About 110,000 Canadians passed away in the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars (65,000 and 45,000 respectively); some were interred in Canada, but the majority lie buried in a foreign country. Contribution on Land Canadian infantrymen were on the Western Front in January 1915 and in March the 1st Canadian Division took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. In April, Canadians fought in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, where they were subjected to the Germans' first use of gas. When the 2nd Division arrived in France, the Canadian Corps was formed, later expanded by the addition of the 3rd Division.
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