WHAT: A war in which the NATO
countries invades Afghanistan
WHEN: The war started after 9/11 attacks
WHO: Canada, U.S., and other
NATO countries with the U.S. being
the country to start the war
WHERE: In Afganistan
WHY: Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda
and to remove the Taliban from power in
Afghanistan
HOW did it affect Afghanistan: The war has caused
many civilian deaths, but after the war countries
like Canada helped restore Afghanistan
World War I
WHEN: July 28 1914
WHAT: a global war that was one of the most
deadliest conflicts and resulted in more than16
million deaths
WHO: The war grew into a war involving
32 countries with the central powers
being Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
WHERE: The war was
centered in Europe
WHY: The trigger for this war was the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in
Sarajevo on June 28 1914
HOW did it change nations: The war paved the
way for major political changes, including
revolutions in many of the nations involved.
WW2 D-Day
WHEN: June 6 1944
WHY: To end four years of brutal
German occupation
WHAT HAPPENED: Allied forces invaded
Western Europe along an 80 kilometer
front in Normandy, France
WHERE: They assaulted a beachfront code-named
“Juno”, while Canadian paratroopers landed east
of the assault beaches
WHO: The allied forces included U.S., Britain, France,
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa,
Yugoslavia
HOW did it affect WW2: Forced
Germany to retreat and liberated Paris