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Golden Summer | European Powder
Keg | Sarajavo |
Canada Goes to War |
Building an Army |
Union Government |
Women get the Vote |
Canada Divided |
Conscription Act |
Nationalism |
The Home Front |
Victory |
Aftermath
One of the most traumatic events for
Canada and the world was the First World War. The golden
era before the war was a time of scientific discovery,
social reform, artistic innovation, a time of belief in
the progress of mankind. This illusion was abruptly
shattered in August of 1914 with the outbreak of war in
Europe. Over the next 4 years science was perverted,
societies were corrupted, the truth suppressed and
traditions destroyed.
The western front became a hell on
earth which killed a generation of Europe's, Canada's
and many other nations finest youth. Out of this
upheaval and disruption came one of Canada's finest
moments and perhaps the first that defined it as a
nation - Vimy Ridge.
The end of the war brought a period or
readjustment, an outbreak of influenza, a new view of
values and the nationalistic euphoria of victory.
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