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Canadian Battles of World War I

Canadian Battles of World War I. Canadian History 11 D. Denike. 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)

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Canadian Battles of World War I

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  1. Canadian Battles of World War I Canadian History 11 D. Denike

  2. 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)

  3. Ypres • Canadian First Division, 20 000 soldiers • Faced poison gas attacks from Germans • More than 5200 Canadian troops died • Canadians held their position

  4. Battle of the Somme • 141 days of battle • Canadians fought with British troops • The first day of battle was disatrous: 57 470 casualties

  5. Battle of the Somme • Canadians fought heroically • Casualties for both sides had reached 1.25 million • 24 000 Canadian soldiers died

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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”

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Vimy Ridge • Four Canadians won the Victoria Cross at Vimy • There were 10 602 casualties at Vimy Ridge • 3598 Canadian soldiers died in battle

  12. Destroyed Tank at the Battle of Vimy Ridge

  13. Trenches at Vimy

  14. Vimy Ridge Memorial April 9 1917: Canada won its most celebrated battle of WWI

  15. Early gas mask

  16. Germans soldiers firing guns

  17. Wounded soldiers in a trench

  18. Present day trench Vimy Ridge

  19. Battle field at Vimy Ridge

  20. A view from the trenches

  21. Inside the Vimy Memorial

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