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• Reconnaissance: military observation to find where enemy troops are

  • Helps gather essential data from the other side and can help plan military operations
• Arthur Currie: the commander who was knighted at the battle of Vimy Ridge because of his leadership
• Billy Bishop: considered Canada’s finest ace since he shot down 72 planes during WW1

  • Awarded the Victoria Cross
• Sam Hughes: a general in Canada’s reserve army

  • Responsible for Canadians getting the Ross Rifles and the McAdam Shovels
• Dr. John McCrae: the guy who wrote “In Flanders Fields”

  • Wrote it at the battle of the Ypres
• Pacifists: people who are opposed to violence and war
• League of Nations: The USA’s 14 point plan to get sustained peace in Europe