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Canada at war
on any occasion that Britain were at war Canada and Newfoundland would automatically be at war due to Canada being part of the British empire -
Battle Of Second Ypres
The second battle of Ypres was Canada's first major war and it was against Germany, 6000 of the Canadian soldiers were either badly injured or killed but lucky for Canada they were able to win the fight and held Germany off -
Battle Of The Somme
The Newfoundland army was part of the general British offense. The army went to Beaumont Hamel not knowing what they were up against. Th army fought against heavy machine guns making the war last only 30 minutes, at the beginning of the war there were a total of 801 soldiers but at the end 324 soldiers were dead/missing -
Battle Of Vimy Ridge
Canada were successful in the Battle of vimy ridge. The battle of vimy ridge showed how reliable the Canadian soldiers were and put a huge point on Canada's identity and Independence -
War Time Elections act
Women were allowed to vote if you were related to a soldier but men still had to go to war -
Battle of Passchendaele
The Canadian army forces was serving under the first Canadian commander(General Arthur Currie), This fight was recalled for its brutal fighting and terrible weather. The Canadians were victorious but 16,000 people were either killed or injured -
Federal Election
The point of the federal election was so they can end the enrollment of the Canadians fighting at war. The prime minister (Robert Borden ) fought to end Canadians military's being forced to go to war. he had persuaded them to end the war -
The Hundred Days
The hundred days was a course of events that made the campaign. This was important to Canada because it showed hoe reliable Canada's soldiers were and showed there power
