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New Zealand was involved in world war one because they are and were part of the British Monarchy. New Zealanders went to war because they had to back up Britain who were their motherland. 18,166 New Zealanders died in WW1 and 41,317 were wounded.
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CoachThe Boer War, World War 1, World War 2, Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War. Of these, New Zealand's greatest military participation was in World War 2.
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Name a nz soldier who fought in ww1?
Cowan, J
Why did nz get involved in ww1?
NZ was colonized by the British and a country in the British Empire. When Great Britain went to war with Germany, so did NZ, Australia, Canada, and other countries which were then part of the British Empire. WW1 was not merely a clash of countries. It was a clash of empires, even more so than WW2, and it is difficult to equate in a modern context now that Imperialism is in the past. The question "Why should NZ get involved?" was probably not asked in NZ at the time, at least not aloud.
What caused the us to go into ww1?
the sinking of lusitania
What was NZ population in 1914?
1 million people of which 110 000 people served in WW1 of which 73 000 were casualties, which was the second highest (on a percentage of population basis) of all the Allies
How did Great Britain go to war in ww1?
Great Britain joined the triple Entente...A+
