Canadian Army's Role In Ww2

World War Two would not have been won if they did not have the help and contributions of the Royal Canadian Navy and the merchant marine. The Royal Canadian Navy and merchant marine had to grow and expand exponentially to support Britain in the war. The Royal Canadian Navy and merchant marine had critical contributions to the outcome of World War Two because of convoys with supplies, battles with German u-boats, and the Battle of the Atlantic. To begin with, one major contribution to the victory of World War Two was the supplies brought to Britain from the merchant marines and the help of the Royal Canadian Navy. As a result of the fall of France, Canada became Britain’s largest ally.

These poor weather conditions resulted in tanks getting stuck, artillery shells having little effect, and troops having to use duckboards to move forward, otherwise they’d drown. Canadian Corps’ was ordered into battle and given two weeks to prepare, despite Arthur Currie's protest and prediction that there may be 16000 casualties. Canadians began the attack on October 26th, 1917 and gained about 100 meters per day and by November 10th they had captured what was

Canada’s Defining Moment: D-Day Canada played an important role in World War I as they showed great perseverance, courage, and gained decisive victories as shown in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In World War II, Canada failed to disappoint once again in their contribution to the Battle of Normandy. During that time, Germany had invaded northwestern France and the Allies, which includes Canada, planned on liberating them. The Allies prepared a plan to mislead the Germans into thinking they were not going to invade through the coast of Normandy. Fortunately, the operation to deceive them was a success and the members of the Allied Forces landed on their designated areas.

The outcome of the second World War had a beneficial change on Canada leading to an autonomous refined nation. World War 2 has many beneficial changes on the country such as it was a enormous economic boost which led to a powerful economy after going through the depression. There was a large number of social changes made like civil rights were being accounted for by the government in a free democratic country. In Canada, there was a political change as the nation becomes an autonomous middle power country. Lastly, any recommendation on war can be positive or negative and may certainly lead to a pathway of favourable outcomes an independent middle power

Canada 's involvement in the Great War was one of monumental extents. Canada was part of Britain in 1914. Consequently, when Britain declared war on Germany in the August of 1914, Canada automatically was at war. Thousands of Canadians joined the armed forces in the first few months of war, however many soldiers weren 't ready for the horrors of war accompanied with this commitment.

The French and British tried to take control of Vimy from 1914 to 1916 but failed with about 150,000 casualties with no positive results. Compared to Canada, there were 3,598 dead out of 10,602 Canadian casualties. Which was why the French and British commanders thought it was impenetrable to capture Vimy from Germany. Canada proved them wrong and captured Vimy on their first try. This is because all the strategies the French and British tried failed and got more soldiers killed then Canada did.

For the Canadian forces, World War II began on September 10, 1939, only nine days after the war had officially begun in Europe. Although the Canadians did not encounter their first battle until December, they were stationed in the United Kingdom to assist the British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) if needed (“Canada’s Role in WWII”). Canada’s first role in the war was to defend on the British Isles until needed in a separate battle (“Canada’s Role in WWII”). This event emerged in December of 1941, when the Canadians took part in a battle while attempting to protect the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong throughout a major Japanese attack (Chen, C. Peter). This battle became known as the Battle of Hong Kong.

Canada’s dedication to the war, one of the biggest mission failures, and affecting the outcome of future battles are the reasons the battle of Dieppe was a defining moment during World War Two. Canada demonstrated their courage and commitment to the war by assisting the Allies to defeat German forces despite losing so many troops. The battle itself was a total failure with many dead, wounded and taken prisoner, due to the poor planning and execution of the battle. Even though it was not a success, there were some important lessons learned such as they needed to change their strategy, equipment, and communications. Canada's dedication and commitment to the war especially to the battle of Dieppe proved to be a major failure and a huge success

The day before to the battle of the Ypres commanders of the Allies forces had been warned of an attack with poisonous gas that the Germans were planning for the next day but they decided to ignore the warnings. On the 13th of April of 1915 the German troops released a chlorine gas attack over no man’s land that dispersed the French troops and killed many of them; the Canadian troops were positioned meters behind the battle front and, when the saw the French troops running away from the gas, they stood their ground and with just a cloth over their mouth as protection against the gas the Canadians fought the German soldiers. That day the Canadians proved themselves as strong capable forces but many of the soldiers on the field that day died due the effects of the chlorine gas in their system. Another of the battles were a bad plan resulted on unnecessary bloodshed of Canadian troops was on the Somme, where the reckless attitude of General Haig resulted on the death of thousands of soldiers on the hands of the enemies’ troops and where, once again the Canadian regime of Newfoundlanders proved their military value and were the Canadian troops earned the name of

To their horror, it began to dawn on them that all the khaki figures sprawled in rows before the German lines were dead. Haig continued to order attacks in this manner. Eventually, the 25,000 Canadian casualties would be only part of an allied total of nearly a million, including 200,000 French. It is impossible to communicate such numbers in human terms.

They felt little attachment to the Imperial ‘mother country’ and viewed the Canadian army as an almost entirely English Canadian institution. French-English tensions were already running high; French Canadians were still very enraged that Ontario had banned French as a language of instruction in its schools in 1913. Of the 400,000 Canadians who volunteered for service in the Great War, less than 1 in 20 were French. Of English Canadian volunteers, 70% were recent immigrants from Britain.

During WWII, Canada played a crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic and the air war over Germany. They contributed troops to the allied forces and punched far above their weight for a small nation of then only 11 million people. Because of Canada’s oversized role in the War, it established itself as a middle power. This position helped define Canada in a number of ways, primarily being one of the first non-great powers to help build the United Nations. It earned respect from other countries and with The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

World War 1 was a historic event which began in 1914 and ended in 1918. This bloody conflict took the lives of more than 17 million people who were fighting for their countries. Being a British colony at the time, Canada was dragged into the war that did not impact the country in any way, yet thousands of Canadians volunteered to devote their lives for their nation. The first World War had the greatest impact on Canadian history during the 20th century, as this event helped Canada gain more independence from Britain, it helped introduce women in the workforce, and also introduced non-white Canadians in the army. For the longest time, Canada had been under British control, however, this changed a bit after World War 1 took place.

As a country Canada’s strengths included, gaining autonomy through persevering and showing just how mature and ready Canadians were to be in charge of their own army; and be recognized as a separate country from Britain. Another one of Canada’s strengths was how calmly autonomy was achieved after the war. Canada did not need to make a fuss about becoming their own country because it was obvious that they were already ready for that. Their proof was presented in how they planned and executed their battles, and fought alongside Britain to successfully defeat

All of these battles were greatly impacted by the Canadians and without some of them (Vimy Ridge in particular) Canada may not have gained any respect from other