Fun Facts of WW1

- More than 2,800 Canadian Nursing Sisters served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

 

-Approximately 4,000 Aboriginal Canadians enlisted during the war. This represented nearly one-third of all Aboriginal-Canadian men eligible to serve.

 

-More than 650,000 men and women from Canada and Newfoundland served during the First World War. More than 66,000 gave their lives and over 172,000 were wounded.

 

-Canadians saw their first major action at Ypres on April 22, 1915. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was inspired to write In Flanders Fields to honour a friend who died during this battle.

 

 

Why not play a few games and relax?

 

WW1 Airplane

http://gamesforkidsfree.net/en/free-games-for-kids/dogfight-aces

 

WW1 Strategy

http://www.addictinggames.com/strategy-games/worldwars.jsp