Do you Think Canada's Contributions to D-day were Important?

Do you Think Canada's Contributions to D-day were Important?

Yes I beleive that the Candians contributions to D-day were very important because Canada was the only country to successfully complete there objectives and take control of Juno beach. This beach was the most heavily fortified out of all the 5 sectors the Candians and Allies were to invade on D-day. Since the Canadians were able to take control of Juno beach they were able to bring in re-enforcements through it which gave them a far better chance against the German forces. The Canadians I believed did the best out of all the countries that contributed because they were the only country to complete their objectives which was the reason the Canadians, British and Allies were able to get re-enforcements into Normandy. This eneded up being a huge factor for there forces and were able to defeated the Germans on April 8th 1945. I believe that without Canada Capturing Juno beach during D-day the invasion would have been alot different for the Allies. So as you can see the Canadians contributions on D-day were very important because without them the war could have been alot different and ended in the Germans favour.       

Was the Raid on Dieppe a Failure or Success ?

Raid On Dieppe 1942



The Raid on Dieppe was one of the most important and crutial points in World War II for the Allies and I believe was also a military failure for the Canadian Forces. On August 19th 1942 5000 Canadian troops and 6100 Allied troops tried to attack the Germans in a small town on the coast of France called Dieppe. The raid didnt start off well because a German convoy had alerted the German Forces about the Allies plans which caused them to delay the raid until daylight. The battle lasted for over 9 hours causing 913 Canadian casualties and 1950 to be taken for prisoners. I believe this raid was a failure because the Candians suffered to many casulties

The MS St. Louis Voyage

The MS St. Louis was a German ocean liner transporting 937 Jewish refugees. The ship was lead by their noble captain Gustav Schroder who was determained to find them a safe place to live in the spring of 1939. At first the ship was heading for Havana, Cuba but was sadly denied entry at the port which caused the ship to try and gain entry in many other countries along the western hemisphere. The ship tried the US and Canada but were again denied entry because the countries wanted nothing to do with the Jewis people. Many of the people in both of the countries were anti-semenis espesially the english speaking canadians. Finally 11 countires along Eroupe accepted the Jewish people which allowed the MS St. Louis to land in Belgium, Netherlands and many other European countries. But sadly many of those countries were taken over by the Nazi army and a little under half were slaughtered but many of them went on to live in freedom. So as you can see because of the noble captain Gustav Schroder some of the Jewish people on the boat were able to live happy and free. 

Prisoners of War

Prisoners of War

During the second World War Japan attacked many parts of China which caused Winston Churchill to ask the Canadian troops to protect Hong Kong which at this time was a Britsh colony. When the Candians got to Japan they were badly out numbered 50,000 to 15,000 which caused them to surrender on Christmas Day, 1941. The Japanese soldiers did not respect people who surrendered so they took many of the Canadian soldiers in and held them as prisoners of war (POW). Since the Japanese soldiers did not respect people who surrendered the Canadians were treated very poorly. Out of all the countries that held prisoners from the war the Japanese soldiers had a 33% death rate which was 2nd highest in World War 2 behind the Rusians with 57%. The POW's in Japan were forced to work or do various tasks for the Japanese on very little food because of the diet the Japanese soldiers had put them on which caused many of the Candians to die of starvation. If the soldiers were not put to work they would either be exacuted, beat and evetually murdered or used for medical experetmantations. Japan did not believe in the Geneva Convention which was the protection and medical needs that POW's must have access to which caused many of the Canadian Prisoners to die. As you can see the the Candians were treated very badly by the Japanese soldiers because they did not respect people who gave up and because they did not beleive in the Geneva Convention.      

Write about Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

Remembrance day is a day where we as a nation take a moment of silence to remember the soldiers who bravely and courageously fought for our countries freedom but sadly lost there  lives in World War 1. World War 1 began on the 28th of July 1914 and lasted until the November 11th 1918. Remembrance day has now taken place in the 11th month of the 11th day of the 11th hour ever since the war has ended. On this day a poppy is worn to show the respect to the soldiers who have lost their lives in World War 1 but also the red poppy has become a very well known and respected emblem because of the poem "In Flanders Fields". Remembrance day is not only significant in our nation, many other countries still do the moment of silence for the ones who lost their lives fighting for there country. I believe that this is why we as a country should pay more attention to this day and the ones we lost because they are the reason we live in a free country.     

Conscription Crisis

The Conscription crisis was the the mandatory military service which made all men over 18 join the Canadian army. Everyone was outraged about Prime Minister Borden's choice to put in the overseas conscription  because he had promised that there would not be one. Borden knew the conscription was divisive and passed the military services act making conscription the law. The conscription caused the Canadian Expeditionary forces to expand and also caused the Canadians to be divided into the French Canadians and English Canadians. Everyone was concerned that the CEF was going to disband, forcing all of the canadians to fight for or in another allied forces' unit. Many of the families were not willing to sacrifice another man but also fewer men were willing to volunteer for certain death overseas and because of this it lead to the need to replace battlefield losses. Men that had been overseas were being told to go back across but they believed that they had already done their duty. This causes people to question the real value in war because they thought that the leaders did not value the soldiers lives and they were concerned about profiteering. These are just some of the ways people were effected by the conscription crisis in World War 1.

This picture represents the Canadian identity because all of the different images on this picture are used to represent Canada in many different ways. The animals on this picture are used to represent the freedom and the true beauty that the Canadian wildlife has to offer.