Canada's contribution to the Boer War, World War I and World War II is well documented. Canadians helped in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, the First World War from 1914 to 1918, and the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Many Canadians were killed in these three wars. Just over 7,000 Canadians were sent overseas to help in the Boer War (including 12 nurses).1 Approximately 65,000 soldiers died in the First World War.2 (see Appendix 2) Approximately 45,000 died in the Second World War. .3 (Appendix 1)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Tarawa_beach_HD-SN-99-03001.JPEGAat the time of the Boer War, World War I and World War II, the Canadian population was composed primarily of French-speaking Canadians and English-speaking Canadians. Although there were many French-speaking Canadians in Canada at that time, the Canadian Army consisted of very few French-speaking Canadians and the majority were English-speaking Canadians. During the Boer War military service in Canada was a voluntary act due to the fact that almost all French Canadians disagreed with helping in the Boer War and believed there was no need for Canada to be involved. Subsequently, during the times of World War I and World War II, military service had become compulsory for all men and this was called conscription. This meant that all men between the ages of 20 and 45 had to join the army. English-speaking Canadians didn't care because they were in favor of the war effort from the beginning, but it was a big deal for French-speaking Canadians because they were never in favor of contributing to the war effort. when the French-speaking Canadians were part of the army they did not have proper command over them, especially because the English-speaking Canadians treated them very badly and there were problems with the languages ​​spoken by the English and French Canadians. “Command is important not only because effective command wins wars, but national command is the instrument that connects the (military) forces to the government.”4. This quote explains that command must be exercised in an army for it to exist and operate. Since Canada was a country, the French Canadians always disagreed to help in all three of these wars did not show much patriotism towards the country. Especially during the time of the Boer War in Quebec there was an outrageous reaction against English-speaking Canadians who wanted to fight for their homeland, Great Britain..