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The Great Depression
It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting for a period of 10 years. The stock markets crashed and businesses and factories shut down. This left a lot of people unemployed. Some families lost their homes and received relief from government. -
The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a time period in the 1930's where there were severe dust storms because of severe drought. -
Regina Riot
The unemployed single men rode the rails in an organized protest to fight the government about poor work conditions and low wages in the relief camps. -
Canada Declares War On Germany
Canada declared war on Germany to support their allies with Britain and France to fight against the Germans in Poland. -
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
During the second world war the BCATP was a massive joint military air training program where it trained many Canadian men, women and soldiers from other countries in the air training base. -
Canadians At Hong Kong
In World War II, Canadian soldiers engaged in a battle defending the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong against the Japanese attack in December 1941. After the battle Canadian soldiers who survived became prisoners of war; many got tortured and starved by Japanese captors. Canadians lost the battle in Hong Kong. -
Canadians At Dieppe
During the second world war, Canada and the allied forces battled against the Germans. 5,000 out of 6,100 troops were Canadian; 916 Canadian soldiers lost their lives during the battle. -
D-Day
The battle of D-Day began June 6,1944. The battle happened on the northern coast of France in an area called Normandy. Along the coast are series of beaches that had been all code named; Canada had Juno Beach. The morning of the raid, Germans sent spy planes to try and figure out if and where the invasion would happen. The Allied forces mislead the Germans by setting up fake military equipment.
