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10 Events From 1911 to 1920
This Timeline is created by Tyler Demery -
Robert Borden Election
On September 11 1911 Robert Borden was elected Canada’s eighth Prime Minister. Robert Borden played an important role in Canada's involvement in WW1 that started only 3 years after his election.
Theme - Significant Canadians and The homefront.
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28 1914 by the Black Hand. Franz Ferdinand was touring Serbia and was a soon to be future king of Austria-Hungary when he and his wife were shot and killed point blank range in an open car. This event was the leading cause to WW1
Theme - Significant Leadership and Battles.
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Start of World War 1
On July 28 1914 WW1 started when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Blackhand while touring Serbia since he was a future king of Austria-Hungary, they blamed the Serbian Government for the death and demanded they hand over the Blackhand. Germany backed up Austria-Hungary and Russia backed up Serbia. Russia sent troops to the German lines and refused to remove the troops. Germany knows that they are allied with France so they went through Neutral Belgium and attacked France which caused WW1. -
Battle of Ypres
The battle of Ypres happened on April 22 1915. It was a very important battle fought between the Germany and the Canadian/British army. The Germans used a new tactic in this battle by releasing a 160 tons of a chemical weapon called Chlorine Gas. This gas cleared a 6.5Km gap in the Allied line which the Canadians fought back to redeem the line and won the battle of Ypres This gave the Canadians a good reputation of formidable fighting force.
Theme - Battles & New Technology
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The Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme was fought on July 1 1916 and is known as one of the deadliest battles in history. It was fought near the Somme river in France and was the axis vs the allied forces. On the first day the British suffered over 57000 casualties which was a massive defeat but was known as a major battles because the British ended up making a plan to make a push and slow down Germany In the end they gained only a few miles with more than a million lives suffered on both sides. -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
The battle of Vimy Ridge happened on April 12 1917. The battle of Vimy Ridge was fought in northern France and played an important role into Canada’s reputation. This battle is important to Canada’s reputation because the British and France failed at attacking and taking Vimy Ridge and suffered 100000 casualties in this defeat but the Canadians took the ridge with a carefully designed plan in just 4 days.
Themes: Battles, Canada & changing role in the world.
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Temporary Income Tax
During World War 1 Canada faced a problem of funding the war so in August 17 1917 Robert Borden introduced a temporary income tax to help fund the war and its debt. This new tax would help supply the army with new equipment and technology as well continue to keep World War 1 going so they could win more battles and eventually help win World War 1.
Theme: The Homefront, Canada and its changing roles in the world
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Conscription Act
In August 29 1917 during WW1 Robert Borden Prime Minister of Canada faced a major issue that was the collapse of the voluntary recruitment system that was in place. It was not efficient enough to provide people to go to the front lines to keep up with the deaths that were taken place during WW1 he dealt with this problem by adding a conscription that forcefully sent young men overseas to fight the war if called upon to be sent
Themes: Homefront, Canada & its changing role
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The End of WW1
On November 11 1918 Germany has signed armistice and the gunfire stopped shortly after Germany has surrendered this was the end of WW1. Germany stopped the war after realizing that they were not strong enough to keep fighting especially since France kept receiving new soldiers to the front lines which only strengthen the army and it was clear that Germany was not going to win the war. Most people celebrated the end of WW1.
Themes: Significant Leadership & Homefront
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Treaty of Versailles
On June 28 1919 the Treaty of Versailles took effect and was signed in France to help prevent future war and to keep the peace between the countries that was involved in WW1. The Treaty of Versailles was hard on Germany and stated that Germany was one of the main causes for WW1 and had to give up some important resource land and had to pay for damages from the war.
Themes: Significant leadership & Canada & Changing role of world
Pic: The photo of English version of the Treaty Of Versailles
