International Events and Canada's Role in the International Community

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Primary Sources

Unit 1

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/first-world-war/france/vimy/battle

Unit 2

J. Bradley Cruxton, pg. 245

Unit 3

J. Bradley Cruxton. W. Douglas Wilson, Spotlight Canada( Oxford University Press, Toronto, 2000) Pg. 295

Unit 4

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/rwanda-genocide_n_5084747

Unit 1: Canada At Vimy Ridge

This shows change because Canadian generals used new tactics for the time

This is historically significant because Canada starts getting full autonomy from Britain because of their success in this battle

How does it relate to Unit 4?

They were both trying to do the right thing

A canadian was present at both of these conflicts

It was heavily defended, but we took very little casualties compared to the other attempts to capture it. there were already hundreds of thousands of live lost on that ridge

Out of 20 000 soldiers, there were 10 602 casualties with 3598 dead

he captured the ridge in 4 days over the Easter weekend

He spent 2 months planning

He built a scale model of vimy ridge for his troops to practice

He built railway lines to transport artillery

Canadian general Arthur Currie was assigned orders to capture Vimy Ridge in February 1917

Unit 3: Korean War

Russia and America influencing countries is the cause of this conflict, and the consequence is that conflicts like these pop up throughout the Cold War

This event can be seen through historical perspective because even though we were doing something good, the North Koreans didn't ask for us to get involved in their business

How does it relate to Unit 2?

The same thing happened when Canada freed the Netherlands from the Nazis in World War 2

Canad went into a foreign country to free it from an oppressive dictator

This shows how Canada played a significant role in preventing another world war by keeping this conflict in Korea

27 000 soldiers were sent, with 516 being killed and over 1000 being wounded

After 3 years of war, the border was brought back to approximately where is was before the war

The U.N. sent an emergency force to oppose the North Koreans

This state invaded the democratic South Korea in 1950

After World War 2, Russia occupied the northern half of Korea and set up a communist state

Unit 2: Canada in the Netherlands

The cause for Canada attacking the Netherlands was their performance on D-Day, and the consequence was the Netherlands gratitude that extends to this day

Looking at this event through historical perspective, it was clear the Germans were desperate to keep the Canadians out of the Netherlands, so they fought very hard.

How does it relate to Unit 1?

Both were thought to be imposible

This was similar to World War 1 when we fought at Vimy Ridge

We fought an important battle that helped ensure victory

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This shows how we could suffer these kinds of losses liberating such a small country, and still push through to get the job done

7600 Canadian soldiers dies liberating the Netherlands

The Dutch send tulip bulbs to Ottawa as thanks each year to this day

The German generals surrendered on May 5, 1945

After it was clear the Germans were losing, they flooded the lowlands

After D-Day, Canada got assigned with clearing the coast of the English Channel of the Germans, which included the Netherlands and Belguim

Unit 4: Rwanda Crisis

HTC's

This event is historically significant because even though we don't talk about it, 1 million people dies in less than 4 months

Continuity is shown here when we allowed another genocide to happen

How does it relate to unit 3?

This happened in the Korean War

Canadians tried to play a role in an international event as part of the U.N.

Summary

The violence started with the government troops killing Tutsi, and some citizens got involved

Rwanda broke out into violence in 1994 due to a few factors

The U.N. pulled out most of it's troops after getting any foreigners to safety

Some Hutu extremists shot down a plane carrying the president, and blamed it on the rebels

Civil war that had lasted for 3 years between Tutsi rebels and the Hutu government

Primary source

This shows just how much violence happened in 100 days

800 000 to 1 million were killed in 100 days