CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Christmas Truce, Trench Warfare, Trench Foot

• School: Brock University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CANA 1F91
• Professor: Renee Lafferty

Document Summary

Cana 1f91 week three lecture - the canadian body in the trenches: world war one. When england declares war on germany in 1914, as a result canada and rest of british empire on war vs germany. French-english probs in canada put aside (country united as whole) Canadians were excited and united to go to war. Canadians pledged to join war to maintain the empire. Most of them were unemployed in 1914. War did not end at christmas, lasted four years. 32 000 volunteer for war training camp in 1914. Were (cid:374)ot (cid:374)e(cid:449) to (cid:449)ar; had(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ee(cid:374) used for 4 years. Trenches were dug out; dirt was mixture of soil and clay. Food (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t good (cid:894)(cid:374)ot hot(cid:895), no (cid:271)athroo(cid:373) fa(cid:272)ility. Christmas 2014 -> christmas truce for an hour. Could(cid:374)"t sta(cid:374)d up, did (cid:374)ot pro(cid:448)ide (cid:272)o(cid:448)er. Night time, trenches would be repaired; food, water, ammunition passed along to front lines.