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Significance and Losses
Prior to the Hundred Days Offensive, the German Reichstag, or parliament,
wanted peace, but a peace that would see Germany increase its territories into
parts of Poland, Lithuania, Belgium and Luxembourg. The only way they could do
that was to attack at the Western Front so convincingly the Allies would agree
to their terms. That was the intention of the Ludendorff Offensive that ultimately
failed but which sparked the Hundred Days Offensive by the Allies.
So, had the later part of the war favoured Germany, the entire map of Europe
would now look very different. But the Hundred Days Offensive was also important
for Canada, not only because it brought about an end to the war that everyone
was sick of and sickened by, but also because it was a victory that could have
only been accomplished with the Canadian Corps in the forefront. |
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The Battle of Canal
Du Nord
General Arthur Currie risked his career on the success
at the complex and daring tactics employed in the battle. |
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