Canada In Ww1

World War 1 was a wide conflict that lasted four years, all with endless battles. As we know the six major powers in Europe were divided into two main alliances: the Triple Entente that included Britain, France and Russia, and the Triple Alliance which were Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Canada was part of the British Empire in 1914, meaning that when Germany declared war on August that year, the country was already involved in the war, rooting for the Triple Entente of course. By the first month, around 10 thousands Canadians had already joined the army. They along with others had to bear with the problems that came with trench warfare and modern weaponry. Although Canada was not mentioned as the rest of the countries, it had a significant

Around 24,000 men served with the Triple Entente. Also, they contributed on the sea, less than before because resources were limited and they only possessed two old cruisers. But still many Canadians went to serve with the Royal Navy.

Now regarding the land area, Canada had more or less three thousand soldiers in their regular army when the war started. And within about two weeks, over thirty two thousand men had signed up into the armed forces and had begun the training already. Four years later, Canada had an extremely large militia with around six hundred thousand men and women enlisted in all aspects of the conflict. There were four important battles that took place in WW1 which involved Canada. First of all, the Second Battle of Ypres which was the bloodiest and toughest one for Canadians. There were around six thousand men captured, blinded, injured and killed. To top this, on April of 1915 German send off explosions of poison gas, this injured and killed a great number of the people in the battle

This battle, because of the hills that surrounded the field, had to be planned with great strategies so they could succeed. In early April of 1917, troops moved towards the field and within a few days reached the Hill and the last standing German position. This was a victory for Canada, they gained ground, detained prisoners, stopped more weaponry than any previous British offensive in the whole war ever did. The last and fourth battle was the battle of Passchendaele. There was a loss of about fifteen thousand Canadian casualties. There was a change of leadership in this battle; General Currie took over for this one. Even though Currie was in charge he was still being over ruled by British General Haig. This creating conflict between the two of them as Currie did not want to attack, yet Haig ordered him to do so making Passchendaele a meaningless victory To conclude, the role of Canada in the Great War was a moment that for Canadians marked their freedom, and for the rest of the world, we see it as a big help, although it may seem little, it has a huge meaning. There were around 600,000 who fought, with 60,000 killed and 170,000 wounded, and even though they had a lot of losses, their participation was worth it and will forever be