what was australias perspective on world war?
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'whatever the us says'
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World War I\n\nWEB LINKS\n\nPRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS.\n\nFantastic Resources.\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-WorldWar1.htm\n\nWorld War I\n\nhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWusaG.htm\n\nAlthough the USA had strong ties with Britain, Wilson was concerned about the large number of people in the country who had been born in Germany and Austria. Other influential political leaders argued strongly in favour of the USA maintaining its isolationist policy. This included the pacifist pressure group, the American Union Against Militarism.\n\nhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html\n\nRead and listen to stories of the War from the people who lived it. Explore diaries, letters, scrapbooks, newspaper cuttings, photos and keepsakes.\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/\n\nhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/\n\nhttp://www.wfa-usa.org/new/links.cfm\n\nAn Internet History of The Great War\n\nhttp://www.worldwar1.com/\n\nGood luck\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Hi there, \n\nThe Second World War went on for 6 years from 1939 - 1945.\nIt caused a great man and machine loss for the humanity. People suffered, rich countries turned poor, poor countries turned poorer, and the poorer countries had nothing left after the war.\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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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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Respect it.\n\nOnly a handful of colonized countries still practice thier indiginous customs in everyday life. \n\nMore is the pity that the Original Australian Citizens do not show a Haka for international Sport. It would be a fantastic tribute to the almost destroyed Aboriginal history of this ancient country.\n\nI am Irish and I live is Australia. I feel a certain connection with the history of both our countries. Centuries of maltreatment, oppression, pillaging, rape, stealing of our lands and the demagogy of both our Heritages.\n\nMy two cents
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Italia and Australia and Spain
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basically it means that the majority of the countries of the world were at war. The first world war was against germany. \n\nUSA, and Europe, Africa, etc. were fighting to remain free.
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Australia entered World War II shortly after the Invasion of Poland, declaring war on Germany on September 3rd, 1939. By the end of the war almost a million Australians had served in the Australian armed forces and Australian military units had seen combat in Europe, North Africa, and the South-West Pacific. In addition, Australia came under direct attack for the first time in its history. 39,366 Australians were killed and 23,477 were wounded by enemy action during the war.\n\nFollowing the Japanese attacks on South East Asia in late 1941, Australia was attacked itself during the Air raids on Darwin, February 19, 1942, resulting in at least 243 civilian and military deaths. Australian troops were sent home from the Middle East to defend the country from a feared Japanese invasion of Australia. This invasion did not occur, however, and the Japanese did not ever intend to invade the Australian mainland.\n\nThe Statute of Westminster 1931 formally ended most of the constitutional links between Australia and the United Kingdom when Australia adopted it in 1942. The shock of the United Kingdom's defeat in Asia in 1942 and the threat of Japanese invasion caused Australia to turn to the United States as a new ally and protector. Since 1951, Australia has been a formal military ally of the US under the auspices of the ANZUS treaty. After World War II, Australia encouraged mass immigration from Europe
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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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AUSTRALIA GAVE ASYLUM (PERMANENT STAY) TO THE 47 PAPUANS\nSEPARATORS .. AUSTRALIA IS AN EVIL GOVT. AND A FOE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA .. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
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Not too good truth be told.\n\nAfter World War One the rest of the world really screwed germany. They made all kinds of outragous claims on German lands and money. The economy was in the crapper and the politics of the day were doing nothing to change the situation. \n\nThere were millions with out work and inflation was sometimes 700% a day. Money had no real meaning and the masses were living under the boot of the Allies.\n\nThen in 1932 all hell broke loose.\n\nWhen the Nazi party came into power the first things they did was tell the allies to kiss off. They rebuilt their army and restored a national pride. These things helped feed the people and get the country back up on it's feet. \n\nI have been told that you would not worry about the politcs of the man who feeds you when you are starving. And the Nazi rule in Germany showed this.\n\nWhen you are full, happy and have your pride you can do much. And they did. But as history shows things got WAY out of hand and the now proud people were lead to a very scary place by some very scary people.\n\nTaking Cezch was easy and the invasion of poland wasn't that hard. But what was to come was a real wake up call for the world.\n\nSo the 1930's was a great time of change in Germany. In those 10 years germany would go from a beaten nation steped on and looted by the world to a superpower that almost took over europe.
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Its usually refers to Australia.
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I'd say WWI, after WWII the soviets and Americans were pretty much at eachother's throats and the advent of the atomic age ensured heightened levels of paranoia from all sides now that a single bomber could level a city.\n\nAfter WWI things could have gone a lot better if the allied powers weren't so harsh on germany (but that goes back to the french's stupidity during the napoleonic wars, but I digress) and if the stock market hadn't crashed hitler would have had a much harder time coming to power.
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Think about it - every country you listed there was part of the Allied Forces. \n\nI don't in any way mean to trivialize war, but a simplistic way to explain this would be like this - \n\nIf you were on a sports team and your team won, wouldn't you and your teammate standing there with you say "We won"? Even though there were more than just the two of you on the team, your statement would be true, would it not, since you were part of the winning team?\n\n\nOh, and btw - many yrs ago when we were stationed in Newfoundland I met an old Doctor who was a WWII vet (Canadian Forces).   I happened to meet him on Pearl Harbor day, and since he was Canadian and I'm American, and he was a  LOT older than me (I was in my early 20's), he wanted to see if I knew what day it was.  He was both surprised and glad to see I did.  (lol - I was in the Navy, and my husband is still in the Navy - of course I know Pearl Harbor day...)\n\nHe told me that he and his fellow soldiers cheered when Pearl Harbor was bombed - NOT because they were glad that so many people were killed, but because they knew that now the US would have to enter the war, and they would then be able to win it.  \n\nThat should tell you something about the contribution America made to that war, and to how her allies - and more importantly, how those that were fighting that war, viewed her contribution.
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World War was was inevitable. If it wasn't started by the assassination, it would've been started by something else.\n\nHowever, Germany should not assume the blame. The Brits, Russians, French, and Austrians are just as much at fault.
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it helped delay Japanese advancement through the Phillippines and through the Pacific as a whole, which possibly could have saved Australia from a potential invasion by Japansese forces.  \n\nIt gave time for the US to get their fleet back in order to continue the war, and it cost the Japansese some of their finest troops.
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Militarism, Adolf Hitler want to re-arm Germany, Italy looking outward for conquest, Japan with recent naval victory against Russia in Vladivostok believes it can take the world as it had humiliate the Russian giant.\n\nAgression, believing that after WW1, no one wants another war, it can agress and bully neigbors, Germany start annexing Austro-Hungary, Japan use Manchuria as an excuse to be in China, Italy due to lack of any natural resource start venturing into Africa.\n\nNationalism, German leader lead the people believe that the suffering they have was a result of their defeat and was able to raise the nationalism spirit of the people, Japan with its emperor regard as the son of heaven, ralied the people to believe that they are no longer a small nation, they can anyone as they had shown in defeating the Russian navy. The Italian was ralied together to avoid a civil war.