Send Me Away With A Smile

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1917
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Send Me Away With A Smile Little girl don't
cryI must say goodbyeDon't you hear the bugle
call? And the fife and drum beats allWith the
flag wave ov'er us allTho I love you soIt is
time to goAnd the soldier in me you'll findWhen
on land or seaMany boys like meYou would not
have me stay behind?
Even though the war had proved bloody, many were
still itching to go finish off the Germans.In
1917, the war was still a popular thing in
English Canada.
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This was the case, despite two major tragedies of
the previous year
The Somme Offensive was one of the biggest
disasters of WWI. 24 000 Canadians were dead,
most within the first half hour of the battle.
Sam Hughes, Bordens Minister of Militia, was
forced to resign.

• Supplied Cdns with faulty shells.
• Supplied Cdns with cardboard boots.
• Supplied Cdns with Ross Rifles that jammed (not
  Lee Enfields)

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W. Bürger
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However, the Great War was becoming less popular
elsewhere
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MOST OF THE SOLDIERS KILLED IN RUSSIA WERE POOR
FARMING PEASANTS.
As they went off to war, the rich would steal
their land and make profit.

• The loses Russia suffered in the world war were
  catastrophic.
• Between 900,000-2.5 million Russians were
  killed.
• Nearly 5 million Russians wounded.
• This is about equal to casualties suffered by
  France and Austria-Hungary COMBINED, but about
  one-third less than those suffered by Germany.
• Nearly 4,000,000 Russian soldiers were held as
  POWs (Britain, France and Germany had 1.3 million
  POWs combined).

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They overthrew their government and replaced it
with a communist government, creating the Soviet
Union.
February October, 1917
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Lenin, the new leader, began negotiations to get
Russia out of the war.
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MEANWHILE
the battles continued to rage in Europe.
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VIMY RIDGE
They said it couldnt be done, and we did it.
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Why was Vimy different?

• Each soldier was given a map.
• The attack was practiced by the troops on a scale
  model.
• The Canadians fought together for the first time.
• It produced a feeling of Canadian identity.-Led
  by Canadian, Arthur Currie, under the direction
  of General Julian Byng.

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CONSCRIPTION CRISIS
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UNITED STATES JOINS THE WAR
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Canadians followed their Vimy Ridge victory with
a victory in Passchendaele. A Cdn was put in
charge of the Cdn army. Gen. Currie did not want
to take Passchendaele, but the British made
him. He won, but 15000 Cdns died.
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THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION A French ship carrying
2500 t of dynamite explodes. Halifax is
destroyed. Nearly 3000 killed.10000 injured.
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1918
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August Currries Canadian troops quickly break
through the German lines, capturing over 5 000
German prisoners. CANADAS HUNDRED DAYS BEGIN
Arthur Currie's 4 Cdn divisions take out
47German divisions.
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NOVEMBER 11, 1918ARMISTACE THE WAR IS OVER