IBMA 2016 - Mike Clare - Clash of Empires, Canada and the 20th Century Global Conflicts
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Canada:Clash Of Empires In The 20th CenturyMike Clare [email protected]
Canada:Clash Of Empires In The 20th CenturyMike Clare [email protected]
ITake up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fieldsThe Peace Tower,Ottawa 2016
The War of 1812Battle of The Windmills54 40 or fight The Albany RaidThe Trent AffairThe Battle of RidgewayThe Civil WarBounty HuntersThe Pig WarA Few 19th Century Minor Irritants All involve a threat to take over, or an armed incursion either sanctioned by, or turned a blind eye to it, by the U.S. Government The Battle of Ridgeway. 1869 illustration from Library and Archives Canada, C-018737.
The War of 1812Battle of The Windmills54 40 Or Fight The Albany RaidThe Trent AffairThe Battle of RidgewayThe Civil WarBounty HuntersThe Pig WarA Few 19th Century Minor Irritants All involve a threat to take over, or an armed incursion either sanctioned by, or turned a blind eye to it, by the U.S. Government The Battle of Ridgeway. 1869 illustration from Library and Archives Canada, C-018737.
The Alaska BoundaryDispute 1898Imperial concerns, the building of empires, are notalways the concerns of Canada War in South Africa - The Boer WarBuilding of the American Empire Spanish American War
The Arms RaceThe Naval RaceH.M.S. Dreadnought 1905 Formation of The Royal Canadian NavyIs Canada inadvertently contributing to a global arms race?postcard download from www.fimfiction.net
World War OneAugust 4,1914 Britain declares war on GermanyCanada and Newfoundland are automatically at war.Canada had an army of 5,000 regulars in Jan 1914. Over 40,000 trained troops in Europe in 1915.Dec 1914 Canadian Troops are in Britain, 1915 in the trenches.
The first use of chlorine gasBattle of Ypres
Gallipoli 1915The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
The Battle of the SommeJuly 1 1916
Beaumont Hamel July 1, 1916
The Parliamentary FireFeb 1916
Vimy Ridge
Passchendale
Sir Sam HughesMinister of Militia1914 1916Black Jack PershingCommander AEF
Canadas 100 Days
Treatment of VetsThanksgiving DayToronto 1920Its worse in Newfoundland
1920s and 30sThe Chanak Crisis1925League of Nations sanctionsS.S.St LouisAppeasement
Germany Invades PolandSept 1, 1939Britain declares war on GermanySept 6, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany
By Dec 39 Canadian Troops are in Britain and have been deployed to Europe
Winter of 1939 - 40 is known as thePhoney War until
The Battle of BritainJuly 10, 1940 October 31, 1940Outside of the RAF the largest airforce protecting Britain is the RCAF then other smaller contingents.
The second largest navy protecting Britain, and ensuring supplies get to Britain is the RCN.
'A Summer of Heroes Nicolas Trudgian
Operation BarbarossaJune 1941
Hong KongDec 1941- Jan 1942
The Battle of The Atlantic
1939: 13 vessels and 3,000 men, 1945: the Royal Canadian Navy had 373 fighting ships and over 90,000 men.
Greenland and Iceland
Dieppe Raid19 August 1942
Invasion of Italy 1943 - 44 Ortona
D Day June 6 1944Juno Beach
Liberation of the Netherlands and into Germany
WW II EndsEurope May 6Pacific Aug 11
NATO
Korea
Suez Crisis 1956
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
Kim Phuc
Kosovo
Somalia
Rwanda
The Gulf War
Afghanistan
