HISB41H3 Lecture : The Great War.docx
Document Summary
War fought at home and overseas: factories and trenches. People were told to make sacrifices to win war. Britain declared war to germany (canada was automatically at war. Most english canadians had sentimental ties to britain. Many canadians believed to have a romantic adventure. Good for the anglo-saxon race (physical toughness) Race: canadian physical race over than other races. 1916 (half a million canadian volunteered) (8m can) Rain, mood, rats, artillery, bombs, and expose to the. Somme 1916: 60,000 died and 150,000 were wounded. Psychological problems: 1st modern war: weapons of mass destruction, airplanes, machineguns, de-humanizing. Hysterical neurosis (living coma) unable to speak for months (shellshock) Soldiers became aware of mistakes that politicians made during wwi (anger) The government had mislead the war efforts. Wwi was most devastating in psychological and physical terms. The war caused: (social deprecations) (1) national pride (nationalism) Soldiers fostered canadian nationalism (sacrifices made by soldiers during wwi. (passchendaele, vimmy ridge=> became symbols of canadian identity.
