Canada ‘discovered its identity’ during First World War
By all accounts, WWI and WWII were hell for those on the frontlines, and there’s certainly no denying the often horrific and long-lasting effects those conflicts had on the soldiers and their families.
British author H.G. Wells once described the First World War as “the war to end all wars.”
It’s now been an entire century since WWI ended with Germany formally surrendering on Nov. 11, 1918, leading to the Treaty of Versailles being signed the following June.
By the end of “The Great War,” more than 5.5 million Allied Forces soldiers had perished, including 60,000+ Canadians. Another 250,000 Canadians were wounded. The last living WWI veteran from our country, John Babcock, died in 2010 at the age of 109.