The Principles Of World War One

World War one was a worldwide that was centered in Europe. The war began on the 28th of July 1914; this was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was a royal prince of Hungary and an archduke of Austria-Este. The war subsided over four years later on the 11th of November 1918. The war was fought by two conflicting alliances, these were the Triple Entente and this included the French republic, the British Empire and the Russian Empire (Italy later joined in 1915 after leaving the Central Powers) The other side of the war was fought by the Central Powers, this side was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkish empire) and Bulgaria. Australia was brought into the war via being a part of the British Empire; Australia played its part in the war by sending troops to fight in Gallipoli, the Western front and the Middle East.
From the point of view of the Australian military, world war one would not apply to these principles. These principles state the following; “a just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified”, “a just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. For example; self-defence.” “A just war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success”, “The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace”, “The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatant”. These do not fit to the motives of World War