World War One Centenary

[Romero]

It's been 100 years since Europe's major powers, Canada and their other colonies and dominions went to war.



The war was considered a turning point in Canadian history, when the country shed its colonial mindset to become a nation in its own right.



Prime Minister Stephen Harper marked the centenary of the beginning of the First World War at a ceremony on Parliament Hill Monday morning, calling the occasion a time to "remember and honour the sacrifices and tremendous achievements of the more than 650,000 brave Canadians and Newfoundlanders who left their families and the comfort of their homes to serve their King and country, as well as to preserve the universal values of freedom, peace and democracy that we hold most dear."



In all, about 620,000 Canadians enlisted during the war and about 419,000 went overseas. About 60,000 would never come home.



"It is a source of deep national pride that the bravery and courage of our service members helped ensure Allied victories in important battles at places like Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Amiens," said Harper.



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[cc]

That Vimy memorial is unreal beautiful from an artistic perspective and from a respectful perspective.



I have read that the Nazi field people were about to destroy it shortly after invading. Hitler had seen pics of it and wanted to see it first. He saw it and said "NO" and ordered that it be protected.



It is majestic up close (so many components to it) ^ and is majestic from a distance



Many more angles and detail here https://www.google.ca/search?q=vimy+ridge+memorial&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BBHgU7TiIsmiigKQ4YHIBg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1448&bih=849">https://www.google.ca/search?q=vimy+rid ... 48&bih=849">https://www.google.ca/search?q=vimy+ridge+memorial&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BBHgU7TiIsmiigKQ4YHIBg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1448&bih=849



I had to shrink images and attach as originals are huge



So damned many were lost there

[Anonymous]

Canada was a strong military power back then.