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Germany and Britain compete to build the largest navy in Europe.
What is Militarism
This battle gave Canada international recognition after all four divisions fought together for the first time.
What is Vimy Ridge
This was the first major use of poison gas on the Western Front.
What is Ypres?
Wooden walkways built to help soldiers avoid standing in mud.
What are duckboards
What is one example of new technology in WW1
What are
Flamethrowers
Tanks
U-boats
Machine Guns
Poison Gas
Germany and Britain compete to build the largest navy in Europe.
What are alliances
At the end of WWI, Canada signed this peace agreement separately from Britain, showing increased independence.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
This battle is remembered for the enormous number of casualties suffered on both sides in 1916.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
Pits dug into trench floors to collect excess water.
What is a sump
What are minorities
Serbia wanted to unite Slavic peoples living under Austrian rule into one nation.
What is nationalism
During this push, Canadian troops helped fight Germany back during the final months of the war.
What is the Hundred Days Campaign?
Canadian soldiers captured this heavily defended ridge in April 1917.
What is Vimy Ridge?
Soldiers created art and other things like tea sets out of this material
What are shell casings
These countries were in the triple alliance
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
European countries competed for colonies in Africa and Asia to gain resources and power.
What is imperialism
Many historians argue that this 1917 victory marked the birth of Canada's national identity.
What is Vimy Ridge?
Heavy rain, mud, and flooded shell craters made this one of the most miserable battles of the war.
What is Passchendaele?
This painful medical condition occurred when soldiers' feet remained cold and wet for long periods.
What is trench foot
These countries made up the triple entente
What are Great Britain, France, and Russia
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, Germany backed Austria-Hungary, Russia backed Serbia, and soon many countries entered the war.
What are alliances
Canada earned its own seat in this organization partly because of its contributions during the war and its role in the Treaty of Versailles
What is the League of Nations
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields" after fighting in this battle.
What is the battle of Ypres
The horrible conditions in the trenches contributed to this type of war.
What is the war of attrition?
These three things contributed to the end of WW1
What are the 100 days campaign, the zimmerman telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare.