How Did People Change Canada

All throughout Canada in the 20th Century there have been numerous events actions and decisions that we call defining moments. Canada has been through many battles, very hard chosen decisions, and gone through many changes that have changed the way Canadians live today. Certain people have influenced the country in a positive way and made Canada a stronger nation. Events such as the battle of Vimy Ridge, the formation of NATO, the creation of the Canadian flag and people such as Lester B. Pearson all assisted in defining Canada as a nation.

Vimy Ridge ran almost 12km north-east of Arras. The Germans occupied Vimy Ridge in September 1914 and their engineers immediately began to construct a network of artillery-proof trenches and bunkers. These were protected
It was formed on April 4th 1949 when several nations came together including Canada to form it. NATO was created to be a defense pact against further Soviet Agression. It was also formed to discourage any attacks, because of the amount of countries involved. All members are pledged to defend each other from enemy attacks. The 12 founding members included Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States. In 1955, the Soviet Union Organized the countries behind the iron curtain into a rival military alliance. This alliance was known as the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was formed because the Soviet Union feared NATO. The creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact made the superpowers of both sides start to build bigger stronger weapons incase of war. This is called an arms race. By the early 1950's, both alliances had the ability to create the hydrogen bomb, which is much more powerful then the bombs dropped on Japan during WW2. When Canadians saw the ability to create weapons of mass destruction they realized that this was insane and so they did not take part in the construction of