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Battle of Vermeer Ridge: The Battle of Canada's Reputation

The Canadian army successfully occupied a highland that the British and French troops fought for more than two years and could not attack for a long time. This is the first time that the four group armies sent by Canada to World War I worked together, with Canada as the core and a small amount of British support. The success of the campaign was due to Canada's application of new tactical ideas, long-term training, continuous artillery attack on the Germans and strong fire suppression. The climatic conditions are unfavorable to the Germans.

The victory of this campaign, together with Canadian ace pilots william baker and Billy Bishop, shaped Canada's new international image. Britain gave Canada more autonomy. After this campaign, due to its outstanding military performance and outstanding contribution, Canada won a seat in the Paris Peace Conference in 19 19, joined the League of Nations in 192 1 and was awarded the title of Westminster in 193 1 year.

By the end of the campaign, the Canadian Legion had become the most powerful force in the Western Front. After the Battle of the Somme, Canadians won the reputation of "vanguard". Because of these honors, the British government specially assigned Canadian troops to help defend the West Indies colony at 19 16.

In order to keep enough troops, Canadian Prime Minister Sir Robert Boden decided to implement the conscription system. Although British Canadians and frontline soldiers agreed to conscription, conscription was resisted in Quebec, which led to a conscription crisis in Canada. Finally, about 120000 soldiers were recruited, of which about 47000 were sent to the front.