British commonwealth
British raj
Sent about 1.5 million people to fight in the war
British made a vague promise to India about having its own government as a reward of participating in the war
India wanted its independence
Rise in food prices as much of the food had to be supplied to the 1.5million soldiers in the war.
Cache crop owners also suffered a loss, losing the German market and were threatened by submarines
CAnada
Confederated in 1867
100,000 men had volunteered for the war even before soldiers were asked to
In 1917, canadian troops united and took over German occupied vimy ridge
British prime minister David Llyod George said” Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line, they were prepared for the worst”. Shows how formidable Canadian forces were. Canadian Corps were the spearhead of many attacks
Australia & New zealand
Took over German New Guinea just a few months after the war broke out
In November 1914, Australia and New Zealand troops were sent to Egypt and diverted to the suez canal to protect it against the ottoman empire
In August 1915, Australian and New Zealand forces assaulted turkish forces at Lone Pine, successfully taking over Lone pine and successfully defended it for 3 days. At the same time, Australian forces attacked Turkish forces at the Nek. However, these attacks failed. All in all, both attacks resulted in much casualties to the Australian army
After a year of fighting, Australian and New Zealand forces were finally pulled out of Anzac cove. After all the fighting, Australia and New Zealand suffered many casualties.
In July 1916, the ANZAC forces arrived in France to aid in the battle of the somme. In the same month, Australian forces attacked German forces in the battle of Fromelles in the hopes of Germany pulling troops away from the somme to defend it. However, this attack failed and resulted in the casualties of over 5000 Australian soldiers.
There were many other battles in this period such as the battle of Romani. Australian and New Zealand troops launched an attack on Turkish forces in Romani. In the end, Turkish forces fled and Australian forces took over Romani with only 1000 casualties
After a few months, the battle of the somme ended
After 6 months, the United states declared war on Germany, and battles broke out once again. The first one was the battle of the Bullecourt. However, under the poor command of a british officer, this battle went completely downhill for the Australians and New Zealanders, losing more than 5,000 men, the biggest loss Australia and New Zealand have suffered so far. This was followed by the second battle of the Bullecourt. After a series of battles, the British and AIF launches a counter against Germans, forcing them to retreat. However, this victory also came with over 7000 casualties
Battle of Menin Road: ANZAC troops successfully defeated German forces in Glencourse Wood but once again, suffered more than 4000 casualties as a result.
For the first time, ANZAC I and II forces fought alongside each other in the battle of the Broodseinde. They were successful in capturing German positions but they suffered 6500 casualties
Battle of Amiens: One of the last battles before the end of WW1. This was a response to the Spring offensive by Germany where numerous allied forces united and attacked the German army. This attack was so successful that German General Erich Ludendorff called that day the “black day of the German army in the war”
Armistice was finally signed on november 1918. In the end, Australian and New Zealand forces suffered a total of over 6000 deaths and 150000 casualties