This is an ambulance‚ it represents the start of a major turning point in Canadian history when women were welcomed and wanted in the work force. It also symbolizes the first time women served as a part of the military forces allowing them to overcome another obstacle in order to reach their goal of equality. At first‚ women were discouraged from being involved in the military‚ but as the war progressed‚ the government realized that the demand for soldiers was greater than they had originally expected
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It has been estimated that over 4‚000 First Nation’s had taken the initiative to serve in the second world war. This is an extraordinary discovery due to the fact that they received very few civil rights in the twentieth century for their heritage. They overcame many barriers to help enlist in the war such as cultural and language barriers that separated them from the other european troops. By overcoming them they produced a new found recognition that would express their sacrifice and achievements
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What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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WW1 Trench Warfare Assignment Part 1: * Trench Warfare - A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. An example would be in the Battle of Passchendaele and also through WW1 trench warfare was used. * “No Man’s Land” – The terrain between front lines of entrenched armies. An example would be in the battles of WW1 in the trenches there would be land between two fighting forces. * “Going over the Top” – Is a phrase that was used during WW1 and referenced
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April 22‚ 2011 WWII: U.S. Army Support Units in the Fight Intro There is no doubt that the M1 Garand Rifle is the focal point of the standard U.S. Army infantryman of WWII. However there was another weapon that played just as great a role in achieving victory for the Allies in the war. The M1 Carbine would become a wall in which the fast moving German advance could not disable the supporting elements of the Allied front line. Of all the weapons used in WWII few would think the M1 Carbine would
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by Christmas was impossible and the style of fighting they were using was not helping the morale of the soldiers who were fighting the war in any way. The idea of trench warfare involved conditions along the lines of watery muddy filled grounds with planks along the ground of the trench in hopes to keep men’s feet dry and safe from trench foot as much as possible. Other conditions of the war involved a lack of manpower and ammunition which made it impossible for either side to rage a good successful
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Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered‚ rather than helped‚ the cause of female suffrage? In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage. There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war‚ it would be impossible to deny them the vote‚ especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5‚ a letter
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The Relationship between the Reaction Times of Open and Asymmetric Warfare Experiment CDT PVT Jacob L Williams PL100 MAJ Erwin Section C2 5 September 2013Abstract The overall purpose of this study is to determine if there is some sort of relationship between a soldier’s reaction time in battle in two different scenarios. Scenario #1 includes the utopian environment of warfare where all targets are the same and are bad. Scenario #2 is more realistic and incorporates the decision-making process
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TRENCH LETTER-BY ASHNA SAILUS Dear mum‚ It is Mothers Day and my thoughts are with you as always‚ I wish that I could be with you on this special day instead of being here in this hell hole which Belgium has become. I miss you little Delson and Christopher so very much and I pray for the day that this war comes to an end‚ please pass my love on to my two baby brothers and kiss them for me‚ mum. We arrived at the front line just over a week ago and the smell was so bad that many of the
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five years later on June 28‚ 1919. It should be considered the first modern war because it was the start of the change in tactics and advancement in technology that define war today. In WW1‚ new weaponry and technology was introduced; it was the first time tanks‚ planes‚ effective machine guns‚ and chemical warfare were used in war. Due to these advancements‚ the way wars were fought changed. They were no longer fought in the Napoleonic style that was used earlier. Technological advancements are
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