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__Why Australia went to war__ Australia went to war because even though we didnt have a direct reason for being involveed, we became involved because we were still apart of the British Empire. Being apart of the British Empire meant that if Britain went to war, for whatever reason, Australia followed. Fight to help Britain would also ensure that Australia would be protected economically, with Britain being our largest export market and most important source of imports, we would also be protected from the Asian countries to the north by the British Navy. Britain became apart of the war because Germany invaded Belgium in an attempt to invade France, but Belgium, being a neutral country, had a treaty with Britain saying that Britain would defend Belgium if they were ever attacked. Britain also believed that if they defended Belgium they would in turn stop Germany from getting any closer to their land. Germany declared war after a series of event which started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This created tension between many countries who had already formed alliances with other countries, which meant if one went to war all the alliances were also brought in to war as well. There were two major alliances : Triple Alliance and Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Austria/Hungry and Italy and the Triple Entente was made up of Britain, France and Russia.

__Homework 13/7/09 - Analysis Activity 1__ 1247554778

__400 word extended response- Responses to war__ 1248070951