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The Triple Entente and The Triple Alliance are the two alliances. Britain, France and Russia formed the Triple Entente and Austria-Hungary, Italy and Germany the Triple Alliance.
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The first Canadian soldiers arrived December 1914 in France.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand traveled to Sarajevo to take a look at the imperial armed force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Young Serbian Nationalist had planned a way to kill the archduke, because they believed that the territories should be part of Serbia. The Archduke and his wife were both shot after getting away from another assassination attempt.
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Many of the Bosnia's Nationalist wanted their own country and they saw an opportunity when the Archduke announced he is visiting Sarajevo. Serbia who was the neighbor of Bosnia had assassins trained and recruited to kill the Archduke and these assassins were called the Black Hand.
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Many technologies and weapons were used in WW1 like airplanes and machine guns. At the beginning of the war the airplanes were used to observe enemy troops, but as time went they started to shoot enemy and other airplanes with a rifle, pistol and machine guns. The airplanes were mainly made out of canvas, wood, and wire.
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The Germans first armed their planes with machine guns and the allies soon after they also armed their airplanes making the air one of the most deadliest places you could’ve been at. Soldiers who fell off the planes were stuck on buildings or they remained falling down, because they had no parachutes at that time.
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The Second Battle of Ypres took place in a town in Belgium on the border of France on the western Flanders. France, British and the Germans were involved in the war. The Germans were the first to use poison gas. The Germans created a big hole in the Allied line, but they still failed to exploit the advantage. Around 6,500 Canadians were killed or wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres.
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Women situation during the war was a very new thing for them. They were doing jobs they were not familiar with, but at the same time it was a new opportunity for them and they have learned many skills during this time. Before the war they didn’t have such a big responsibility like men had but since men fought in the war they had to do men's jobs. On the 28th of January 1916 women were able to vote after the Lieutenant Governor had said so.
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The Battle of the Somme took place in France and the British and French fought against the Germans. This Battle was one of the most idealist battles there ever was. Many people thought about this battle that symbolized the horrors of WW1. On the first day of the battle the British army had to go through 420,000 casualties and the French lost 200,000 men and the Germans around 500,000. Chief Douglas Heif ended the battle due to many deaths in the war.
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Russia was swept by two revolutions in 1917. Their population was doubled in the 1890-1910 creating the Crimean War (regular food shortage across the empire) and many Russian workers protested against the monarchy which led to the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905. Many protesters who were unarmed were killed by the czar’s troops.
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After the crisis in 1905, NICHOLAS II had promised to work toward reform for the formation of the representatives assemblies. Which later on led them to WW1 with the support of the Serbs and their allies French and British. Russia had a great number of soldiers, but they were not prepared. They weren’t equipped or trained and some soldiers even fought without shoes, food and equipment. Many young men were killed and the people of Russia had blamed the Tsar for entering the war.
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Canada was forced into a war that they were not a part of, but since they were Britain's Colony they were also involved. Some Canadians volunteered, but French-Canadians were not a part of it, because they saw themselves as a Nationalist and didn’t want to go to war for Britain, a country the French-Canadians were not loyal to. Conscription back in WW! Meant men between the age of 18-41 were to be enlisted for the military service with or without consent.
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge began on April 9, 1917 at around 5:30 on Easter Monday. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was the most celebrated battle in the military. The four divisions of Canada Corps fought for the very first time together, and attacked the ridge at the 9th of April to the 12th 1917. More than 10,600 Canadians were killed and wounded during the conflict. The battle took place on the Western Front of Northern France.
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The Battle of Passchendaele was fought in Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium and it began on 31 of July 1917. Nearly 16,000 Canadian were killed or wounded and over 4,000 Canadians were killed in the war, around 275,000 British and 220,000 German were involved.
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The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, French and the German Empire were involved in the war. The British tried to break through the Germans by attacking the Messiness Ridge to straighten out the Ypres salient on its southern flank.
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When Canada joined the British Colony, financing the war was a big deal, but they didn’t have enough so the federal government began collecting corporation tax. One of the main reasons why income tax was introduced in Canada was to help finance the war. The government helped the war in many ways such as VICTORY BONDS. 1915 - 1919 the government ran five loan drives which were intended to convince the public to buy bonds.
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The Khaki Election was a rough time in 1917, French and English Canadians were divided due to the issue of conscription in World War 1. Prime Minister Borden wanted to create conscription, but French-Canadians were not agreeing to his plans. Borden knew he would lose a chunk of vote in Quebec so he did something sneaky and let women who were related to a soldier or married to a soldier vote in the election.
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Borden had promised that he would not conscript Canadian into the military service, but later on he said he realized it was the only way. The Wartime Elections Act was a way for wives and men overseas to vote in the election. Those women who voted were up for the conscription, because they did not want their husbands/sons to fight in the war alone.
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It was the ceasefire which ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany. The Armistice was an agreement which helped stop fighting on the western front. We remember the date November 11 1918, because it’s the day WW1 ended. We take a moment of silence on the 11th of November at 11 am to honor those who fought in the war.
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