically and militarily from Austria\noAlliances were seen as a political deterrent to prevent the militarization of growing tensions between European powers\n-Growing tensions between European powers by 1911\noFrance bitter about Alsace Lorraine territories\noFranco-Prussian War\nDecline of Ottoman Empire\nRise of Nationalism\n•In Balkan Peninsula\noImperialism\nGermany envious of Britain for their growing territories\noCoastal territories\nIndian Ocean\noResources\nFuel for airplanes, etc.\noEconomic tensions\nTariffs grow\nProtectionism\noParanoia from imperialism\nBlocs (1912-1914)\n-Triple Entente\noFrance—anti Germany\noEngland—want to check power of Germany and balance of power in Africa\noRussia—conflicts with Austria from Nationalist movements, Russia helped Balkan Serbia against Austria, Serbia and Russia have common Slovak heritage, closer ties\n-Triple Alliance\noGermany\noAustria-Hungary\noItaly—felt cheated out of territory at Berlin Conference (anti England), against Russians b/c anti-communist, and tension with France\n-Downside: one country against another—pulls in EVERYONE\nBalkan Wars \n-War #1\noSerbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, and other small provinces aided by Russia and Greece oppose Ottomans\noOttomans defeated\n-War #2\noSerbs, Bulgarians in particular squabble over spoils of war and land borders—distracted \noAustria can annex Bosnia and Herzegovina\nSerbia sees this as a loss of their own territory, breach of contract, act of aggression\nFranz Joseph sends Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo to “review the books”\noBlack Hand\nTerrorist plot to assassinate archduke\nGavrillo Prinkep jumps out and assassinates archduke\noAustria gives Serbia ultimatum\nAustria wants to control Serbia or else\nAustria annexes Serbia\nRussia replies for Serbia, the annexation of Serbia would be seen as an act of war against Russians\nKaiser Vilhelm\nBlank check, Austrians get all the money they need for war from Germans against Russia\noAustria declares war on Serbia, Russia declares war on Austria, Germany helps Austria/declares war on Russia, France declares war on Germany\noEngland holds back for a while, have caveat\nWWI\n-August 1914\nWestern Front\n-Von Schlifen Plan/Blitz of Germany\noTake over France after starting Berlin, sweep through Belgium, then eastern front\noTakes Russia at least 3 weeks to mobilize\nTelegrams\nPeasant villages\nTransportation\nUniforms\nWeapons \noParis is key to France—go through north sea\no“Let last mine on right brush the column with his sea”\nolong string of German soldiers in control of everything from English channel to German border\noproblems\nBelgians retaliate unexpectedly, defend country\nAppeal to Germans to respect neutrality—then appeal to British for support, agree to help\nGermans assume that British will not help, try to stall them\n•Blockades, blow up bridges, etc.\n-French troops also moving toward Belgian border quickly to hold off Germans, sent them in taxi cabs—frantic move to halt German advance\n-stalemate forms on western front between September 1914 and Christmas/December of 1915\nostalemate exists between 1915-1918\noFirst Battle of Marne\noBelgians and French slow down Germans\noTrench warfare \nIntended to be interim solution until they move ppl to the eastern border\nBecome permanent\n100 miles in either direction—stalemate/moo point\nno one wins territory\n-1818—Armistice Line drawn as temporary solution before Treaty of Versailles \nEastern Front\n-Ottoman Turks\n-Battle of Tannenburg\n-Russians advance in to Austrian territories and Germany, pushed back by Austrians, then Germans respectively (Sep. 1914-1915)\n-Many casualties\n-Italy brought in—switches sides to Triple Entente\n-Bulgaria allies with Austria, Germany\n-Balkans brought into
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Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement between what were previously six self-governing British colonies. The terms of this agreement are embodied in the Australian Constitution, which was drawn up at a Constitutional Convention and ratified by the people of the colonies at referendums.\n\nThe government of the United States, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a federal republic of individual states. The laws of the United States are contained in Acts of Congress; administrative regulations, and judicial cases interpreting the statutes and regulations. The federal government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its authority, in turn, regulated by one or two other branches.
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In the depiction of the the 'Southern Cross' itself (i.e. the stars to the right of the union jack), Australia depicts the 5 stars that are recognized as the brightest. In fact the majority of countries/states/regions that include the southern cross on their flag include 5 stars (e.g. Brazil, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea). New Zealand only depicts those stars (four) that indicate the points of the cross, leaving out the smaller fifth star which is outside that alignment. \n\nThe large star on the Australian flag below the union jack is the Commonwealth Star or Star of Federation. It has seven points to denote the six states and the combined territories of the Commonwealth.
