Canada's Hundred Days-1918

Hundred Days Offensive

Impacts On Canada

-"rapid series of Allied

victories" (Wikipedia, 2014)

-final period of the war

- Allies made many attacks during

this time on the Western Front

against the Central Powers

-pressured Germany to get out of

France

-pushed them behind the

Hindenburg Line

-lead to the Armistice at Compiègne

How Canada's Hundred Days made WW1 different from other wars-

-First ever armistice (Armistice at Compiègne)

-First time Canada had ever needed to step in as part of the British force

-use of the allies all together to take down the central powers

-new and advanced weapons and strategies were used

-much more death and injuries (it was like a bloodbath compared to previous wars)

-longer than they anticipated (Canada's hundred Days was longer then they planned the whole war on being)

-lots of Canadian Money went towards the war (about $100 million in government bonds)

-debt rose

-shortage in food and workers

-many loved ones were killed in battle (around 60,000 Canadians were killed during in World War 1)

-caused fear

-united Canada, but also separated it

-helped unite Canada with our different allies

-Canadian pride

(Wikipedia, 2014)

(Desmond morton, 2013)

(National Defence, Map of Western Front 1914-1918.)

(Government of Canada, 2013) (Desmond, 2013)

(Wikipedia, Canada WWI Victory Bonds2)

(Price, Happy Armistice Day!)

(National Defence, Lieutenant-General sir arthur currie and field marshal sir douglas haig.)

(Zarzeczny, A Brief History)

Canada's Hundred Days-1918

German Empire

Canada

(Wikipedia, Flag of the German Empire)

(Wikipedia, Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921)

Sir Arthur Currie

4 divisions (about 100,000 men)

45,835 people.

Erich Ludendorff and Georg von der Marwitz

47 divisions

Unknown but 32,000 became prisoners

Leaders

Strenght

Casualties

-August 8 – November 11, 1918 (96 days)

-Amiens, France to Mons, Belgium

-during the Hundred Days Offensive

-our major individual contribution with the Allies

-A bunch of attacks by the Canadian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive (Western Front)

-all of the attacks helped lead to the defeat and retreat of the Germans

-Canadian victory

(Rider, Canadian troops on Arras- Cambrai road-1918)

(Wikipedia, 2014)

(Government of Canada, 2014)

Work Cited

Desmond Morton. The Canadian Encyclopedia. (2013). First World War (WWI). Retrieved October 7, 2014, from http://

www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/first-world-war-wwi/

Government of Canada. (2013, November 21).Canada's hundred days. Retrieved from http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance

history/first-world-war/canada/canada15

Government of Canada. (2014, July 22). The last hundred days. Retrieved from http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-

world-war/fact_sheets/hundred-days

National Defence. (Photographer). (2008, July 14). Lieutenant-General sir arthur currie and field marshal sir douglas haig. [Print Photo].

Retrieved from http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol13/no2/page46-eng.asp

National Defence. (Photographer). (2008, July 14). Map of Western Front 1914-1918. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://

www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol13/no2/page46-eng.asp

Price, J. P. (Photographer). (2010, November 11). Happy Armistice Day! [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://overthere1.blogspot.ca/2010/11/

happy-armistice-day.html

Rider, W. R. (Photographer). (2007, May 01). Canadian troops on Arras- Cambrai road-1918[PrintPhoto].Retrievedfromhttp://

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Wikipedia. (2014, September 18). Canada's hundred days. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada's_Hundred_Days

Wikipedia. (Artist). (2005, May 10). Flag of the German Empire [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire

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Flag_of_Canada

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Military_history_of_Canada_during_World_War_I

Zarzeczny. (Photographer). (2007, November 11). A Brief History [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.crackedhistory.com/fighting-

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Canada's Hundred Days-1918

By: Amy McGugan