-
-
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Pricip. This is an important part in our history because this was the spark that started wrold war 1
-
The great war officialy begins This is an important event in our history because thousands of canadian lives were lost
-
Vimy was the most succesfull Canadian battle fought in WW1.
Canadian troops studied the ridge and built a scale model of Vimy to practise on. Every soldier was issued a map so they knew where all the MG placements were. This is a proudly important event in Canadian history because It was a very succesfull operation. -
The End of the war. Many Canadian lives lost.
-
The crashing of the north american stock market causes Canada and other countries to fall into a Great Depression.
-
Canada declares war on Nazi Germany ultimately ending the depression.
This is an important event in our history becuase many Canadian sacrafices were made during the second war and everyone should remember that -
-
With Hitler dead and the Japanese surrendering, the war is finally coming an end
-
Canada joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Canada now has allies in wake of another war -
Series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)