August 1914, Britain, France, Serbia and Russia who was part of an alliance called the Trip Entente declared war on Germany. At this time Germany sided with Austria-Hungary and Italy. Since Canada was under the British Empire, they had to join the war no matter what. It was just like Deja vu to Canadians. A few years before, there was the Boer War, also known as the South African War in 1899, it was when Britain declared war on the Boers. The British needed more troops and supports so they put a lot of pressure on Canada to join the war. That time Prime Minister Laurier didn’t want to look bad to the British so he decided to send volunteer armies to South Africa. The World War I was just like the Boer War. Canada did everything to make English happy.…show more content… It was also known as the Military Service Act of 1917. But only 48,000 conscripted soldiers had been sent overseas, of those 24,132 served on the front lines in Europe. More than 50,000 conscripts stayed in Canada. During the World War I, 630,000 Canadians men and women served, 425,000 were sent overseas, 172,000 Canadians wounded and 60,661 were
