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What was the Munich Agreement? |
The agreement made by British PM Neville Chamberlin in 1938, saying Hitler would take over a part of Czechoslovakia if he ceased his aggression.
Ignoring this a year later and marched through the rest of Czechoslovakia a year later (1939) |
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Why did King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Canada? |
To rally support for Britain at a time of impending war. |
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Why did PM Mackenzie King not want Canada involved in another war conflict? |
- Scars from 25 years earlier were still fresh - Conscription divided Canada - If he started conscription, he & Liberals would lose support in Quebec - Just ended the depression, and wanted no more debt |
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What made Britain and France declare war on Germany? |
The invasion of Poland |
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Who influenced Canada in going to war again?
Who helped influence the French-Canadians? |
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Emest Lapointe
(Both promised they wouldn't enforce conscription) |
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Which nationality volunteered at the highest percentage in Canada? |
Aboriginals |
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How did Canada help support the war from home? |
- Host air training in the Prairies - Vancouver~ships, Montreal~planes - Car industries producing military cars & tanks - Munitions factories opened - Farmers told to produce more food
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Who was minister and given authority to do whatever it takes to make wartime demands? |
C.D. Howe |
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What are Crown corporations? |
Corporation owned by government. |
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Define Total War? |
Canadians willing to do whatever it took to defeat the enemy. |
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Who are the Allies? |
-Britain -France Commonwealth countries: -Canada -Australia -New Zeland |
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Who are the Axis? |
-Germany
-Italy (1939)
-Japan |
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What was the phoney war? |
Allied troops stationed on Frances border with Germany, and waited on their next move. Nothing happened for 7 months.
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What was blitzkreig? "lightning war" |
- Germany attacks Denmark and Norway - Surprise attacks and speed, German panzers (tanks) would destroy enemy lines as fast as they could and move forward. - Planes would constantly drop bombs -Parachuters would destroy communication links |
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How long did it take Germany to conquer Denmark and Norway? |
Dunkirk - just hours
Norway - 2 months |
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What was the Evacuation at Dunkirk? |
-Allies surrounded in French port of Dunkirk -British navy rounded up all boats able to navigate the English Channel -100's of Fishing, pleasure boats, and ferries joined naval ships going to the beaches of Dunkirk -German Luftwaffe bombed making it difficult -June 22 1940 France surrendered
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What was the Battle of Britain? "Operation Sea Lion" |
-German Luftwaffe bomb harbours and ship facilities in England -Later started targeting air fields and aircraft factories -55 nights, planes bombed London and other civilian cities (blitz) -Germans had more, but unable to defeat British air force. -Hitler gave up plans on Britain -23,000 were killed |
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Why was Britain able to defeat the Luftwaffe during the battle of Britain? |
- British had system which gave them early warnings of german raids
- Used 2 effective defence planes
- Had commonwealth country help (80 Cad) |
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What was Operation Barbarossa? "red beard" |
-Soviets surprised and unprepared -At first they pushed back, by autumn at moscow -Unprepared for winter, yet attacked USSR again -Citizens burned all resources -Germany surrendered in 1943 -Soviet army reclaimed most they had lost, advancing into Eastern Europe towards Germ |
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What was the War in the Pacific? |
-Dec 1941 Jap's bombed Pearl Harbour(1/2 fleet) -Bombed the Philippines -US declared war on Jap, Jap's allies declared war -Jap continued SE Asia, Burma, Indonesia->Aust -Xmas day Jap took Hong Kong -Canadians sent earlier to Kong died/prisoner |
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Who joined the allies later on in the war? |
The Soviet Union
Lost close to a million soldiers |
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What was the Dieppe Raid? (french port) |
-2nd Cad division chose to be main force attack
-4 pre attacks, 1 main
-Many things went wrong
-900 killed, 600 wounded, 1900 taken prisoner
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What are a few of the things that went wrong during the Dieppe Raid? |
-Cad ships met German convoy, alerted on shore
-Meant to leave before dawn, but delayed
-Communication with ships and troops was poor
-Tanks couldn't get enough traction on beach |
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What was the Battle of the Atlantic? |
-Britain dependent on food and supplies -Merchant ships to england sunk by "wolf packs" -Allies sailed in convoys, Germ still sunk them -Canada started producing Corvettes -Situation turned around winter 42-43 |
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What was D-Day? |
-Full scale European invasion by Allies -5 landing points on 80km of beach -Beach attacks then by air, parachuters behind lines -11 month advance through France and Belgium -Canadians start Liberation of the Netherlands -Dropping food before the Germans surrender
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What are the two Japanese city's that had atomic bombs dropped on them? |
Hiroshima
Nagasaki |
