World War One: Canadian Perspectives
by Shannon Hamilton
1. Concepts of War
1.1. Types of Battalions/Brigades in the army
1.1.1. Infantry: Soldiers on foot
1.1.2. Cavalry: Soldiers on horse
1.1.3. Artillery: Soldiers that deal with weaponry
1.1.4. Engineers: Building/Designing the trenches, tunnellers underground, designing weapons
1.1.5. Construction: Built the trenches, got timber
1.1.6. Medical
1.2. Female and Male Roles
1.2.1. Women's jobs at the front
1.2.1.1. Ambulance Drivers
1.2.1.2. Nurses
1.3. War by Air
1.4. War by Sea
1.5. The Boer War: The last major offensive Britain engaged in. Canadians took part, there was very controversial conscription discussions
1.6. Class Structures in the Army (commission vs enlistment)
1.6.1. Officer: Comissioned
1.6.2. Private: The first rank of the enlisted soldier
2. Battles
2.1. The 2nd battle of Ypres
2.2. The Battle of the Somme
2.3. Vimy Ridge
2.4. Paschendale
2.5. The Last 100 days
3. Weapons
3.1. Rifles / Snipers
3.2. Tanks
3.3. Machine Guns
3.4. Bayonets
3.5. Chemical Weapons
3.5.1. Chlorine Gas
3.5.2. Mustard Gas
3.6. Zeppelin
3.7. Air planes
3.8. Torpedoes
4. Places / Locations
4.1. Canada
4.2. France
4.3. England
4.3.1. Blighty: Slang term for Britain where people would go and recuperate from an injury. Wounds were sometimes called Blighty's if it meant you got a rest from the front.
4.3.2. Salisbury Plains: Canadian Training Camp
4.3.3. Whitley: Canadian Training Camp