AIF experiences on the Western Front
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Originally the AIF had been formed for the ANZAC war, three divisions had been sent to Gallipoli and when the AIF were called to fight in the war they had to restructure in order to setup for the war. The Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F) was an Australian army that was reformed on August 15th 1914 following the declaration of war against Germany. Generally the Australian Imperial Force was known as the A.I.F, it consisted of the Australian Flying Corps and other small army groups that helped fight for Australia. The first AIF was created for World War I and consisted of volunteers; originally the Australian government had pledged to supply 20,000 to the Western Front but eventually the AIF became a large group of soldiers consisting of 295,000 that had a huge impact on the war.
The AIF had many experiences on the Western Front and were involved in numerous wars in the western front. For the Australian Imperial Force there had been few good times during their time in the Western front, they were exposed to diseases and bad living conditions and were often caught up in the wars. Once the AIF troops became committed to the Western Front battles their success rate began to drop and they became too accustomed to the constant battles that their standards began to drop and they became lousy. During the final months of the war, the Australian Imperial Force was involved in a number of serious battles leading up to the end of the war, the first and second battle of Villers was an example of this. The AIF were caught out by the German troops in a desperate attempt and re-claiming the town of Villers-Bretonneux, although the German troops caught out the AIF the Australians managed to successfully pull off a counter-attack and ended up winning the first battle.
During the First World War the AIF forces achieved many victories and were congratulated for their many victories throughout the war and primarily in the Western Front. Some of their battles such as the battles of Villers were seen as the most dangerous and detrimental battles in the First World War.
The AIF had many experiences on the Western Front and were involved in numerous wars in the western front. For the Australian Imperial Force there had been few good times during their time in the Western front, they were exposed to diseases and bad living conditions and were often caught up in the wars. Once the AIF troops became committed to the Western Front battles their success rate began to drop and they became too accustomed to the constant battles that their standards began to drop and they became lousy. During the final months of the war, the Australian Imperial Force was involved in a number of serious battles leading up to the end of the war, the first and second battle of Villers was an example of this. The AIF were caught out by the German troops in a desperate attempt and re-claiming the town of Villers-Bretonneux, although the German troops caught out the AIF the Australians managed to successfully pull off a counter-attack and ended up winning the first battle.
During the First World War the AIF forces achieved many victories and were congratulated for their many victories throughout the war and primarily in the Western Front. Some of their battles such as the battles of Villers were seen as the most dangerous and detrimental battles in the First World War.
The Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Fromelles was a battle fought by the AIF on the
Western Front on the 19th of July 1916. The Battle of Fromelles was ultimately
to distract the German forces from their target and was used to gain
positioning on the Germans. The Battle of Fromelles was fought in the form of
trench warefare, which involved using the trenches of the Western front to
fight and defend against the German. The Battle of Fromelles was fought in the
middle of the war and with the upgrading technology the tide of the fight was often
turning. Fromelles was a battle that was used to move the German troops from
Somme (where the AIF were losing) up to Fromelles 80km to the south, when the
Germans had moved the AIF had reinforced their lines at Somme and looped back
around around so that the AIF would outnumber the Germans and overpower them.
What was the Western Front?
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Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the Western
Front was opened when the Triple Alliance (the German Army) first started
invading Luxembourg and Belgium. The Germans invaded Belgium and Luxembourg
slowly heading toward France, the Western Front was a series of trenches that
were positioned around Belgium and Luxembourg. The trenches ran a total of 700
kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border, these trenches were deep
enough for fully grown men to stand in and ran in a zigzag pattern for 700
kilometres.
The series of trenches known as the Western Front were used for 4 years 3 months and 1 week, they were first dug out in August 1914 and barbed wire was coiled at the entrance as protection. The Western Front was involved in a series of battles such as; the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of the Passchendaele all of these had an impact on the war and changed the result in some way. For most of the war the Western Front had no advanced due to the introduction of new technology and significant changes in the war but eventually in the later half of 1918 advances were made toward the Western Front and eventually the German army saw that defeat was inevitable, this led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which officially stated the alliance between Germany and the Allied Powers, this was signed in 1919 and officially ended the war.
The series of trenches known as the Western Front were used for 4 years 3 months and 1 week, they were first dug out in August 1914 and barbed wire was coiled at the entrance as protection. The Western Front was involved in a series of battles such as; the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of the Passchendaele all of these had an impact on the war and changed the result in some way. For most of the war the Western Front had no advanced due to the introduction of new technology and significant changes in the war but eventually in the later half of 1918 advances were made toward the Western Front and eventually the German army saw that defeat was inevitable, this led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which officially stated the alliance between Germany and the Allied Powers, this was signed in 1919 and officially ended the war.