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Map of France drawn pictorially.

Daily Mail (London, England). (1916). The Daily Mail bird's eye map of the British front [cartographic material]. nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230052264

World War 1: 1916

Topic

After Gallipoli, the AIF reorganised 2 divisions into 5 and troops were sent to the Western Front in France. 

Humanities
Year 9
Military history
The Sunday Times front page, featuring a cartoon of a skeleton flying a glider

(1917, October 7). Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), p. 1. nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13215182

World War 1: 1917

Topic

The Ypres Offensive (1917) was a brutal campaign on the Western Front aimed at capturing key Belgian ports.

Humanities
Year 9
Military history
Australia and the Great War newspaper article

(1919, January 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5 (The Argus War Review). nla.gov.au/nla.news-page402797

World War 1: 1918

Topic

By late 1918, the Allied forces had won a series of key battles that forced the German troops into retreat.

Humanities
Year 9
Military history

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