WW1 War Photo Documents
By: Liam Madu
War Measures Act
War Measures Act
The War Measures Act was a federal statute adopted by Parliament in 1914,
after the outbreak of the First World War. It gave broad powers to the
Canadian government to maintain security and order during war or
insurrection.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-measures-act/
War Measures Act
The War Measures Act was a federal statute adopted by Parliament in 1914, It
gave broad powers to the Canadian government to maintain security and order
during war or insurrection. It let the government watch over everything and to
protect the country
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Internment Camps
Internment camps are the imprisonment or a place to hold lots of people,
most people are in large groups, without trial. These happened during the
war when people were caught.
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Internment Camps
This picture was taken of an internment camp. in 1914, immigrants from
Austria-Hungary, Germany and the other Central Powers were rounded up
and locked away in internment camps. They were kept there for the war.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/first-world-war-internment-camps-a-darkchapter-in-canadian-history-1.1945156
Internment Camps
Internment camp in Canada held the enemy aliens or immigrants that came
from Germany and the other enemy forces. They were kept in the internment
camp through out the entire war and lost all of there rights. The internment
camp above is from Banff, Alberta
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/banff/natcul/histoire-history/internementinternment.aspx
Economy
Economy
During the war the farmers had to
work harder than normal to keep up
with the demand of food needed over
seas and to feed the people still living
in Canada.
http://www.ww1propaganda.com/site
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Economy
Wartime costs were not the only factors
influencing the government’s financial
policies. As the war continued, political
pressure grew on Ottawa to ensure that
businesses and the wealthy paid their fair
share of the financial burden. Labour
organizations, farmers, churches, and
other groups called for the “conscription
of wealth.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic
_history_of_World_War_I
Economy
Buying Liberty bonds and victory
bonds were one of the many ways
the government would take money
from the people living in Canada
at the time to help fund the war.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/asse
ts/2013/04/libertybonds.jpg
Victory Bonds /Income
Taxes
Victory Bonds
The Canadian Government sold Victory
Bonds to Canadian citizens, private
corporations and various organizations
in order to raise funds to pay for the war.
The bonds were a loan to the
government that could be redeemed
with interest after 5,10, or 20 years and
were released during 5 different
campaigns between 1915 and 1919
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explor
e/online/posters/bonds.aspx
income Taxes
Originally presented as a
temporary wartime measure,
the Income War Tax Act of
1917 was viewed as a
controversial measure at the
time
http://wartimecanada.ca/docu
ment/world-wari/taxation/income-tax-1917
Roll of Women
Role of Women
Canadian women began to shoulder a
great deal of responsibility for the war
effort. Over 3000 received training with
the Voluntary Aid Detachment, Red
Cross, and St. John Ambulance, and
served as nursing sisters in the war, 33
losing their lives and 200 receiving
medals for their bravery.
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press.com/2014/09/somerset-nursesduring-ww1.jpg?w=800
Role of Women
Working class women also took in
paid 'piece work' at home, as they
had for generations. Carrying out
piece work meant that women were
paid depending on how much they
produced. They undertook tasks
such as washing, ironing, sewing,
lace-making and assembling toys or
boxes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/
26439020
Role of Women
large numbers of women were
recruited into jobs vacated by men who
had gone to fight in the war. New jobs
were also created as part of the war
effort, for example in munitions
factories. The high demand for
weapons resulted in the munitions
factories becoming the largest single
employer of women during 1918
http://www.strikingwomen.org/module/women-andwork/world-war-i-1914-1918
Propaganda
Propaganda
This Canadian Victory Bond poster
evokes the image of the Llandovery
Castle, a Canadian hospital ship
torpedoed by German U-boat U-86, off
the coast of Ireland on 27 June 1918.
The attack killed 234 people, including
94 Canadian medical officers and
nurses. This was used to scare people
into giving money for victory bonds
Picture taken from pdf handout
Propaganda
The U-Boat campaign in 1917
brought increased shortages to
Britain as hundreds of merchant
ships carrying food and
ammunition were sunk. Shortages
and inflation led to high food
prices and many foods had to be
rationed due to the little amount
left
Picture taken from pdf handout
Propaganda
This recruitment poster for the 163rd
Battalion depicts a Canadian infantry
soldier standing shoulder to shoulder
with a French soldier. This image,
made an appeal to FrenchCanadians to help out and join the
war to end it quicker. Using this it
made the French feel more
comfortable joining to help the fight.
