'in Military Parlance I Suppose We Were Mutineers': Industrial Relations in the Australian Imperial Force During World War I (Essay‪)‬

On 8 August 1918, the five Australian divisions that made up the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), working together as a single cohesive unit for the first time in World War I, participated in an offensive that broke the back of the German forces on the Western Front. This is popularly described as the 'black day' of the German army and is often seen as the 'beginning of the end' that, within a few short months, would lead to the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, thus marking the end of hostilities with Germany.