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Post by justinetoews on Dec 8, 2010 15:08:16 GMT -5
In chapter 8 page 160, it says "On December 6, 1917, just eleven days before the election, the war came to Canadian shores. A French ship loaded with explosives caught fire and exploded in Halifax harbour. It devastated the city, killed approximatly 2000 people, and injured thousands more. The terrible Halifax Explosion seemed to symbolize the tragic forces that the European war had touched off in Canada." Did the ship catch fire or was it set on fire? If it caught fire, how is this part of the war?
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Dec 8, 2010 17:30:29 GMT -5
My understanding is that a French munitions ship was accidentally rammed (or it rammed) by another ship. A fire resulted and eventually the explosives on board the French munitions ship detonated devestating Halifax. This was the largest non-nuclear blast in history (up until that time).
This is part of the war because it takes place during the war years (1917). And it involved Canadian allies.
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