How One Man Lead The Canadian Corps On The Western Front Far From Home: Sam's Army Timeline
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Date: 2022-07-19
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Mike
What a tragic waste of lives. IMHO, WWII and WWI are the same conflict. The Treaty of Versailles imposed on an already starving Germany only served to embitter Germany with a desire to set things right. The genius of the Marshall Plan was to rebuild Europe, gain steadfast allies and helped provide the US with a large export market for US goods and services. The sacrifice of the so-called dominion troops, gave those nations a desire for greater independence as nations with independent foreign policy. We don't measure our individual losses by the teaspoon. NZ stands out as bearing an obscene and unimaginable burden from such a small nation. I sourced the following from respective national records. 10% of NZ's population served in the Great War from which a staggering 16% died. ANZAC bound two nations as one.
CAN 8M Total Sent: 619, 000 Killed: 59, 500 Proportion of Population: 7. 74% Killed as % of Total Sent: 9. 6%%
AUS 5M Total Sent: 417, 000 Killed: 60, 000 Proportion of Population: 8. 34% Killed as % of Total Sent: 14. 4%
NZ 1M Total Sent: 100, 000 Killed: 16, 000 Proportion of Population: 10. 00% Killed as % of Total Sent: 16. 00%
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What a tragic waste of lives. IMHO, WWII and WWI are the same conflict. The Treaty of Versailles imposed on an already starving Germany only served to embitter Germany with a desire to set things right. The genius of the Marshall Plan was to rebuild Europe, gain steadfast allies and helped provide the US with a large export market for US goods and services. The sacrifice of the so-called dominion troops, gave those nations a desire for greater independence as nations with independent foreign policy. We don't measure our individual losses by the teaspoon. NZ stands out as bearing an obscene and unimaginable burden from such a small nation. I sourced the following from respective national records. 10% of NZ's population served in the Great War from which a staggering 16% died. ANZAC bound two nations as one.
CAN 8M Total Sent: 619, 000 Killed: 59, 500 Proportion of Population: 7. 74% Killed as % of Total Sent: 9. 6%%
AUS 5M Total Sent: 417, 000 Killed: 60, 000 Proportion of Population: 8. 34% Killed as % of Total Sent: 14. 4%
NZ 1M Total Sent: 100, 000 Killed: 16, 000 Proportion of Population: 10. 00% Killed as % of Total Sent: 16. 00%
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Nickie
My English Grandfather enlisted in WW1 from Ladysmith, Vancouver Island. He fought the Somme & Vimy Ridge & came back to Vancouver to my Gram, new baby, wounded twice, pandemic at 23 yrs old. My Grams Grandfather Captain James Douglas Warren opened up the Trade Routes for the HBC, around Vancouver Island to the Haida Gwaii. He married Tossamitsa Edenshaw a Chief's daughter from there. She survived Kuper Island to be the oldest Native to die on Vancouver Island in 1931 at 104. My Aunt Sarah Warren was a Matriarch of the Songhees( King Freezies GGrandaughter) & was interned to Sardis, B. C. She was the First Person to Win Back the RIGHT'S FOR The Traditional Mask Dance in 1950, also one of the First to have open Heart Surgery in CANADA.
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My English Grandfather enlisted in WW1 from Ladysmith, Vancouver Island. He fought the Somme & Vimy Ridge & came back to Vancouver to my Gram, new baby, wounded twice, pandemic at 23 yrs old. My Grams Grandfather Captain James Douglas Warren opened up the Trade Routes for the HBC, around Vancouver Island to the Haida Gwaii. He married Tossamitsa Edenshaw a Chief's daughter from there. She survived Kuper Island to be the oldest Native to die on Vancouver Island in 1931 at 104. My Aunt Sarah Warren was a Matriarch of the Songhees( King Freezies GGrandaughter) & was interned to Sardis, B. C. She was the First Person to Win Back the RIGHT'S FOR The Traditional Mask Dance in 1950, also one of the First to have open Heart Surgery in CANADA.
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arrow64
Canadians had the best Attack Divisions of that whole slaughter. Most victories of the war, Best General, Sir Arthur Currie, no Army can match there wining record! Fact. not bad for a Country only 50 year's old, the key to there Army's success, the Canadians had no class issues like the British, rich sons became Captains when they knew nothing of war, rich and sons who had a rich father became an officer, again with no military experience! The Canucks believed that ALL were equal and rank would be earned on the Battle field, not because Daddy was rich or a Lord in Parliament, which is only right! and you can see there success by this simple idea, All Men Are Created Equal! as we say in the States.
