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Canada
Names You Should Know
Weapons
Battles
100
Canada introduced this in 1917
What is conscription? (draft)
100
British General, stubborn to change his plans, responsible for the slaughter at the Somme
Who is Douglas Haig?
100
This gun could produce a very rapid rate of fire without constant need to reload
What is the Machine Gun?
100
This battle was fought to regain control after a break in French lines due to German gas attack and the resulting salient?
What is the Battle of Ypres? (2nd)
200
The first battle where all 4 divisions of the CEF fought together
What is Vimy Ridge?
200
Canadian from BC, rose through the ranks during WWI to become a well respected leader of men
Who is Sir Arthur Currie?
200
A long knife that attaches to the end of one's rifle?
What is a bayonet?
200
This battle saw Canadians achieve what the French and British had been unable to
What is Vimy Ridge?
300
In WWI the Canadian military fought under this name
What is the Canadian Expeditionary Force?
300
Canadian historian and host of "For King and Empire"
Who is Norm Christie?
300
This was used for the first time by the German's at Ypres
What is poison gas?
300
This battle was part of a plan to regain control of northern Belgium and capture railways and u-boat ports
What is the battle of Passchendaele?
400
Soldiers from Newfoundland fought with this group
What is the Royal Newfoundland Regiment?
400
He was the German Kaiser during WWI
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
400
Canadians were first equipped with this rifle, which easily jammed with mud and dirt from the trenches
What is the Ross Rifle?
400
This battle, one of the worst of the war, was originally part of a plan to take pressure off French troops fighting around Verdun
What is the Somme?
500
Canada's Prime Minister in WWI
Who is Robert Borden?
500
This man wrote In Flanders Fields after the death and destruction he witnessed at Ypres
Who is John Mcrae?
500
This artillery technique allowed troops to advance across no-man's-land under cover
What is the Creeping Barrage?
500
After Ypres, Canadians exchanged their mud-clogged Ross rifles for this superior British weapon
What is the Lee-Enfield .303?