It wasn't until after world war two, even closer to the end of the 20th century for things to start getting better for women. ... During world war two, there was a major intolerance towards Japanese-Canadians. After the Japanese won the battle of Hong Kong, Canadians started to accuse Japanese-Canadians of being spies, only based on their ethnicity. ... Japanese-Canadians lost almost everything in world war two. Once the war was over they had close to nothing, and the Canadian government justified it all. ...

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This was the first battle Canada and the Allies had led and won in World War One. ... Leading the Canadian army into the Vimy Ridge was a Canadian war strategist Commander Arthur Currie. ... As a result of this victory during World War One, Canada won a seat as a separate nation at the peace talks after war. It was turning point in the war for the Allies and for Canada as a nation. ... Lastly, Vimy Ridge gave Canada a seat at peace talks after war. ...

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Some considered this battle the turning point of World War I. ... He threatened to declare war on Turkey by Britain and its dominions, Canada being one of them. Lloyd made this threat without consulting the dominions at first and when Canada found out, it objected and refused to take part in Britain's war. Later, Canada demanded the right of self-determination in order to decide for itself whether or not they want to take part in any future wars in which Britain was involved. After all of this debate Canada later decided to go to war with Britain, but by the time Canada had come to that ...

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The British - American war that lasted for more than two years was crucial to Canada today, in terms of becoming, remaining and having roots of a British nation. ... Both sides failed in attempts to capture each others lands, and eventually settled on final boundaries which separated what is known today as Canada from the United States of America. ... After the peace treaty the British policy was consistently seeking entente rather than trouble with the Americans, so in a sense the Americans had won (Bumstead J.M., A History Of The Canadians Peoples, 2003 - pp. 118). ... The war of 1812 was su...

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Instead of going along with the traditional trench tactic used in a majority of World War 1, Canadians tried something new. ... For one of the first times Canadians were taking orders from other Canadians instead of the British. ... Almost everyone in Canada knew someone that was going to war, and they were all the same; hoping not to get any bad news when the battle was over. ... Instead of starting a war with the British over their independence Canada did the smart thing. ... After World War 1 was over America set up the Treaty of Versailles. ...

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On top of the ethnic and religious tensions, this war has to do with the urge for revenge. ... Moreover, the war in the Balkans began after the collapse of communism, which provoked several wars. However, the Holy war in the Moluccas mainly began because of ethnic tensions. How come there are no Holy wars in the U.S. and Canada? ... People in the U.S. and Canada are mostly from the same ethnic groups so they have many similarities. ...

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This article review will focus on Philippa Levine's article "Battle Colors: Race, Sex, and Colonial Soldiery in World War I." ... The First World War's size and duration required Britain to utilize the strength of all her colonies to protect her land, therefore troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa were imported to defend the crown. ... During such an unstable time like World War I many people probably acted in ways, which were not always typical. ... With their husbands, brothers and boyfriends off at war and these "new" and "different" soldiers eatin...

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Was the War of 1812 Necessary? ... What truly came of this war? ... The main reason for this war being under published is because everyone knows it was an unfair and unjust war. ... What won the politicians to the idea of an anti-British war were the prizes that a victory would bring: 1) Bringing Canada into the union, long an ambition of the northeastern elite. 2) Forcing the Indians in the west, who had formed a separate peace with the British, to submit to American authorities that wanted to expand the frontier. ... "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest. ...

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Or he could take the plunge that his predecessors had avoided, and go to war. ... It would however allow the nation to stay out of war, which was an almost guaranteed death sentence. ... War, however, which was what the nations hysteria was pushing for, was only the choice of popular demand. ... Even if Madison were to remain neutral there was a good chance that the nation could rebel and attempt to take Canada. The lack of stability in the choice of war was even less of an acceptable choice than doing nothing as war could be more disastrous than the embargo itself. ...

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D-Day was a battle in World War Two. ... The Americans would invade Utah and Omaha Beach, the British would invade Gold and Sword Beach, and the Canadians would invade Juno Beach. Stalin, the leader of the Russia agreed to attack Germany at the same time Britain, American, and Canada invaded France. ... On D-Day the Allies had over 1,700,000 British troops, over 1,500,000 American troops, and 175,000 Canadian troops. ... The Allies went on to win the war. ...

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The British were to secure Gold and Sward beaches, while Juno beach was to be the responsibility of the Canadians. ... The Canadian and British forces would follow a plan along the lines of this also. ... The weapons of war has changed along with everything elese during the fifty years it has been since World War II. But, during the invasion of Normandy, the United States had the best war crafts and artillery avaiable. This gave the Allied forces the upper hand in the war. ...

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Both of the wars the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of Britain were both important wars for the Allies and the Axis powers. The triumphs of these battles gave the allied powers confidence and force during the war. ... It turned out to be the longed battle out of the war. ... The Battle of the Atlantic put U-boats and other warships of the Kriegsmarine and aircraft of the Luftwaffe against the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, and Allied merchants. ... I would defiantly say the Battle of Britain was a huge turning point in the war. ...

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During the second half of the nineteenth century, the United States and Canada experienced an urban revolution incomparable in world history up to that point in time. ... From 1820 to 1900, about 20 million immigrants entered American ports, more than half of them coming after the Civil War. ...

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After the last French and Indian war (1754-1763) the British gained Canada and the Mississippi area as new territories. The war was won but the costs had been huge, and would remain high due to the need to protect the colonies against other enemies. But even more dangerous to the empire was the fact that Anglo-American strategic and economic interdependence were disrupted and no longer coincided after the War. ... Additional to this was a general post-war depression and the enactment of another act prohibiting the use of paper money as legal tender, almost immediately following the Sugar Act....

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