Canad Defining Moments In The Twentieth Century

Canada has been through a lot of struggles to become the country it is today. It had specifically had a lot of defining moments in the 20th century. Canada had taken part in a lot of wars and lost many people in the wars they fought. But the wars they fought had defined who they were in a country and how they dealt with it. It showed how they were willing to fight and lessons on what not to do next time. Three defining moments in the twentieth century was Vimy Ridge, the Dieppe raid and the second battle of Ypres. Firstly, the battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the most defining moments in the twentieth century for Canada. This battle took place during WWI between the axis powers and allied powers it was mainly fought between the Canadian troops fighting as one against the German troops to capture Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge was located north of Paris, France. Vimy Ridge was already captured by Germany and used it as a defensive line. All four of Canadians divisions had worked together to capture the ridge back from
The Dieppe raid had taken place during WWII where the allied had decided to attack Germany so they decided to uses the Canadian troops and they decided to raid Dieppe. The Allied were going to surprise attack the Germans but they encountered some German ships and lost the element of surprise.. They then started to attack. The other Canadian Army had got to the shore of the beach and they started to attack but the Germans had fought back hard. The Canadians had a lot of deaths but even more were captured by the Germans so they decided to evacuate. Unfortunately this raid was not a great success for the Canadian troops.This raid was significant to Canada because it taught Canada what not to do next time and it helped them think of ways to be more strategic. This shows us why the Dieppe raid had been a very defining moment for Canada from the twentieth