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Impacts on Canadian history

Since Canada became a nation, many thing have happened that have defined Canada as a remarkable nation in progress. People can recall things like: Vimy Ridge, the Persons Case, Dieppe, and the Quebec referendum. These four things have assisted in creating the Canada we now know.
In 1917, during World War Two, Canadian troops fought at Vimy Ridge. The Germans had been protecting the ridge, and had already defeated the French and British troop in 1915. The Canadians realized that they needed to outsmart the Germans, and use technology that had never been used in was before. The troops built roads, a railway track and buried 21 miles of signal cable. They laid out 66 miles of telephone wire. They even laddered the wires. This was when they had separate lines with connecting links, this way a shell wouldn't be able to ruin the connection. Tunnelling companies dug 11 underground halls to help infantry get to their positions safely. On April 9th (Easter Morning) at 5:30 am troops were ...

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