For Australia and New Zealand, the First World War was the first chance to show to the world that their young men could be among the finest soldiers in the world. With no real military tradition behind them, these nations started from scratch: but the fighting at Gallipoli proved them capable of producing superb military material.

This article is located in the History of the First World War Volume 3 (REF D522 .H58 1969 V.3).