1. COMPILED BY SS11 D ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL 2010-2011
World war I
COMPILED BY SS11 D
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL

2. Players- civilians

3. Players- military

4. timeline

5. Outbreak of war

6. Weaponry and technology

7. Western front
The Western Front describes the “contested armed frontier” of which the allies occupied the West side
It consisted of two important battles for Canadians: the Battle of Sommes and the second Battle of Ypres
It was here, at the second Battle of Ypres, Canada went into battle for the first time
Much of fighting on the Western Front was trench warfare (mostly static)

8. Western front – 2nd battle of ypres
Occurred on April 1915 in Belgium
The only major attack launched by the Germans on the Western Front in 1915
This was the first battle for Canadians in WW1
It was at this battle that chlorine gas was first used by the Germans on the Western Front
The battle lasted three weeks, and in the end it settled nothing
Canadians proved themselves as effective a fighting force as their wartime contemporaries

9. Western front – Battle of vimy ridge
Most famous battle for Canadian soldiers
Took place on April 1917 in France
Vimy Ridge was a crucial military position as it overlooked the plains of Artois
Within an hour the German front and second lines had been overtaken by Canadians
Eventually the entire ridge was under Allied control
However, in the battle 10,602 Canadians were wounded and 3,598 were killed
The German force, on the other hand, suffered 20,000 casualties

10. Western front

11. Eastern front

12. Home front

13. Allied forces

14. Germany/austro-hungarian alliance