In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia. Approx. 685 thousand men, horses, artillery etc. The common story is the Russian winter annihilated the Grande Armee. No, it was abject incompetence. By the time summer had ended? Tens of thousands of troops and horses had died of starvation and diseases. The final onset of winter, was the final Coup de Gras. Less than 90 thousand made it back. Less than 40 thousand were still combat effective. My point? My point is this; Entire towns, villages, and communities lost all their young men. Every Family in Napoleon's Coalition was affected. Did it happen to Canada though? Yes. Yes it did. Newfoundland lost 26% of their male population to WW1. We know them as the " Blue Putties ". We changed our National Anthem to " All Thy Sons Command " to honor them! You know the rest! Elbows up morons! Beloud