received the Military Medal and two bars for his bravery and effectiveness as a sniper. First Nation women were also known to have made contributions on the homefront and battlefront. As women were not permitted to join the Canadian military as soldiers during the war‚ most joined to serve as nurses both overseas and on the homefront. The number of Aboriginal nurses from Canada is unknowable but as it is possible that Aboriginal women’s service as nurses went unrecorded. There exists a record of one Canadian
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Franz Ferdinand: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was a trigger for WW1‚ but imperialism‚ nationalism‚ militarism and alliances were the major causes of WW1. Many countries had strong interest to expand their empire by colonizing smaller countries. A good example of this was the colonization of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary‚ which eventually led to the killing of Franz Ferdinand. While imperialists felt that they had the right to colonize other countries
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I feel that World War one was a war of Nations wanting to increase independence‚ power and territory. World war one was the first war that involved twenty eight nations from all across the world. Sometimes called the War to end all Wars or The Great War. The great war started on June twenty eighth nineteen fourteen when the Archduke of Austria known as Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by nationalist Gavvillo Princip from Serbia. One month later Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Europe was
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Two of the most important resources during war time. Coal and fuel are needed to fuel vehicles to move the raw materials to the factories and then the munitions to the front. “In order to provide enough fuel for defense industries‚ the Fuel Administration forced nonessential industries to close on certain days during the winter of 1918”(US History). This move was made to lower the energy usage on the homeland so it could be
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jobs men did. In 1941 to 1942‚ Canada added the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service‚ the Canadian Women’s Army Corps‚ and the Women’s Division: Royal Canadian Air Force to their list of military groups. More than 50‚000 women served in these forces during the war[3]. Women joining the military forces proved that they could do things just as well as men could and contribute towards many aspects of Canada as
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these allied countries they were not affected by most land technology. Yet‚ the development of bombing strategies‚ aviation and naval capabilities allowed for enemy forces to affect even these isolated countries. Bombing became a heavily used tactic during the war‚ with huge bombing campaigns becoming a norm. The German offensive on Britain was one of bombing major cities and military factories. ‘At Bath the numbers known to have been killed in two air raids were 148… and the
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The U.S entered WW1 for several reasons. The U.S entered for two main reasons: one was that the Germans had declared unlimited German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann note. The German had totally disregarded the international laws protecting neutral nation’s ships by sinking neutral ships. We warned the Germans one too many times and they did not take us seriously so in 1917 we finally had enough and we joined the war. The Germans had decided that they would sink any ship they wanted without
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guns in the fort were turned inward to fire on the British fleet. Lord Hood immediately evacuated the inner harbour… When the latter took possession of the city on December 19‚ they took vicious revenge on the remaining royalists. A massacre ensued‚ during which some 600-700 royalists were shot or bayonetted to death. Napoleon‚ for his efforts‚ was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.” (Gilbert‚ page
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During the 1600s‚ as waves of Puritan immigrants arrived in the region of New England‚ settling the area and establishing population centers in areas like Massachusetts Bay‚ where the part of Boston was established. In contrast to the Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come primarily for economic interests and for monetary gains‚ but actually out of a desire to create a more pure‚ moral society based on their street code of moral living and emphasis on the family and community
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century England is what most historians call the Victorian age‚ which is how British literature got started. It was during the Victorian age that people began to learn how to read and write. "In 1837 about half of the adult male population could read and write; by the end of the century‚ literacy was almost universal." (Abrams) The novel became the most popular form of literature during this time period in England. "Victorian novels seek to represent a large and comprehensive social world‚ with the
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