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Canadians had the best Attack Divisions of that whole slaughter. Most victories of the war, Best General, Sir Arthur Currie, no Army can match there wining record! Fact. not bad for a Country only 50 year's old, the key to there Army's success, the Canadians had no class issues like the British, rich sons became Captains when they knew nothing of war, rich and sons who had a rich father became an officer, again with no military experience! The Canucks believed that ALL were equal and rank would be earned on the Battle field, not because Daddy was rich or a Lord in Parliament, which is only right! and you can see there success by this simple idea, All Men Are Created Equal! as we say in the States.
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Local
Our dear military boys from back then should have gotten more recognition to be honest given that during the years between 1914 and 1918 there was a bill passed that stopped them from being allowed to volunteer their service and instead forced able bodied men in Canada to go to the military. Forced to leave their families, their wives, their children and be forced to March into what they thought was certain death. I had family that were in both world wars and I can't imagine what they went through but our troops were BOSS during those years. Lest we forget
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Our dear military boys from back then should have gotten more recognition to be honest given that during the years between 1914 and 1918 there was a bill passed that stopped them from being allowed to volunteer their service and instead forced able bodied men in Canada to go to the military. Forced to leave their families, their wives, their children and be forced to March into what they thought was certain death. I had family that were in both world wars and I can't imagine what they went through but our troops were BOSS during those years. Lest we forget
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Gerald
Here's to the Canadians. Dragged into a worthless fight by the old worlds monarchy, they fought bravely, loyaly without question and paid the ultimate price. Win, lose or draw, they were among the bravest of the brave and our hats should be off to these courageous, good souls always. May they all rest in peace. Extreme condolences to the families at home who have suffered and grieved all these years til it was their time to leave this world. All of you, please rest in peace.
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Here's to the Canadians. Dragged into a worthless fight by the old worlds monarchy, they fought bravely, loyaly without question and paid the ultimate price. Win, lose or draw, they were among the bravest of the brave and our hats should be off to these courageous, good souls always. May they all rest in peace. Extreme condolences to the families at home who have suffered and grieved all these years til it was their time to leave this world. All of you, please rest in peace.
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Karmas
All these records but none of the colonies who experienced the exact same horrors, they were officially cannon fodder. There aren't even any pictures of them wounded, no war memorials NOTHING. The European soldiers felt that they were just going to their deaths how did the Algerians feel for 4 years? Maybe if so many young men didn't die, maybe they could have done something positive for them. Its just so deplorable that their experiences, their lives were just thrown away
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All these records but none of the colonies who experienced the exact same horrors, they were officially cannon fodder. There aren't even any pictures of them wounded, no war memorials NOTHING. The European soldiers felt that they were just going to their deaths how did the Algerians feel for 4 years? Maybe if so many young men didn't die, maybe they could have done something positive for them. Its just so deplorable that their experiences, their lives were just thrown away
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Allan
The exploits of Sam Hughes in the Boer War are the stuff of fairy tales, his rescue of the town of Uffington with only two Canadians against a force measured in the hundreds is obviously drivel. I thought I was going to be watching a documentary about the exceptional exploits of the Canadian forces in WWI, not a Sam Hughes diatribe of hate against Great Britain, ok, it was his own opinions, but I just find it self important and self indulgent bigotry. .
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The exploits of Sam Hughes in the Boer War are the stuff of fairy tales, his rescue of the town of Uffington with only two Canadians against a force measured in the hundreds is obviously drivel. I thought I was going to be watching a documentary about the exceptional exploits of the Canadian forces in WWI, not a Sam Hughes diatribe of hate against Great Britain, ok, it was his own opinions, but I just find it self important and self indulgent bigotry. .
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Edmund
This is a fine documentary, but it has some strange mistakes. The narration consistently calls the PPCLI Princess Patricias Canadian Infantry. Alexis Helmers rank is pronounced Lootenant. Paul Gross is heard early on referring to a Montreal regiment as the Carbonieres de Montreal. I have no idea what he thought he was saying. Carabiniers maybe.
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This is a fine documentary, but it has some strange mistakes. The narration consistently calls the PPCLI Princess Patricias Canadian Infantry. Alexis Helmers rank is pronounced Lootenant. Paul Gross is heard early on referring to a Montreal regiment as the Carbonieres de Montreal. I have no idea what he thought he was saying. Carabiniers maybe.
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Ignite
My main essay this semester I wrote on Vimy Ridge. I learned quiet a bit about the Canadian Corps and was surprised to learn that one of the reasons quiet a few Canadian historians dismiss Vimy Ridge is because those who took it were units of the Corps that were made up mostly of British born Canadians and not natural born Canadians.
