By: Jean Tognia
Countries Involved:
Germany, Austria-Hungary and The Ottoman Empire (Central Powers)
Britain, France, Russia and The United States ( Allied Powers)
Some of Causes of The War:
Imperialism:
By 1910 the most desirable colonies had been taken and Germany envied France and Britain's empires. These empires were the richest.
They realised that the only way to get land in Africa was to take it away from the colonisers.
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British World War One Stats
State
|
Total Enlistments
|
Percentage of
Population
|
Percentage of males
aged 18 to 44
|
Western Australia
|
32,231
|
9.9
|
37.5
|
New South Wales
|
164,030
|
8.8
|
39.8
|
Queensland
|
57,705
|
8.5
|
37.7
|
South Australia
|
34,959
|
8.0
|
37.6
|
Tasmania
|
15,485
|
7.9
|
37.8
|
Victoria
|
112,399
|
7.9
|
38.6
|
Total
|
416,809
|
It is interesting to read how many enlisted from Australasia. I wonder what the stats were from South Africa?
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