Pre Ww1 Canada Essay

During Pre-WW1 Canada was a nation without independence. Canada was a colonial aspect of Britain’s imperial rule in the Pre-WW1 era, helping with wars by sending troops, and ammunition. Hence, when WW1 started nothing could be as big as an opportunity to prove they are worth being independent in such a vast and brutal war. WW1 was the outmost defining point in Canadian history because of the roles women were taking helping the front, the fierce concept of conscription, and the significance of Vimy Ridge, Hundred Days, and the 2nd Battle of Ypres in bringing together Canada as an independent nation.

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The first major battle fought by the Canadians in WW1 was the 2nd Battle of Ypres, which took place from 22nd of April to the 25th of May 1915. Ypres was a village captured by the Entente that had to be held from Germany’s attacks. Canada was chosen to hold the town against German advancements which was crucial for the German Imperial Rule as they need a fast way to take over Belgium and the coasts of France. The untested Canadians distinguished themselves as a tough fighting force by resisting the horror of the first large-scale poison gas attack in history. Over 6000 died in the horrific battle in a span of four days. As a matter of fact, this German push that the Canadians had held off began a huge dependence on the Canadians during difficult battles. Furthermore, Vimy Ridge is considered one of the best won battles in history by the Canadian’s as it signified pride, but had no exact significance for the outcome of the war. The Canadian Corps to seize Vimy Ridge from German occupancy on April 4, 1917. Canadians would be assaulting an open graveyard since previous French attacks had failed leading up to

Almost 400,000 troops were sent at the beginning of WW1. As Canadians troops were fighting in Europe statistics of deaths and enlistment rate attention of the Sir Robert Borden’s administration. They saw that as casualties increased enlistments decreased, most likely the fault of newspaper casualty publications. There was no better opportunity for Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden to push for conscription. Many Canadians agreed with this but many others opposed it such as French-Canadians, as well as many farmers, unionized workers, non-British immigrants. The conscription debate raged through 1917 and 1918. The required legislation, The Military Services Act, made its way through Parliament on 29 August 1917. Virtually every French-speaking Member of Parliament objected conscription while almost all the English-speaking Member of Parliament supported. But out of the 401,882 men registered for conscription—and through certain exemptions from call up were lifted in 1918. Only 24,132 men made it to France by the war’s end. The passing of this bill, “War Measures Act”, actually happened without England’s approval. This proved instrumental to showing that Canada can make its own front office decisions without supervision or ownership, showing independence is an evident option to be