https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt Significant events of WW1 en-us 2023-03-12 03:44:47 UTC 2026-02-03 05:25:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512948850 Britain was at war, so that essentially meant canada was at war as well. Canada’s legal status was a dominion of the British Empire, so the decision of foreign policy was in the hands of the British Parliament. The degree at which Canada intervened was in the hands of the Canadian Government, but they were obligated to join in some way in support of Britain.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512948850 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512949353 The War Measures Act was federal law. It was adopted by Parliament on August 22, 1914. In times of "war, invasion, or insurrection," the Act delegated significant authority to the federal government to maintain security and law and order. The Act was used to suspend the civil rights of "enemy immigrants" throughout both World Wars. As a result, there were mass arrests, detentions, and imprisonment. The Act was also used during the October Crisis of 1970. In its place, the Emergencies Act was enacted in 1988.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512949353 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512949596 The Second Battle of Ypres took place between April 22 and May 25, 1915, during the First World War. During the Great War, the Canadian military had its first significant engagement. The battle took place on the Ypres salient, just outside the Belgian city of Ypres, on the Western Front (now known by its Flemish name, Ieper). By enduring the horror of the first widespread use of poison gas in modern times, the unproven Canadians established a reputation as a tenacious fighting force. Canadian troops were deployed to hold a strategically important portion of the frontline until reinforcements arrived. More than 6,500 Canadians were killed, injured, or captured during the Second Battle of Ypres.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512949596 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950086 On July 1, 1916, the Allies launched a major offensive in France during World War I. On the first day of the Somme assault, one of the worst days in modern warfare history occurred. In Beaumont-Hamel, the Newfoundland Regiment suffered terrible losses. More than 80% of the soldiers who advanced that day were either killed or wounded. In one morning, the regiment lost nearly 700 soldiers, including over 300 fatalities.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950086 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950733 The Battle of Vimy Ridge took place from April 9 to April 12, 1917, during the First World War. It is the most celebrated military victory in Canadian history, and it is widely mythologized as the start of Canadian pride and awareness. A battle took place on the Western Front in northern France. The four divisions of the Canadian Corps attacked the ridge and captured it from the German troops from April 9 to April 12, 1917. This was their first battle together. Although being the largest territorial gain made by an Allied force up to that point in the war, it had little impact on the outcome. At over 10,600 Canadians were killed or injured during the war. On top of the mountain, an iconic memorial honours the 11,285 Canadians who died in France during the war but whose graves are unknown.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950733 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950977 The Wartime Elections Act of 1917 provided the right to vote to female relatives of Canadian troops serving overseas during the First World War. Numerous immigrants from "enemy" countries were also denied the opportunity to vote in Canada. The Act was enacted by Prime Minister Robert Borden's Conservative administration in an effort to enhance its support for candidates in the 1917 election. It ultimately cost the Conservatives years of support from specific groups. The Act's legacy is contentious. Many women were granted the right to vote, but it also legalised many anti-immigrant sentiments.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512950977 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512951408 The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, occurred between July 31, 1917, and November 10, 1917, during World War I. The battle took place on the Western Front in Belgium's Ypres salient, where the German and Allied armies had been locked in a three-year stalemate. On July 31, the British began a new assault in an attempt to penetrate German defences by taking a ridge near the abandoned Passchendaele village. Following fruitless attacks by British, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers, the Canadian Corps entered the fight on October 26. Despite heavy rain and shelling, which turned the battlefield into a swamp, the Canadians secured the ridge on November 6.

]]> 2023-03-12 03:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512951408 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512952009 In 1917, Canadians voted on an issue that could have meant the difference between life and death. Conscription during World War I was a key issue in the 1917 federal election, which polarised English and French Canada.

]]> 2023-03-12 04:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512952009 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512953799 The Hundred Days Offensive was the term given to the final 100 days of World War I, which ran from August 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918. The term "Canada's Hundred Days" was established, however, as a result of the Canadian Corps' incredible efforts on the Western Front. During this period, Canadian and allied forces drove the German Army from Amiens, France, east to Mons, Belgium, in a series of battles. This drive ended in the German Army's surrender and the war's end.

]]> 2023-03-12 04:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512953799 341189074 https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512954201 Armistice Day was established in 1919 across the majority of the British Empire on the second Monday in November. In 1921, the Canadian Parliament passed legislation to have Armistice Day festivities on the first Monday of the week of November 11, however this clashed with the Thanksgiving holiday. For the most of the 1920s, Canadians commemorated the occasion with little public display. Few other Canadians attended the festivities, instead gathering in churches and at neighbourhood shrines were soldiers and their families.]]> 2023-03-12 04:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/341189074/5axl4w3rqm6k03kt/wish/2512954201