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Canadians on the Battlefield

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1 Canadians on the Battlefield
Battle of Ypres (1915) Battle of the Somme (1916) Battle of Vimy Ridge (Apr 1917) Battle of Passchendaele (Oct 1917)

2 Battle of Ypres, April 1915 Canada’s First Major Battle
Germans use poison gas In Flanders Fields

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5 Battle of the Somme, July 1916
British lost ~60,000 on first day 5 months long 1.25 million casualties

6 Battle of the Somme, July 1916

7 Battle of Vimy Ridge, Apr.1917
Careful planning, artillery bombardment Captured position A victory, esp. for Canada All Canadian units fought as one

8 Battle of Passchendaele Oct 1917 (Third Battle of Ypres)
Muddy Did capture town… 1 in 5 Canadians survived Germans soon won land back

9 The War in the Air Horrible Histories S1E8 19:49

10 The War at Sea

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