Battle of the Canal du Nord

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/battle-of-the-canal-du-nord

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of battle?September 27 to October 1, 1918
2. What is the command structure?Involved the British First Army and Third Army
3. Why did the Allies choose the Canal du Nord to attack?The canal was right on the line between the British First and Third Armies, giving the Allies a good route to reach Cambrai and stretching German defenses across a wide area.
4. How did soldiers cross the unfinished canal?Engineers and infantry worked together, using whatever materials they could find and working hard to get across while fighting enemy fire.

Hundred Days Offensive: A period of sustained Allied offensives from August to November 1918 that led to the end of World War I.
Western Front: The primary theater of war in Europe during World War I, characterized by trench warfare.
Allied Powers: The coalition of nations, including Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States, that fought against the Central Powers.
Central Powers: The coalition of nations, primarily Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, that fought against the Allied Powers.