Word War I & World War II Table

Who fought in World War 1?

The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These
countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, AustriaHungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
Who fought in World War 2?
World War 2 was fought between two groups of countries. On one side were the
Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the
Allies. They included Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India,
the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America.
What to do?

When and
where did the
event occur?
Research the Give specific
events marked dates and
with letters. places.
Boer War
a) Eland's
River

A) The Boar was

started in
October 11,
1899 and
finished in May
31 1902. The
Boer was took
place in South
Africa

Why/How was
Australia
involved?

Significance
to Australia. (5 dot
points for each of
the lettered
battles)

A) Australia was
involved in the Boer
war because they
had troops who
fought against the
enemy.

World War 1
a) Gallipoli

A) The was at
A) Australia was a
Gallipoli was
huge part of the war
being fought
in Gallipoli because
Landing/Evacu between
they were known as
ation
February 19,
the ANZACs which
1915-Janurary 9, stands for
1916 on the
Australian and New
Gallipoli.
Zealand Army
Cooperation.

b) Lone Pine
B) Lone Pine was B) ANZAC soldiers

A) The day the

Anzacs landed on the
shores of Gallipoli is
the day we
commemorate the
soldiers, ANZAC day.
Gallipoli cost the
Allies 141 000
casualties. More than
44,000 died. Of the
dead, 8709 were
Australians and 2701
were New Zealanders
B) The battle of lone
pine is knows as one
of the most
significant assaults
during the battle in

fought between
the 6 and 10th of
August 1915.
This was fought
between
Australians and
the Ottoman
empire. This was
fought in
Gallipoli.

intended to create a Gallipoli. There were

diversion in an
large amounts of
attempt to form a
casualties, 10,000 in
breakout from the
total. 7,000 were
perimeter on the
Turkish and the other
heights of Chunky
3,000 Australian. The
Bair and Hill 971.
Lone Pine action
remains infamous to
this present day
This was significant
because Australia
won this war on
their own.

c) The Nek

d) Fromelles

e) Battle of
Messines

f) Battle of
Beersheba

C) The Battle of the

C) The Battle of Nek was a small
the Nek was a
World War I battle
small World War fought as part of
I battle fought
the Gallipoli
as part of the
campaign. "The
Gallipoli
Nek" was a narrow
campaign. "The stretch of ridge in
Nek" was a
the Anzac
narrow stretch
battlefield on the
of ridge in the
Gallipoli Peninsula.
Anzac battlefield This war was fought
on the Gallipoli
between Australia
Peninsula.
and the Ottoman
Empire

D)The battle
occurred on
August 7 1915.
The Battle of
Fromelles was
fought during
July 19, 1916
July 20, 1916

E) The battle of
Messines was
fought between
June 7, 1917

D) The Battle of
Fromelles was a
British military
operation on the
Western Front
during World War I,
subsidiary to the
Battle of the
Somme.

E) The Battle of
Messines was an
offensive conducted
by the British
Second Army, under

C) The Nek
was
significant
because it
was such a
hard place
for the
troops to
fight in.
They used
to fight in
trenches.

D) The Battle
of Messines
was
important
was
Signiant
because
Australia
And British
tried to
push the
Germans
back
E) The Battle
of Messines
was

June 14, 1917

F)The Battle of
Beersheba, was
fought on 31
October 1917.

the command of
General Sir Herbert
Plumer, on the
Western Front near
the village of
Messines in West
Flanders, Belgium,
during the First
World War
F)When the
Egyptian
Expeditionary Force
attacked and
captured the
Yildirim Army Group
garrison at
Beersheba,
beginning the
Southern Palestine.

World War 2
a) Tobruk

A) The Battle
of Tobruk
was
fought in
April 10,
1941
November
27, 1941

A) The Siege of
Tobruk lasted
for 241 days
in 1941, after
Axis forces
advanced
through
Cyrenaica
from El
Aphelia in
Operation

significant
because it
was the
first time
that the
third
Australian
Division
saw service
on the
Western
Front

F) The Battle
or
Beersheba
was
significant
because the
final phase
of this all
day battle
was at dusk
when
members of
the brigade
stormed
through the
Turkish
defences
and seized
the
strategic
town of
Beersheba.

A. The Battle of
Tobruk was
significant to
Australia
because it
went for a very
long 241 days
in harsh
conditions.
The
Australians
were known as

b) Kokoda

c) Bombing of
Darwin

B) he Battle
of Kokoda
was
fought
during
July 1942

November
1942

C) The
Bombing
of Darwin
happened
during
February
19, 1942

Sonnenblume
against the
British
Western
Desert Force
in Libya,
during the
Western
Desert
Campaign of
the Second
World War.
B) The Kokoda
Track
campaign or
Kokoda Trail
campaign
was part of
the Pacific
War of World
War II.
C )The
Bombing of
Darwin, also
known as the
Battle of
Darwin, on 19
February
1942 was the
largest single
attack ever
mounted by a
foreign power
on Australia.

the Rats of
Tobruk in this
battle.
B. The Kokoda
battle is
significant
because it
saved
Australia from
almost certain
invasion.
Because of
this Kokoda
track was
made.

C) The Bombing
of
Darwin was
Signiant to
Australia because
it was the biggest
attack on
Australia in our
whole history.