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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assasanated
-Was shot dead in Sarajevo
-Shot by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalsist part of the group "Black Hand"
-Led to Germany declaring war bringing all of Europe into the war
-Canada was automatically brought into the war when Britain declared war (Canada was not considered strog at this point) -
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Canada in WWI
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million. There were over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. -
Second Battle of Ypres
-<b>Canadian</b> soldiers were helping the British and the French
-<b>They</b> were fighting trench warfare and were attaked by chlorine gas
-<b>Canadians</b> saved the day making Canada a stronger nation by showing Canadians could be counted on when help was needed -
Battle of the Somme
-<u>Canadians</u> were helping the British
-<u>It</u> was a 5 month long battle where troops were constently going into battle
-<u>Canadian</u> soldiers make Canada look stronger because they showed that not only can they help, but they can edure aswell -
Canada- War at Sea
-At the outbreak of war, the Royal Canadian Navy only had 350 men and two cruisers
-By 1918 the navy had grown to more than 5000 men and some 100 small warships, many built in Canada
-They protected Canada's east coast from German u-boats
-they also engaged in important anti-submarine, coastal patrol, and minesweeping operations
-This made Canada stronger because it made their Navy stronger showing other countries that we could protect ourselves -
Billy Bishop's First Victory (War in the Air)
-Posted to 60 Squadron at Filescamp Farm near Arras
-Flying a Nieuport 17
-Average pilot's life span was 11 days yet he survived
-He was one of four Nieuports that engaged three Albatross DIII Scouts near St Leger
-Went on to gain 72 credited victories
-Later formed the RCAF
-By forming the RCAF, Canada became stronger as a country and now has one of the most powerful air forces in the world -
Battle of Vimy Ridge
-<i>Canadians</i> were fighting together for the first time
-<i>Introduced</i> the "Creeping Barrage"
-<i>In</i> this battle Canada did what no other country could do
-<i>This</i> make Canada stronger because it showed its strength and will power of its soldiers -
Wartime Elections Act
-some Canadian women were able to vote for the first time if they had a male relative int the war
-other Canadians that were German or Ukraine, aswell as "enemy aliens" lost their right to vote
-This made Canada stronger because it started to veiw women as people and not property -
Battle of Amiens
-The begining of the Hundred Days
- Allied forces advanced over 11 kilometres on the first day
-there were large numbers of surrendering Germans
-was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare like tanks, this marked the end of trench warfare -
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The Hundred Days
-The final period of the war where the Allies attacted Germans in a series of battles
-Pushed Germans out of France to end the war
-More Canadians died in these hundred days then in the entire war before -
First Armistice at Compiègne
Was the agreement that the Allies and Germans signed that ended the fighting in western Europe
-This day later became Remembrance Day-
-Rememberence Day makes Canada a stronger country because it shows others that we dont take our veterans for granted, we will remember them -
The Treaty of Versailles
-Officially ended the Great War
-Canada signed this
-This gave Germany full responsibility for the war, made Germany pay for all the damage caused by the war, took away all German over-seas empires, and made it that the could only have a small army, no navy, and no air force
-This treaty led to WWII
-When Canada signed this themself, it made them stronger by showing other countries that it was no longer just told what to do, it was now an independant country
