The Three most Important Canadian Battles Canada’s actions and contributions in World War I defined Canada as an independent country. World War 2 was Canada’s first action taken as an independent country. The Canadian forces made their mark in the world with extensive contributions to the war effort. They took part in many battles that shaped the end result of World War 2. They protected supplies ships in the Battle of the Atlantic.
But even though he was victorious there was a very high casualty figure. He didn’t make that much ground in the four months of fighting, only a couple of miles. Also, his sent basically sent his men to their death. He told his soldiers to "walk slowly in a line towards the enemy" giving the machine gunners an easy target. If he had visited the frontline he would have been able to see that the attacks he staged had major flaws.
Jack Layton was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 until 2011, when he had to stepd down due to illness. In the 2011 federal election, before Layton’s diagnosis with fatal cancer, Layton led his party to gain a historic rise in seats (resulting in 103 seats). During his political career, Jack Layton became known for passion and determination towards improving the political system and achieving social justice. It is undeniable that Jack Layton became a well respected political leader, as well as beloved Canadian figure.
Chirag Chaudhari Zahra Montazer Sociology 102 22nd February 2015 Discuss Why the Winnipeg Strike Happened. Make a list of causes; how long did the strike take? What did people do during the strike: Who were the key strike leader? How did the government react to the strike? The Winnipeg general strike was the largest and most influential strikes in Canadian history occurred in June 21, 1919 which makes platform for people to reform wage labour.
Just before World War I started Bishop joined the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario in 1911. Bishop was not very successful in his first year, because he had poor grades, and also he never took interest in sports or the important things of college that will make him improve in his first year. When Bishop moved on to his second year he was very thriving because he paid attention to all his goals that he wanted to achieve, and sports, however at the end he passed with great marks. Although he finished his second year with terrific grades he still got caught cheating in his final year. Even though he was caught cheating, he still got enlisted in the Mississauga Horse of Toronto, because World War I.
We had used 250 heavy guns and 2500 shells aiming at the enemy positions. As part of our plan, we placed microphones through no-man’s land to hear sound waves from the guns. We became lucky as a snow storm began to blow in the faces of the Germans. All our Canadian troops felt a sense of pride and accomplishment as we won the battle of Vimy Ridge. However it causes me great sorrow that we have lost 3500 of our own men.
Humanity achieved a lot in the years leading up to World War II and the years following. But even with all the great inventions of our time, the Manhattan Project remains the greatest scientific breakthrough of the twentieth century. Work Cited Kelly. The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians. New York: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, 1995.
It became clear that \ Vancouver didn’t make as good of a trade as they thought. Even though Cam Neely had knee injuries that kept him on the bench for many games – he still managed to have a remarkable scoring average. Although they lost, Neely helped the Bruins go to the Stanley Cup finals in both 1987 and 1988. With knee injuries impacting Neely’s ability to play, he decided to retire in 1996 at the age of 31. During his career he racked up a total of 694 goals (395 goals and 299 assists) He
Their artillery shells were nearly infinite. Weapons lay nearly everywhere over no man’s land, because of the 100,000 lives lost after the French’s attempt at over taking the Germans. Although tragic, this was helpful to the Canadians; there was no worrying whatsoever that a single soldier would somehow end up unarmed. The Canadian’s would be fighting over an open grave yard because of the pervious failed attack and claimed so many
The New York Rangers have finally ended their losing streak. The Rangers wanted a better start this season with acquisition of Markus Naslund although they had fun against Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-1 win. There were two Rangers who were in a slump. Brandon Dubinsky scored his 1st goal in 14 games and Nikolai Zherdev tallied 3 assist who at points slump. There Ranger coach Tom Renney states that “The effort was good, intentions were good and the result was great.