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My main essay this semester I wrote on Vimy Ridge. I learned quiet a bit about the Canadian Corps and was surprised to learn that one of the reasons quiet a few Canadian historians dismiss Vimy Ridge is because those who took it were units of the Corps that were made up mostly of British born Canadians and not natural born Canadians.
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Jay
Id love to tell you if this was a good documentary, but with the constant ads for dangerous holistic medications and an ad which started with someone screaming which just about made me deaf, every two to five minutes, I think this was a good documentary on Walt Disney
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Id love to tell you if this was a good documentary, but with the constant ads for dangerous holistic medications and an ad which started with someone screaming which just about made me deaf, every two to five minutes, I think this was a good documentary on Walt Disney
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iamnotdemocrat1
He was the capt Solbol of the Canadian army. While he created a great army, when a brilliant general came along and overshadowed him he became a backstabbing dog who used his friends in politics to downplay and destroy his legacy, He was a peace of filth
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He was the capt Solbol of the Canadian army. While he created a great army, when a brilliant general came along and overshadowed him he became a backstabbing dog who used his friends in politics to downplay and destroy his legacy, He was a peace of filth
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Gail
In Flanders Fields. our 5th grade teacher, an ex-Pat Brit made his students commit this poem to memory; at 73 yrs young I am still able to recite it. I've always wondered why it is never recited every Nov 11th in honour off all our men & women who have fallen.
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In Flanders Fields. our 5th grade teacher, an ex-Pat Brit made his students commit this poem to memory; at 73 yrs young I am still able to recite it. I've always wondered why it is never recited every Nov 11th in honour off all our men & women who have fallen.
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kayak1969p
The canadians had few good commanders, poor weapons but fought on regardless of what horrors lied before them. we owe so much to canada (and other allies) for the sacrifices they gave during ww1. regards, respect and admiration: from karl in the uk
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The canadians had few good commanders, poor weapons but fought on regardless of what horrors lied before them. we owe so much to canada (and other allies) for the sacrifices they gave during ww1. regards, respect and admiration: from karl in the uk
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cederich
I'm sorry ya'll that line from the Kaiser absolutely killed it. When the Kaiser found out that the Canadians had landed in England on 30 ships he replied. They will go back in 30-row boats. I feel like the Kaiser would make a good rap album.
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I'm sorry ya'll that line from the Kaiser absolutely killed it. When the Kaiser found out that the Canadians had landed in England on 30 ships he replied. They will go back in 30-row boats. I feel like the Kaiser would make a good rap album.
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Danny
I am Canadian and I feel that our war achievements are usually underestimated, this video is a good representation of Canada in WW1. One thing that I think is cool is that my school is named Courcelette, after the battle of flers-courcelette.
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I am Canadian and I feel that our war achievements are usually underestimated, this video is a good representation of Canada in WW1. One thing that I think is cool is that my school is named Courcelette, after the battle of flers-courcelette.
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education
Canadian troops did amazing things DESPITE Sam Hughes, NOT BECAUSE of Sam Hughes. The man was a military fanboy wannabe without a clue. And then he tried to smear Currie because he wouldn't promote Hughes' incompetent son. insane.
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Canadian troops did amazing things DESPITE Sam Hughes, NOT BECAUSE of Sam Hughes. The man was a military fanboy wannabe without a clue. And then he tried to smear Currie because he wouldn't promote Hughes' incompetent son. insane.
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Richard
Respect to our northern neighbors! To raise a volunteer force of that size with such a modest population! Especially since you had no choice in entering the war. the U. K. declared war, so you all were automatically in!
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Respect to our northern neighbors! To raise a volunteer force of that size with such a modest population! Especially since you had no choice in entering the war. the U. K. declared war, so you all were automatically in!
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Pierre
Canadians and Australians, the best soldiers of the west (With the Scots) of the 1st and 2nd world war. When I see how the English and American commands regard them.
When they didn't even come up to their ankles.
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Canadians and Australians, the best soldiers of the west (With the Scots) of the 1st and 2nd world war. When I see how the English and American commands regard them.
When they didn't even come up to their ankles.
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TacoWilco
Each video about Canadians in WW1, there is some unnecessary drama, philosophy and monologues which makes these videos unbearable. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Canadians and Canadian army.
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Each video about Canadians in WW1, there is some unnecessary drama, philosophy and monologues which makes these videos unbearable. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Canadians and Canadian army.
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gavin
620, 000 men mobilized voluntarily is impressive, but why keep repeating that this was the largest ever volunteer army raised. The 2. 5 million strong WW2 British Indian army was by quite a large margin.
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620, 000 men mobilized voluntarily is impressive, but why keep repeating that this was the largest ever volunteer army raised. The 2. 5 million strong WW2 British Indian army was by quite a large margin.
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