HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: War Measures Act, Area Gas Boards, 40 Minutes
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22 aug. 1914: suspend civil liberties of collaborations, regulation of society. I(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded so ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)s livi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ause trou(cid:271)le. Wheat board: can control the prices and distribution. Income tax - temporary (still to this day) 43 killed in field hospitals (bombs) not on front line. Knitting to keep men warm and sending it over seas. Over the course of the war it became so big and long that these groups faded. Women encouraged men to enlist in the war. Remember: it was intended for british to take off pressure from the french because of germans. 60, 000 soldiers over the top at 7:30 - walking slow - 60lbs of equipment. Wire was not already cut like they expected. This became a british empire disaster- 50,000 casualties in one day. Had to cross 300 yards of no mans land and germans were still alive. One year later still not a single man on the front.
