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The first Canadian Division arrives
The first Canadian division arrived on October 1914, and it was not until the 26 January 1915 that the division was officially organized, under the command of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson, a British Army officer. -
Developments of Alliances
All the countries in France were worried so they joined forces with Africa and Russia which formed the Triple Entente. The other countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary and Germany which formed the triple Alliance. -
Technology in ww1
There was a lot of new Technology in ww1. The first rifle that the Canadians used was the Ross rifle but it kept getting jammed and it was just a bad rifle so they upgraded to the lee en-field. Ww1 was the first war for gases like mustard gas and chlorine gas. They also started to use belt fed machine guns, mortar shells, tanks, planes and submarines to mow down and destroy their enemies. But back home phones started to get a little more popular. -
trenches in ww1
Trenches are long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses they are most often associated with World War I, and the results of trench warfare in that conflict were hellish indeed. -
The Assignation of Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand
The assasination happened June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo Serbia. Franze Ferdinand was killed by Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was one assasin of a group of 6 containing. Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Vaso Čubrilović, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Cvjetko Popović and Trifun Grabež. They were all part of a secret society called the black hand. The reason that Princip murder Franze Ferdinand was because they where trying to break off Austria-Hungarys south Slav provenses so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. -
part 2 of the assassination of the Arch duke
It was important because when Franz Ferdinand was murdered, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. But they all had alliances so when Austria-Hungary declared war all the countries they had an alliance with went to war as well. -
Machine guns
Machine-guns pre-dated the First World War by half a century and were in widespread use by 1914, but doubts about their role and effectiveness limited the use of machine-guns in most pre-war armies. Most early war machine-guns were heavy and relatively immobile, requiring a team of soldiers to use. These where the 2 main machine guns, Chauchat M1915. Colt–Browning M1895/14. -
The Second Battle Of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres was fought during the First World War from the 22 of April to the 25 of May 1915. It was the first major battle fought by Canadian troops in the Great War. The battle took place on the Ypres salient on the westorn front in Belgium. The untested Canadians distinguished themselves as a determined fighting force in that battle. -
The Second Battle Of Ypres continued
This was also the first time that the Germans were using mustard gas. The Canadians at first didn't know what to do until the second gas attack. The Canadians peed on rags and used them to breath through until they could design gas masks to use. -
Manitoba women get to vote
Before ww1 women would not be allowed to vote and only be housewives,nurses or teachers. Women didn't start taking the men's jobs until 1916 half way through the war. They started working in the factories making shells and ammo for the soldiers. All the chemicals the women were working with turned their hair green and their skin orange. During the war the government gave the right to vote to soldiers across the sea,their wives and mothers. -
The Battle Of The Somme
The battle of the Somme started July 1 1916 and ended November 18 1916. The British Empire and the French third republic were on one side of the river and the Germans were on the other. The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies. More than three million men fought in the battle and one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the deadliest battles in human history there where over 1 million lives lost ans 25,000 being Canadian. -
The conscription crisis
The Military Service Act specified that single men between the ages of 18 and 41 were liable to be called-up for military service unless they were widowed with children or ministers of religion.Conscription dates back to 1791 B.C. Conscription was forced into the army by Sir Robert Borden. It divided Canada because the french Canadians didn't feel loyal to Great Britain. They also felt uncomfortable when they got to war because there was no French speaking generals in the British army. -
The Battle Of Vimy Ridge.
The battle of Vimy ridge started April 9th 1917-April 12 1917. It happened in the town of Vimy in France.The Canadians fought for the larger british effort in what became known as the battle of Arras. They were ordered to seize Vimy ridge, on the north of the British attack. Attacking Vimy Ridge would divert the German soldiers from attacking the French. It ended with the Canadians taking the ridge. It was very significant because the Canadians showed everyone that they could fight. -
The Russian Revolution
This happend during the final stage of the great war. The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire. It was impotent because Russian people wanted to turn against the government because there where to many casualties so they needed to end the war quick. -
Income Tax introduction
Income tax was introduced in ww1 to help soldiers overseas get food and resources. It was only supposed to be temporary but it is still here today. -
The Khaki election v1
The kakik election was an election that happened at the end of ww1. Sir Borden hosted the election. He also made it so solders across the sea could vote and so could there wife's and mothers. It is called the Khaki election because of the solders uniforms witch were khaki. -
The khaki election v2
The military service act had a big roll in the solders vote because if someone else got in than they would make it so the men could choose if they go to war or not. But the army needed more solders so they men in the battle would vote Sir Borden. -
Armistice
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
