
The Australian contribution to the First World War has so often been taken out of context and exaggerated to imply that Australian soldiers were innate war-winners, or that they were hapless victims of their incompetent British generals. This chapter examines the practical nature of Australia’s participation in and contribution to the operational conduct of the war on the Western Front in 1918. It argues that the Australian infantry’s successes in the latter stages of the war stemmed from its growing proficiency in the use of complicated combinations of weaponry developed by the British as a way to break the deadlock in Europe. In situating the Australian military contributions within the wider context of the conduct of the war—particularly by that of the British Army—we can see just how the AIF made a significant and lasting contribution to the war on the Western Front.
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