Canada and the First World War

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French Children Near the Front
Canadian soldiers buy oranges and chewing gum from two young French girls. The French girls carry gas masks over their shoulders. Civilians close to the fighting endured many hardships, with many local men away fighting and many towns, villages, and farms destroyed.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19920085-484