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Canada/Britian Declares War On Germany
On September 1st 1939 Germany and Slovakia attacked Poland, and thats when France, Brtitian, and the countries of the Commonwealth decided to stop Germany. -
The Second Battle of Ypres
In this battle the Germans intorduced a new weapon: chlorine gas. the front-line at the time were french troops and they were hit badly. the canadian troops replaced the french, and stopped the german advancement. -
Battle of Somme
The British launched a huge attack near the Somme river, the germans were prepared, it became a brutal battle for both sides. More than 24 000 of the 80 000 canadian soldiers were killed to gain just 545 kilometers of land. -
Conscription Crisis
After the brutal Battle of Somme, Canada needed to replace alot of the soldiers and very few volunteers replaced them, and the recruiting effort in Qeubec had failed. -
French Cargo Ship Expolsion in Halifax
Halifax was destroyed on the morning of december 6th 1917, "SS Mont-Blanc", a French cargo ship, loaded with huge amounts of wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the "Norwegian SS Imo" in "The Narrows" section of the Halifax Harbour. -
The Group of Seven
The Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, which consist of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. -
Discovery of Insulin
Frederick Banting and Charles Herbert Best was the discoverer and co-discoverer of the treatment for diabetes, also one of the most significant advances in medicine -
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
In the 1921 election, his party defeated Arthur Meighen and the Conservatives, and he became Prime Minister, leader of the Liberals. -
Black Tuesday
One of the most devastating stock market crash in the history of North America.The market lost over $14 billion in value that day, bringing the loss for the week to $30 billion. -
Five Cent Speech
Prime Minister Mackenzie King's goverment was in power just before the Great Depression. Before the election, he said he would not give 5 cent to the men that lost their job and for people asking for relief payments. -
World War II
This is a war which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, which formed into two rival military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, Resulting in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities. -
Japan Invades Hong Kong
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Italian Campaigne In Sicily
This Campaign was a planned invasion of Sicily which surprised the Germans and resulted to the surrender of German forces in Italy in May 1945. -
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
This operation was the largest invasion in world history, with over 160,000 troops landing on 6 June 1944. 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. This invasion began at 6:30 AM. -
Germany Surrenders to the Allies
At the end of April, land that was still under nazi control wasnt in germany. Adolf hitler commited suicide on april 30 1945. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nato was formed as a organization that enforces a system of collective defence, where it's members agree to defend attacks by any outsider.The first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, famously stated the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down". -
The Korean War
A military conflict between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China, with military material aid from the Soviet Union. This resulted in a physical division of Korea. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 14, 1962, a United States Air Force U-2 plane on a Imagery Intelligence mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba. The U.S considered a full force invasion on Cuba, but in the end, Soviets removed the missles, U.S removed missles from Turkey, and promised to never invade Cuba -
The Great Flag Debate
When Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson came up with his plans for a new flag in the House of Commons. It lasted more than six months, bitterly dividing the people in the process.The debate over the new Canadian flag was ended on December 15, 1964. It resulted in the adoption of the "Maple Leaf flag" as the Canadian national flag. -
The Marathon of Hope
The Marathon began on April 12, 1980, when Fox dipped his right leg in the Atlantic Ocean near St. John's, Newfoundland, and filled two large bottles with ocean water. He wanted to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other into the Pacific Ocean when completing his journey at Victoria, British Columbia. On September 1, outside of Thunder Bay, he was forced to stop after he suffered from intense coughing and experienced pains in his chest.He fell into a coma and died at 4:35 a.m. on June 28, -
Canada Health Act
The Health Act was introduced by the Liberal Trudeau government, the objective protect and restore the physical and well-being of residents of Canada without concerning with financial or other barriers. -
NAFTA
An agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, that created a triple trade bloc in North America.As of 2010 NAFTA is the largest trade bloc in the world -
Terrorst Attack the U.S
A series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States.On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Two were sapposed to be attacking the twin towers, 3rd was for the pentagon, and the 4th crashed on a field due to passenger trying to re-take control on the plane. -
War in Afghanistan
The whole purpose of the war was for the US to capture bin laden because of its rumours about the 9/11 crisis. Recently founder of the Islamic military group al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S special forces during a raid in bin Ladens bunker on May, 2, 2011 -
Canada Wins Gold at Winter Olympics in Home Country
When Canada faced United Stats at the Canada Hockey Place
for the Mens Ice Hockey Olympic Finals. Even the television networks were lagging because of the amount of people watching the game.