Picture taken from PDFs hand out
Battles
Battle of Ypres
Ypres
Germans prepared for a limited
offensive in Belgium in spring 1915
against the Ypres salient, a bulge in
the Allied lines. The last major
Belgian town in Allied hands, Ypres
provided a defensive position from
which to protect French ports on the
English Channel.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/first-worldwar-centenary-photos-ypresflanders-fields-100-years-aftergreat-war-1459665
Ypres
On 22 April, two Canadian brigades
were in the front lines, with a third in
reserve near Ypres. At 5 p.m., the
Germans released gas against the
French 45th Division to the Canadians’
left. An enormous green-yellow of gas
came over the hills. When it rolled
over their positions, French troops
either suffocated or fled, their eyes
and throats burning from the chlorine.
http://greatwarphotos.com/category/yp
res/
Ypres
The Canadian Division’s trial-byfire at Ypres earned the
Canadians a reputation as tough
and dependable troops, but they
had paid a price with
approximately 6,000 casualties
over the four-day battle.
http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstwor
ldwar/history/battles-andfighting/land-battles/second-ypres/
Battle of Somme
Somme
The first day of the Somme was a
catastrophe for the British Army and a
shock for all the Allies. Despite the
limited Allied gains, German forces had
also suffered horribly. The British
pressed the attack for months, well into
the fall. By the time the battle ended,
each side had suffered more than
600,000 casualties
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/p
op_ups/06/uk_battle_of_the_somme/ht
ml/1.stm
Somme
The four-month Battle of the Somme
was fought from 1 July to 18 November
1916. Allied commanders sought to
relieve pressure on the French
defenders of Verdun to the south by
inflicting heavy losses on German forces
farther north and drawing German
reserves into the battle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/po
p_ups/06/uk_battle_of_the_somme/html
/1.stm
Somme
The joint Allied offensive planned for
French forces to play a prominent
role, but heavy casualties at Verdun
reduced their ability to participate. As
a result, British and other imperial
forces, under the command of Sir
Douglas Haig, assumed responsibility
for most of the front and fought.
http://greatwarphotos.com/category/s
omme/
Battle on Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge
The victory at Vimy was a defining
event for Canada, considered by
many contemporaries and later
scholars to be a significant event in
Canada’s progress to full
independence from Britain.
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Vimy Ridge
The seven-kilometre long Vimy Ridge in
northern France, near Arras, held a
commanding view over the surrounding
countryside. Previous unsuccessful French
and British attacks had suffered over
150,000 casualties. In early 1917, British
High Command ordered the Canadian
Corps to capture the position as part of a
larger spring offensive in the Arras area.
The Canadians did a spectacular job on
Vimy ridge
http://www.birthofaregiment.com/wpcontent/uploads/2011/11/View-of-PetitVimy-from-the-Ridge.jpg
Vimy Ridge
Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, the
Canadian Corps commander, ordered new
tactics for the coming assault. Having learned
from the Battle of the Somme, intense training
better prepared soldiers for what they might find
on the battlefield, and helped them to make
quick decisions on their own that were still in
keeping with the overall plan.
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l/8/9/895758/50714512-a39d-46da-b49852e0b1617512-A26212.jpg
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/nul
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Battle of Passchendale
Passchendale
The Canadian Corps, a 100,000
strong fighting formation, was
ordered to the Passchendaele front,
east of Ypres, in mid-October 1917.
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ia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Chateauwo
od.jpg/300px-Chateauwood.jpg
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ia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Chateauwo
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Passchendale
Launched on 31 July 1917, the British
offensive in Flanders had aimed to drive the
Germans away from the essential Channel
Ports and to eliminate U-Boat bases on the
coast. But unceasing rain and shellfire
reduced the battlefield to a vast bog of
bodies, water-filled shell craters, and mud
in which the attack ground to a halt.
http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/wp
-content/mcme-uploads/2014/07/eo2249.jpg
http://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/wp
-content/mcme-uploads/2014/07/eo2249.jpg
Passchendale
The British lost an estimated 275,000 casualties at
Passchendaele to the German’s 220,000, making
it one of the war’s most costly battles of attrition.