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In WWI the Phillipines were a colony of the United States. The US took control (sort of, there were a lot of rebels) after the Spanish-American War in 1898.\n\nNot a lot happened in the Pacific during WWI. Japan (which was on the allied side), as well as Australis and New Zealand snapped up some pacific islands that were German colonies. But if there was any fighting on the islands it was mild.\n\nThere were some engagements between Japanses and German naval forces out there. A few ships went down on each side.\n\nAs far as I can tell (see reference below) nothing directly involved the Phillipines during 1914 - 1918.\n\nOf course World War II was a different matter, it was a major battle ground in the Pacific.
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Well, judging by their high living standards, their very low government corruption levels and their democratic, socially-responsible societies, the scandinavian countries are the ones that seem the most patriotic to me.\n\nRemember, we should not confuse patriotism (the love for one's country and people), with nationalism (the belief that a nation is superior to the rest). \nSadly, there are a lot of nations I could classify as nationalist, and not as patriotic.
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The germans held most of the allies in high respect, certainly the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and U.S.\n\nThey were contemptuous of the French.\n\nIn World War one, the Canadians held a piece of front line where there was heavy fighting and thousands died on both sides. This is a place called Vimy Ridge and it is now a  living memorial with all of the trenches and tunnels preserved and a big monument. The French government gave this little piece of France to Canada as a mark of thanks and respect.\n\nInterestingly when the Germans took France in 1940, Hitler himself visited Vimy Ridge and insisted that its status as a part of Canada should remain unchanged.\n\nI guess you can take from that that the Canadian nation was held in high regard, even by the enemy.
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The underlying causes of World War I were the intense nationalism that permeated Europe throughout the 19th and into the 20th century, the political and economic rivalry among nations, and the military buildup that occurred after 1871, when Germany emerged as a great world power.\nThe assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was just a match to the powder keg.
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In response firstly to James F.  1/ Don't SCREAM at us - use lowercase.  2/ Don't call the asker of the question simple, when they clearly have a better grasp of grammar than you do.  3/ Assuming you are an American, congratulations on even realising there are countries on this planet other than your own, you're a step ahead of your countrymen.\n\nIn response to the asker.  Australia has a culture, and a fantastic one at that.  We may not have thousand year old museums.  Our orchestras may not tour Europe.  But culture isn't about fine arts.\n\nEvery group of people have a culture.  In the case of some rural Australian towns, it may be a culture of inbreeding, but it's still a culture.\n\nThe overall Australian culture is a fantastic mix of optimism, enthusiasm, mateship, volunteerism, laziness and, most of all, pride.\n\nWe don't stand there hand on heart crying when we hear the national anthem like the Yanks, because we think that's pompous.\n\nBut we still shed a tear when we beat the Poms/Kiwis/Yanks in any of a number of sporting events.\n\nIn contrast to America - who call their domestic baseball premiership the World Series despite the fact teams outside of North America aren't invited to compete - can you imagine Aussies calling the Australian Football League Grand Final Premiers the World Champions?  By all rights, we could, because I don't know of a professional league of AFL outside of Australia.  But we don't call them World Champions, mostly because we ain't up ourselves.\n\nThe ANZAC Spirit, our volunteer firefighters & surf lifesavers, our sporting prowess, our 'give anything a go' attitude and our laid-back lifestyle all contributes, and is a result of, the amazing Aussie culture.\n\nIt's the Australian culture that makes this the best place in the world to live.
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We fought bravely and can be proud of our military.The british were in charge and decided on withdrawal.It was the right decision.There is no point in sacraficing more lives on a lost cause.Whitlam did the right thing in veitnam(withdrew our troops)When the americans pull out of iraq so will we. Unless we get a labor government before victory
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Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.\n\nSidney J Harris
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I think propaganda goes along way to making people fanatically patriotic. Fear helps too - making people believe that their country is constantly under attack. Selective history, leaving out the bad parts and pumping up the good parts, helps. You can also create an us/them mentality to make people fanatically patriotic.
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I really don't care what their favourite sports are or are not. That is their choice. They have the right to enjoy whatever sports they like just as the rest of us do. I'm not obsessed with America or it's people. There are good and bad everywhere. I do not see them as superior to me or my country in any way, shape or form. With that said I can see why others get annoyed sometimes. While there are many wonderful people there are also those that are surrealistic and cannot praise any other country or achievement or accept anything less than being dominant and it's a shame they give the majority a negative appearance. I was annoyed at their attitude to Australia in relation to qualifying. and not to unhappy that those responsible are eating their words or suffering from foot in mouth disease. Why can't we all just respect each other and our differences.
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Yes, definitely. While my ancestors were British I don't think we need the Union Jack on the corner of the Aussie flag any more. \nPersonally I think it would be fine if they just took the Union Jack off and left it as the Southern Cross and Federation star on a blue background....
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History - WW1  \nWorld War 1. 1914-1918. To assist our visitors in gaining an appreciation of Australia's involvement in this conflict we have provided the following: Overview of the conflictwww.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/ww1-00.html
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I support Australia because I'm proud of my country and my team. I enjoy other teams also because of the great football and entertainment they offer me, the effort they and their players give to the game. But my country will always be number 1 with me.