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Significant events for Canada between 1929 and 1945
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The time of depression
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The Great Depression
The great depression was when the stock market crashed causing millions of people to lose jobs -
Estevan riot
The Estevan riot, also known as the Black Tuesday Riot, was a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and striking coal miners from nearby Bienfait, Saskatchewan which took place in Estevan, Saskatchewan on September 29, 1931. The reason for the riot was the lack of pay the miners where receiving -
The Great Depression gets even worse
at this point, most people have no job and no stores are open. The people of Canada don't know what to do the Canadian government were setting up work camps so the people could work. Suicide rates were extremely high. -
Dust bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s -
The Regina riot
This riot happened because people were trekking to Ottawa as a protest the people wanted some sort of money after they lose their job so they have some sort of income after they get fired -
Refugee polices get insainly strict
Because of the war in Europe, it made it so hard for people to get into Canada as a refugee because of the chance of a German spy which could cause a problem for the Canadian government -
Bloody sunday
Bloody Sunday was the conclusion of a month-long "sitdowners' strike" by unemployed men at the main post office in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was Depression-era Vancouver's final violent clash between Communist-led unemployed protesters and police that provoked widespread criticism of police brutality. -
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World War 2
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The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the Kriegsmarine and aircraft of the Luftwaffe against the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, United States Navy, and Allied merchant shipping -
Canada declares war on Germany
In 1939 the Canadian government declared war on Germany to help our British allies -
The battle of Hong Kong
the Battle of Hong Kong took place from December 8 - December 25, 1941. Canada, Britain had helped Hong Kong but were lacking troops, while Allies had 14 000, Japan had 52 troops. This was an important day because this was when Hong Kong had surrendered to the Empire of Japan and 10 000 troops were captured and were sent to camps all around Japan. -
Dieppe
Dieppe Raid, was an Allied assault on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on 19 August 1942, during the Second World War. The main assault lasted less than six hours until strong German defences and mounting Allied losses forced its commanders to call a retreat. -
Canada helps invade Italy
The Italian Campaign was an important military effort for Canada during the war. More than 93,000 Canadians, along with their allies from Great Britain, France and the United States, played a vital role. -
The Battle of Ortona
one of the shortest of the Italian campaign but one of the deadliest that the Canadians were involved in Part of the Italian Campaign the battle to liberate Ortona resulted in 2,300 Canadian casualties in a single month including 500 dead before the town was won for the Allies. -
Canada helps with the invasion on D-Day.
Canadians at Juno Beach would protect the US flank and attempt to establish airfields near Caen. A secure lodgement would be established and an attempt made to hold all territory north of the Avranches-Falaise line within the first three weeks. Montgomery envisaged a ninety-day battle, lasting until all Allied forces reached the River Seine. -
Germany Surrenders
End of state of war with Germany was declared by many former Western Allies in 1950. November 1949, it was noted that the West German government wanted an end to the state of war, but the request could not be granted -
Japan surrenders
The surrender ceremony was held on September 2, aboard the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri, at which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, thereby ending the war -
Was it progress or decline?
in my mind, it progressed because ww2 got us out of the depression and showed how us Canadians have a very good military. At the same time tho we had failures like Dieppe. in my mind the positives outweigh the negatives. -
The start of the cold war
The only reason the cold war is on this timeline is that ww2 had a huge reason this started between the Soviet Union and The United States of America
