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Canada's Volunteer Force
Canada has a volunteer militia army which was originally under the control of a British commander. Of a total population of 8,000,000, Canada had a volunteer force of almost 60,000 partially-trained men in addition to their 3,000 regulars. -
France's Army
In January, 1914, France produces an army with 47 divisions composed of 777,000 soldiers and 47,000 colonial troops. -
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World War 1
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Canada Agree's to Deploy Men
By August 6th, it was agreed upon that Canada’s part in the war would be for 25,000 men to be deployed as required. Most of the 33,000 volunteered men were British born and were assembled at Valcartier camp, near Quebec City. -
Australia Becomes Involved
Australia, baring a population of less than 5,000,000, was forced to join the army in 1914 due to the fact that they were under control of the British Empire. Between 1914 and 1918 an army of almost 417,000 was raised and by the end of the war 58,132 were dead with another 156,228 gased, wounded or taken prisoner of war. -
Enrollment Campaigns Begin
The first enrollment campaign takes place. “The men of Canada fighting in France are fighting for Canada as much as if the battleground were the banks of the St. Lawrence.” -Sir John Hendrie, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario -
Munitions of Work Act
Women begin to get involved in the war under the ‘Munitions of Work Act’ when munitions factories had fallen solely under the control of the government. -
Third Division
The Third Division of 500,000 men, which was authorized in December, arrived in France early 1916. In August, 1916 a Fourth Division joined the Canadian Corps in Europe. -
Kingdom of Romania Enters the War
Romania joined the Entente in 1916, recruiting over 750,000 men towards the war effort against the German, Bulgerian and Austro-Hungarian men. -
Canada Maintains Agreement
Canada kept their agreement to send 25,000 men and so they continued to supply soldiers to the Western Front. A Fifth Division, which was established in 1917, was used to reinforce the Canadian Corps in 1918. -
Conscription
A particulary explosive issue in Canada and Australia, conscription was implemented in some countries in 1917 as World War 1 became a war of attrition. -
Australia Introduces Conscription Propaganda
By 1917 the effectiveness of recruitment propaganda has declined so the Australian government introduces conscription propaganda. Conscription propaganda, which was similar to recruitment propaganda, influence men to join the war based on their feelings of fear, guilt, patriotism and hatred towards the Germans. This was very effective to boost enrollment. -
United States Gets Involved
The United States broke their neutrality in the war and became involved from April 6, 1917 to the end of the war in 1918. Mobilizing over 4,000,000 military personnel over the span of their contribution to the war, they suffered 300,000 casualties with over 110,000 reported deaths. -
Conscription Meets an End
With a more emotional impact than anything, the resolution to end conscrition was drawn in January, 1918.
