Military Impact On Canada

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Military Essay What happens to a country for it to change so much? Is there damage, is there fear, is there war or is it just the country establishing? Canada has made its mark in the world and proved themselves but, how? For Canada it is the military that has had a significant impact on the development and establishment of Canada. How did all of the military battles impact Canada? The conditions that Canada had to fight in were awful, but they still powered through it all. The intense Battle of Vimy Ridge had Canada fighting as best as they could which gave Canada a boost of morale and changed and impacted Canada positively. The heroic efforts of the Canadians fight at D-Day on Juno Beach sent to conquer the second hardest beach to take…show more content…
It was important to Canada because it made them feel independent. This battle was already dangerous to do because France had failed with over 100,000 casualties, (More than 100,000 French soldiers had already been killed and wounded in previous efforts to dislodge the Germans from the ridge, so the Canadians would now be attacking across an open graveyard.) so it would have been very nerve wrecking on the Canadians to go into a cemetery. But Canada, they still went to fight, and they took back the ridge from the Germans on their own under the command of the British commander Sir Julian Byng. If Canada had lost his battle, they may not have felt like they were their own country and not just a pawn under the King. Vimy Ridge is so important to the shaping of Canada and it made them confident enough to fight their own battles. With Canada winning the Battle of Vimy Ridge and feeling more independent, they knew they were a force not to be reckoned with. Because of this battle, Canada declared war on the Germans during World War II, not just because the British were fighting but because Canada wanted to. Without Vimy Ridge, who knows if Canada would have joined the war by their selves. As well as the independency, Canada proved their selves to the world, that they were able. Because of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canada got one seat in the…show more content…
Canada’s assigned area during D-Day was Juno Beach which was the second hardest beach to take after Omaha (the American assigned beach). Juno Beach impacted Canada positively because the Canadians showed courage and gained respect of the world. The Canadians had gone 11 kilometres into the beach which was farther than any other allied force which showed plenty of courage. The Canadians also conquered their beach in 9 hours whereas the other allied forces took the entirety of the day. Without all this courage that Canada had shown who knows if they would have been the best on D-Day, if they would have gone 11 kilometres into the beach or conquered the beach in 9 hours. Though there were many lives lost on D-Day, more soldiers would have died if Canada had not fought on Juno Beach. Over 40,000 Canadian troops died while fighting in World War II. Even though 340 troops died at Juno Beach, many more would have died if they had not fought. Furthermore, if Canadians had not fought, the war would have gone longer, giving the Nazis the opportunity to kill even more Jewish people at the concentration camps and even take over more land. The victory at Juno Beach led to the end of World War II and the freeing of Europe. D-Day was the Germans final attempt at winning the war. The Canadian troops and the allies managed to counteract this severely. Germany’s army had started to
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