Baptism by Fire

Responses due by 11:59 on Wednesday, April 28.  Discussion closes April 30.

This week, we are re-visiting the valuable role played by the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War One from 1914-1916. 

Your task this week is to discover additional – and interesting – information (other than what you have been exposed to in class).   For each of the following events, please do some reading/research and provide some DID YOU KNOW facts (at least one fact per battle, but more if you find more):

• Training at Salisbury Plain
• The Second Battle of Ypres
• The Battle of the Somme and/or the Battle at Beaumont-Hamel

Don’t hesitate to include websites as reference.  Also, try to read the responses of your classmates before replying so we can avoid repetition.

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