1917

Canadian troops easily take their objective at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a battle later called Canada’s coming-of-age. 

In 1916, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election pledging to kept the nation out the war, but submarine warfare increases, and Wilson decides to enter the conflict.

Part four in the A Tale of Two Nations: Canada, U.S. and WW1 series.  The series explores journalism history by examining how newspapers reported on the war, painting a picture of the war as our ancestors knew it.