Canada Goes To War

Canada joined the war as part of the British Empire. Since it was a colony of Britain, Canada had to join the war when Britain declared war on Germany. On August 6, just 2 days after the war was declared, Canada offered 25,000 fully trained troops. Within a week, 10,000 soldiers volunteered. Colonel Sam Hughes wanted the majority of the army to be volunteers, saying they had more spirit and morale then soldiers forced to fight.