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| Battle of Ypres |
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| Battle of Sommes | (July 1916-November) It was the bloodiest battle. Germans destroyed Canadians with their machine guns, 24,000 casualties. The conditions of the battle ground were atrocious.
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| Battle of Vimmy Ridge | April 9,1917 Canadian victory! Under the command of General Julian Byng. Canadians bombarded Germans for a month while army engineers constructed secret tunnels. 3 days Canada had won. 10 500 casualites
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| Battle of Passchendaele | 1917 Canadian General Arthur Currie, under General Haig's orders. Some soldiers drowned due to flooded trenches. victory with 15 000 Canadian casualties, almost 1/2 million from both sides.
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| Halifax Explosion | December 6, 1917. Mont Blac carrying more thatn 2500 tonnes of dynamite was by another ship in Halifax harbour-destroying the harbour and parts of the city.
2000-3000 dead and 10,000 injured
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| Conscription Crisis | PM Robert Borden promised no to consciption, however British PM David Lloyd George convinced he must to. Borden introduced Military Service Act resulting in conscription. This divided Canada.
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| Union Government | Government set up by robert Borden (before election). It consisted of those who favoured conscription including some liberals. Won election because it greatly favouvred the war.
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| Wartime Elections Act | Piece of Legislation passed by Borden prior to election. Gave women related to servicemen the right to vote, but cancelled the right for immigrants.
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| Hundred Days | The final months of war. Canada had many successful offensives under the command of General Currie.
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| Armistice | November 11,1918 @ 11:00 pm. Truce agreement signed by all warring parties to stop all hostilities. This was signed in a railway car in France.
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| Paris Peace Conference | Called after siging the armistice, attended by the Allies and new leadership of Germany. Countries discussed the terms of a peace agreement. Borden got Canada its own seat.
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| Treaty of Versailles | Document which set of the terms of the peace agreement (1919). Countires wanted compensation from Germany, they insisted that Germany take the blame for the war and pay $30 billion in repairs,
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| Industrialism | Economic System built on lage industries rather than on agricultures or craftsmanship; built-up and increase of industry and development.
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