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Canadian Battles of World War I
Canadian History 11
D. Denike
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The Main Canadian Battle Sites•Ypres (1915) Belgium•St-Eloi, France (1916) •Mount Sorel, France(1916)•Battle of the Somme, France (1916) -Beaumont Hamel France (1916) •Vimy Ridge, France (1917)•Passchendaele, France (1917)
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YpresCanadian First Division, 20 000 soldiers
Faced poison gas attacks from Germans
More than 5200 Canadian troops died
Canadians held their position
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Battle of the Somme
141 days of battle
Canadians fought with British troops
The first day of battle was disatrous: 57 470 casualties
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Battle of the Somme
Canadians fought heroically
Casualties for both sides had reached 1.25 million
24 000 Canadian soldiers died
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Battle of the Somme
Troops from Newfoundland and Labrador played a major part
They advanced across “no-man’s land” at Beaumont Hamel against heavy machine gun fire from the Germans
Only 68 of the 790 soldiers of the Newfoundland regiment survived
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Battle of the Somme
After 5 months of battle, the British had only advanced 11 km
People at home were horrified by the massacre
Tanks, a British invention, were used for the first time at the Somme
Tanks would eventually help with the war
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Vimy Ridge
For the first time all 4 Canadian divisions fought together on April 1917
100 000 Canadians launched the attack
“We went up Vimy Ridge as Albertans and Nova Scotians. We came down as Canadians”
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Vimy Ridge
“From the dugouts, shell holes, and trenches, men sprang into action…and advanced to the ridge…Every division of the Canadian Corps moved forward together. It was Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific on parade…In those few moments I witnessed the birth of a nation.”
Brigadier-General Alex Ross, describing the attack at Vimy Ridge
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Vimy Ridge
Canadian soldiers captured the ridge
On that day, more ground, more guns, and more German prisoners were taken than in the first two-and-a half years of war
It was a crucial victory and step toward Allied victory in WWI
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Vimy Ridge
Four Canadians won the Victoria Cross at Vimy
There were 10 602 casualties at Vimy Ridge
3598 Canadian soldiers died in battle
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Destroyed Tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge
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Trenches at Vimy
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Vimy Ridge Memorial
April 9 1917: Canada won its most celebrated battle of WWI
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Early gas mask
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Germans soldiers firing guns
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Wounded soldiers in a trench
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Present day trench Vimy Ridge
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Battle field at Vimy Ridge
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A view from the trenches
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Inside the Vimy Memorial
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174 623 Canadian soldiers were wounded during the First
World War.