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Passchendaele:
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Also known as the 3d battle of ypres
It was a very large attack carried out by the British after Vimy Ridge in 917
It rained heavily and the battlefield tumed into a sea of yello*
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It was so bad that people drowlg{ m9 mud, guns, tanks and horses
couldn't move, and it took
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eight men to move 1 injured soldier back to ,uf"ty
The British attack failed and the Canadians were called in for support
Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps, thought tfrat ttre
attack was a bad idea
Canadians helped win this battle by uses a lot of small, limited
attacks in several different places
fu the end, Currie was right, although the battle was won, there were over
15,000 Canadian
casualties and little was accomplished
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
o The Germans were slowly losing t}le war (on the battlefield and at home because the German
people were starving)
t The Germans tried to force England to surrender by starving them to death
o They would use their submarines to attack any ship around Britain so that they could not receive
any food or supplies
o Before this, the German's only sunk Military Ships but now it would be .lnreshicted,,
o The German's killed many innocent people (i.e. the Lusitania) and angered the USA so much
that theyjoined the war too.
Operations Michael
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The German's tried another strategy to win the war in 191g
The used new "stormtrooper" tactics and launched the war's biggest attack
The German's pushed the allies back but were never able to
-uf." a huge breakthrough
The allies stopped the attack and the Gennans were totallyburnt out
Canadats 100 Davs
Once the Germans were stopped, the allies launched their own huge
attack
At the Batfle of Amiens, over 100 tanks were used to break through the Gennan lines
Canadians and Aushaiians were the first soldier's to attack in that battle
Amiens broke the German lines for good and the Germans were on the run
For 100 days skaight, the allies attacked, pushing the Gerrnans back
canadian forces were the most important tuoops during the 100 days
They were moved up and down the line, and were the first people involved in all the
major
battles
The Canadians moved faster and accomplished more in those 100 days than any other arrny
in
the war
The Germans were forced to surrender and the war finally ended on November 111, 191g
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CANADA'S HUNDRED DAYS August 8 - November 11, 19lg
In the spring of 1918, Germany decided to strike hard before the United
States could enter the war. The offensive nearly succeeded. The German
army ovelran the forward Allied positions. The allied front retreated but did
not collapse. Germany's last bid for victory had failed.
Although both sides were exhausted Germany was suffering more. Britains
naval blockade had cut off valuable to supplies to Germany. The country
was starving. Germany was also finding it diflicult to replace the soldiers it
had lost in the war. The tables had tumed now it was the Allies turn to
launch an offensive.
The period from August 8 to November 1 l, 1918 became known as
"canada's Hundred Days". By now the canadian corps were regarded as
outstanding soldiers and were used as storm troopers. They spearheaded the
thrust through the German defenses. It was now a new type of mobile war as
the Allies pushed beyond the trenches of the western front into open
countryside. During this period the Canadian fought at Amiens and Arras.
They also lead the attack that broke through the German front at Canal du
Nord. After a bloody battle at Cambrai, they led the Allied troops into Mons,
Belgium on November 11, 1918.
Numter of troops engaged
Duration of operations
Maximum advance
German divisions met and defeated
Casualties suffered from each division defeated
Total battle casualties
Prisoners captured
Machine guns captured
Guns captured
Trench mortars captured
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CANADIAN
650,000
47 davs
34 miles
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2170
100,000
16,000
2864
468
105,000
100 days
86 miles
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45,830
31,537
2842
623
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By the spring of 1918, what was happening to Germany's war effort?
2. From August 8 - November 11, 1918 has often been called canada's
hundred days. Using examples explain why?
3. what does the chart below reveal about the Canadian army in 1918?
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