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> the general Australian perception is that the only thing NZ supplied were a couple of initials to make the acronym flow better.
If it's any consolation to you, hardly any Europeans I've met believes, nevermind knows that the Aussies and Kiwis fought in both world wars. 'Why would they want to do that?' is often the question I get if I can convince them.
When I went to France for the 75th military anniversary back in the nineties though, I'm happy to say that I met many friendly old local French farmers who knew all about the Australian and New Zealand involvement and had benefited directly from it.
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the general Australian perception is that the only thing NZ supplied were a couple of initials to make the acronym flow better. As in 'ANZAC? With no Kiwis? Aac!' (Note to all citizens of my adopted country - this is meant purely as a joke!  ) On the more serious question of Oz / Zild participation in the world wars, can anyone tell me whether either country had conscription in either war?
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Both did. Not sure about both wars, but certainly in the second stoush.
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Well there you are, then! Ask and ye shall receive! 
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Thanks Kiwis for that info. I think I must be feeling unusually sensitive because I have been tweaked by Max's original "the Pommy bastards who slaughtered so many of our finest" remark for a day or two now. (Possibly because it came on the back of a little too much ANZAC ribbing for a Pom living in Sydney??? I'll get over it... ) I don't in any way want to belittle the ANZAC troops, or any other troops - or to say that the British strategists should be excused some dumb errors - but I think it's fair to point out that contrary to the impression the film may give, British troops died at Gallipoli too. A far lower percentage of our total population, to be sure, but then again Brits were engaged on other fronts at the same time. And I never knew the Newfoundlanders were there too! Statistics vary, but these are representative of what I could find: http://www.turkishpeople.com/tours/henk/anzac/22.html
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Actually, the British landed virtually unopposed, then sat around. By the time they got going, the Turks had regrouped and the opportunity was lost. Can't remember the exact details, and all my references are in cartons in the garage ... 
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Aussie and Kiwi involvement in WWII
And wasn't Australia actually attacked once on its own territory by the Japanese early in WWII...an island on its northwest coast, perhaps?
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