Naval Strategies VI From CANADA To ALASKA

Summary:Molitor

The Canadian Naval Strategy, is an American Arctic extension of the North Atlantic, Naval Treaties, which includes Britain, Denmark,the Netherlands, Germany, Norway,Sweden,and Finland,as well as Scotland, not forgetting the Neutral Nation of the Republic of Eire, who is a signatory of a Naval treaty with Britain,without realizing in Naval Strategy there,s no Neutrality. This is an encompassment of both the Geopolar positions of both Russia and China, the early warning towers of Canada are well known. The CN Tower in Toronto is a prime example of Technology, a Microwave Installation, with electonics by Philips of the Netherlands, and Staffed by American Personnel. The meeting under the Thatcher Government in Japan for the return of the Kuril Islands, in the Pacific was to be the Precursor to the Installation of Top Secret Naval Listening Posts in the Kuril Islands, the negotiations between Cheltenham GCHQ, and the Minister of the Japanese Naval Affairs, this was monitored by the then Soviet Union, and totally unknown to the Americans,or indeed the Canadians!. All this was because Britain was to leave Hong Kong, the French got into the act by the Taiwan frigate affair,and by the Greenpeace NZ affair.

Far from being the face that launched a thousand Ships,( Helen Of Troy) Mrs Thatcher, nearly sunk two thousand, closed more Shipyards than Admiral Donitz could dream of,and closed more Factories than the Luftwaffe, or Goering could ever have Imagined. This Canadians playing at the Neutrality Act has extended until this present time, especially in the Maritime Field. This has come to a Head when Russia announced its Sovereign Right to it,s Territorial Borders (ie) the North West passage, first looked for by John Cabot,also it,s Naval Security, and because its Ice free wants to secure its National Integrity.Hence Russia,s Flag Planting Game. In the next abstract , I will address Australia and New Zealand, the French dis- connection of the Pacific region, then the North and South Poles.
Naval Strategies VI From CANADA To ALASKA Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/1724823-naval-strategies-vi-canada-alaska/

Canada's Little War: Fighting for the British Empire in Southern Africa, 1899-1902

Summary:marjory kempe
The Boer War is just a footnote in our history, not even rating an entry in McClelland & Stewart's Canadian Encyclopedia. We remember it as a British concern that had had little to do with us, and to which we gave only token support. It was indeed, from a Canadian perspective, a "little war ". Yet Carman Miller, one of Canada’s foremost experts on this subject, believes that this war was a significant epoch in our country and deserves greater consideration. Mr. Miller's most persuasive argument is the connection he makes between the Boer War and World War I. Most Canadian historians would say that Canada came of age during the Great War. For the first time we stood as an equal among the nations of the world, not merely as Great Britain’s dependent. Yet this is only part of the truth. When Canadian soldiers requested the right to fight under their own officers and in their own regiments during World War I, the reputation they earned for courage and resourcefulness during the Boer War helped to support their cause. Many Canadian officers in the later conflict had sharpened their leadership skills in South Africa. One man we would recognize, John McRae, served on the veldt years before he saw the poppies of Flanders fields. That point is well made, and is the strength of the book. Where the book stumbles is in the battle scenes. Mr. Miller fails to find the balance between too little and too much detail in his accounts, making the picture either too muddled or too vague. Battlefield stories can't help but produce memorable, flesh-and-blood characters, but I had the feeling that this same material in another writer's hands could have come to life so much more. One of the stories that did stand out reflected the Boers’ attitude toward their enemies. After a particularly ferocious fight, an outnumbered group of Canadians finally surrendered. Even though the Canadians had decimated the ranks of their attackers, the Boers congratulated them on their courage, helped them bury their comrades, and set them free to return to their regiment. Mr. Miller also illustrates in great detail the effect that the war had upon the civilian population of Canada. The patriotism that swept the country was unlike anything seen before.

Entire communities raised money to contribute to the comfort of soldiers and their families. People wrote sentimental, stirring ballads that celebrated the gallantry of the Canadian soldier and moved the masses to tears. Manufacturers produced patriotic souvenirs of every description--mugs, handkerchiefs, toy soldiers--anything with a war theme. Yet this enthusiasm only highlighted a deep rift in the country. While English Canada largely embraced the cause, French Canada was disdainful, its leaders asking in Parliament why Canada had to fight battles for a foreign power. This division erupted into violence briefly in the Montreal Flag Riot of 1900 and remained festering for years afterward. The title of this book designating the Boer War as a little war seems very appropriate when Mr. Miller presents the battle statistics. Only seven thousand troops were sent, in groups of one or two thousand at a time, and for a service limited to one year. Two hundred and seventy soldiers were killed over the course of three years. These numbers seem ludicrously small compared with the horrific numbers of casualties from later wars, yet the impact of these deaths on the country was profound, and Boer War veterans met to commemorate them every year until 1962. This book continues in that tradition of remembrance. With a wealth of illustrations ranging from pictures of war artifacts, contemporary posters, portraits and photographs of soldiers and their uniforms, it resembles a scrapbook. Even if you’re not in the market for a thoughtful, scholarly discourse on the relevance of a forgotten war, you might enjoy spending a few minutes flipping through the pages and reading the captions to the illustrations to become acquainted wa little-known story of our past.
Canada's Little War: Fighting for the British Empire in Southern Africa, 1899-1902 Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/history/487196-canada-little-war-fighting-british/