4 Major Battles

Question 1

Vimy Ridge

Answer 1

• attack began on Easter Monday 1917
• allies copied German defences and introduced moving platoons
• Germans were not prepared and allies covered more ground plus had less casualties
• the first time there was a successful offensive by the allies, turning point in Canada’s history

Question 2

Passchendale

Answer 2

• the third battle of Ypres which started on July 1917
• the ground made it hard to maoveur equipment, thr guns Canadians used were trapped in mud
• Germans introduced Machine Gun nests place in zig zag fashion
• many casualties, the battle will be remembered as being a waste of the soldiers lives

Question 3

Somme

Answer 3

• British thought attacking along the Somme valley was a good tactic
• the Germans were hidden there and saw what they were preparing
• the Aliies supplies weighed them down which was easier for Germans to attack.
• there were around 270, 000 deaths of British and and French troops

Question 4

Ypres

Answer 4

• Centre of fighting between Germany and Canada
• sandbags and duckboards were used to prevent soldiers from standing in the mud
• Chlorine Gas was used in the second battle and it was fought unprepared
• the poem Flanders Fields by John McCrae was written about his friend who died in this battle
• poppies became the symbol of remembrance