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Stock market crash (start of the great depression)
The stock market crash of 1929 also known as Black Tuesday October 29 the great crash or the Stock Market Crash of 1929\ began on October 24 1929 Black Thursday and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States acting as the most significant predicting indicator of the Great Depression -
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Regina riot
the Regina riot was a long journey where 1 thousand unemployed men protested the bad conditions in relief camps all over Western Canada The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in april 1935 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King addresses league of nations
Canada was a founding member of the League of Nation an group of countries made in 1919 at the end of WW1 The League of nations failed in its main purpose of keeping peace through international disputes It was replaced by the United Nations at the end of WW2 -
Canada declares war on Germany and its allies
Canada declared war on Germany in September 1939 britains declaration of war did not automatically put Canada to war as had been the case in 1914 But there was never serious doubt about Canadas response the government and people were united in support of britain and france -
Battle of Hong Kong
Hong Kong was the first place Canadians fought a land battle in WW2 From 8 to 25 December 1941 almost 2,000 troops from winnipeg and quebec City sent to Hong Kong expecting little more than a small fight they fought bravely against the overwhelming power of an invading japanese force. When the British colony surrendered on Christmas Day 290 Canadians had been killed in the fighting -
Dieppe Attack
was an Allied attack on the German port of Dieppe during WW2 The raid took place on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942 The assault began at 5:00 AM and by 11 AM the Allied troops were forced to call a retreat -
D-day
the 1944 battle from the D-Day landings on 6 June through to the defeat of the German army on 21 august was one of the important events of the Second World War and the scene of some of Canada's greatest feats of arms -
Germany and Japan surrender (world war 2 ends)
The surrender of Japan was announced on August 15 and signed on September 2 1945 bringing the violence of World War II to a close By the end of July 1945 the japanese navy was not able conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was predictable
