Canada Positive Contribution

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Over the course of history, Canada has been apart of many international conflicts. The most important and impactable ones came from the 1900s. Canada proved over and over again that they are a reliable power to depend on it tough situations. Canada made a positive contribution through the battles they were apart of. Canada made a positive contribution to international conflicts through the resources they gave. Canada made a positive contribution because they joined many organizations to help solve various conflicts. Canada consistently made a positive impact to international conflicts.
First of all, Canada made a positive contribution to international conflicts through the battles they were apart of. One battle Canada was apart of is the …show more content…

Canada went against all odds when they decided to take a stab at the ridge as 2 powerful nations failed before them. The victory of the ridge benefited Canada in 2 ways; Canada was finally seen as a strong, independent, and smart colony that would do as much as they can to help the war efforts, and the victory of the ridge was then known as Canada’s easter gift to France. Another battle that Canada was involved in was the battle of D-Day. The battle started June 6, 1944 and ended that same day. Canada was assigned to a 8 km stretch of Normandy Beach known as Juno Beach. “Early in the morning… ships ferrying 150 000 American, British, and Canadian troops across the channel to Normandy”. “14 000 Canadians a part of the Operation Overload landed on Juno Beach that day”. Canadian troops did not have an easy time capturing Juno as they were faced with, concrete bunkers, barbed wire barriers, landmines, and massive anti tank defences which were defended by strong German troops. D-Day was a success and Canadians took pride in the fact that by the end of the day, they had penetrated farther inland than any other allied forces. Canada gave motivation and structural support …show more content…

One conflict that Canada provided resources for was the war of Vietnam. This war was fought from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975, in which Canada did not join the United States to fight in. However, Canada did have a strong presence in the war because they sold “$2.47 billion worth of war materials to the United States”, “this included munitions, solar equipment, aircraft engines, and chemicals, such as napalm for fire bombing and Agent Orange for destroying vegetation”. With the contribution of the resources to the United States they were able to win the war in Vietnam. Another conflict where Canada continued to trade resources was the Cuban Missile Crisis. This battle was apart of the Cold War and started because Soviet ships were moving missiles into Cuba which United States officials found out about thanks to planes flying over the Atlantic ocean. The negotiation between United States president John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev lasted from October 16, 1962 to October 28, 1962. Throughout the negotiations Canada refused to get involved as “Pierre Trudeau believed that good relations were good for Canadian industry and lessened tensions during the Cold War”. Canada kept on trading resources with Castro Cuba which made them one of the first non-Soviet countries to do so. Even to this day Cuba is a very popular vacation spot of many

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