The more populous Allies could better afford the
losses, especially with the recent entry of the
United States on their side, but the battle had
delivered a blow to the collective morale of the
British Expeditionary Force.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7
/7e/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele__wounded.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7
/7e/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele__wounded.jpg
Battle of a
Hundred days
Hundred days
The Hundred Days Offensive was the
final period of the First World War, during
which the Allies launched a series of
offensives against the Central Powers on
the Western Front from 8 August to 11
November 1918, beginning with the
Battle of Amiens
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembra
nce/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembra
nce/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
Hundred days
The hundred days was the last hundred
days that the war would be fighting.
Canada fought battles all the way up to
the end. Canada's reputation had
increased drastically as they were a
hard working force
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembr
ance/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembr
ance/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
Hundred days
The Canadian Corps’ reputation was
such that the mere presence of
Canadians on a section of the front
would warn the enemy that an attack
was coming. This meant that great
secrecy would be involved in the
movements of the Canadian Corps.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembr
ance/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembr
ance/history/first-worldwar/fact_sheets/hundred-days
Conscription Crisis
Military Service Act
Military Service Act
In Canadian history, the Military Service Act
was a 1917 act passed by the Canadian
parliament in an effort to recruit more soldiers.
The First World War was going badly,
casualties were enormous, and Canada's
contribution in manpower compared
unfavourably with that of other countries.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo
ns/8/87/Military_Service_Act_1916_poster_LO
C_cph.3g10945.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo
ns/8/87/Military_Service_Act_1916_poster_LO
C_cph.3g10945.jpg
Military service Act
The military service act was applied to all
men unmarried and over 18 years old.
And whom wouldn't be over age 41 by
march second 1916.
http://www.duxford.iwm.org.uk/sites/defaul
t/files/styles/fullwidth_400height/public/iw
m_solr_field/preview/IWM_PST_005161_
923.jpg?itok=_iGc54TK
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Military Voters Act
Military voters act
The Military Voters Act was a
World War I piece of Canadian
legislation passed in 1917,
giving the right to vote to all
Canadian soldiers
http://acitygoestowar.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2013/08/Soldier
s-Ballot-1917.png
http://acitygoestowar.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2013/08/Soldier
s-Ballot-1917.png
Military voters act
The military voters Act was significant for
swinging the newly enlarged military vote in
the Union Party's favour, and in that it gave
a large number of Canadian women the right
to vote for the first time
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com/file/view/e-200200451509_a.jpg/310400884/e-200200451509_a.jpg
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War Time
Elections Act
War times elections act
1917
The Wartime Elections Act of 1917 gave
the vote to female relatives of Canadian
soldiers serving overseas in the First
World War. It also took the vote away
from many Canadians who had
immigrated from "enemy" countries
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lacbac/wm.php?img=http://data2.archives.c
a/e/e428/e010697158-v8.jpg
War times election act
1917
The Act was passed by Prime Minister
Robert Borden’s Conservative
government in an attempt to gain votes in
the 1917 election.
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s.com/file/view/e-200200451509_a.jpg/310400884/373x565/e20020045-1509_a.jpg
Union Government
&
General Elections
1917
Union
Government
The Unionist Party was formed in
1917 by Members of Parliament
(MPs) in Canada whom supported
the "Union government" that was
formed by Sir Robert Borden during
the First World War.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped
ia/commons/d/df/Vote_union_govt__canada-hun.jpg
General
Election 1917
End of War and Peace
Paris Peace Conference
Paris Peace
Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was the
meeting of the Allied victors, following
the end of World War One, to set the
peace terms for the defeated Central
Powers following the enemy forces. It
took place in Paris during 1919 and
involved diplomats from more than 32
countries and nationalities.
Picture taken from pdf handout
League of Nations
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an
intergovernmental organization
founded on January 10th 1920 as a
result of the Paris Peace Conference
that ended the First World War.
Picture taken from pdf handout