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What major battle were the Canadian troops successful at why was this so important?
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The traditional answer is WWI and the taking of Vimy Ridge in France. Canadian troops, under the command of the British, were able to succeed where many other nations had failed.
That Vimy Ridge is in France, was key to the Canadian Propaganda of the event. At the time Canada was a young Confederation which included a large number of French peoples. The French in Canada were very resistant to fighting for a British King.
Having Canadian troops be so successful in the French homelands showed that a strong Canada could help out the French even if it wasn't in Canada.
The fact that the credit went to the British who were in command was also something the French Canadians could be convinced was less than optimal.
Many French Canadians saw how Canadian troops were used against French Settlers in today's Manitoba. Even though such military actions were sold as being against savages and half bloods, it seemed clear to many French Canadians, still feeling the sting of 1759, that having a large and strong Canadian military might not be such a good idea.
Vimy Ridge helped change that.
By the time WWII came Canada had their own military, their own troops and commanders and were a proper part of the Allies of WWII.
Getting out of from under British military command was key to Canada seeing itself as an independent country.
It is this history that has many Canadians uncomfortable that Canada today does not have the military it once had and is for all practical purposes under American command.
We are still allowed to have our own troops and under our own command but without the ability to support or equip those troops we are right back to where we were 100 years ago.
That Canadian identity so hard fought for has been lost and is now being replaced by the myth that Canada is, and always was, a pacifist country with only peacekeepers.
Canada needs another Vimy Ridge, Canada again needs a new identity.
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