Ww2 (Exam Review)

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Treaty of Versailles

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Why was this controversial?

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It was considered harsh and believed it would start another war.

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What was it?

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A treaty signed that put war blame on Germany. And said that Germany was responsible for starting World War I and also made them pay money, give up land and cut down their military

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League of Nations

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What was it?

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An organization or international police force made up of representatives of many countries that would allow disputes to be settled without resorting to war

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Strengths and weaknesses?

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Strengths:

Weaknesses: they had no power (failed to prevent conflicts and wars between other countries), Not all countries joined the league (USA, Germany and Russia were not in it), The League had no army, Unable to mobilize and act quickly

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The Great Depression

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What was it?

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Was the worst economic downturn, A time where countries all over the world were suffering the effects from the world wide economic struggle

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How was this a cause of WW2?

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People of Germany accepted Hitler as their leader in hopes for change.

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Causes of WW2

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What are the most important causes of WW2 and why did they lead to WW2?

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Treaty of Versailles- was harsh towards Germany

League of Nations-

Appeasement-

Nazi – Soviet Pact-

Great Depression-

Adolf Hitler-

Axis Powers-

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Appeasement

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What was it?

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Giving into small demands to avoid larger conflict

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What are the reasons why it was a good or bad policy?

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Bad: People believe that it gave Hitler the time to get stronger and he believed no one would challenge him.

Good: it avoids war and people didn’t want Germany to start one.

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Canada and WW2

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Total War returns

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It was full societal involvement again but this time civilians were actively becoming a target

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Dunkirk

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A last minute rescue of hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers who were trapped by the Nazis near the beaches of Dunkirk.

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Dieppe

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It was a failed beach invasion, the Soviet Union asked for help and Canada Agreed to distract Germany by storming Dieppe. It was a massive failure 900 Canadians were killed while 2000 were captured. Some say we learned from it while others say it was poorly planned.

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Political cartoon Canada’s military

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D-day

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The mark to the beginning of the end of the war. where the Canadians, Americans British and France stormed several beaches of Normandy, pushing the Germans out of France.

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juno beach

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Canadians successfully captured their shoreline positions at Juno Beach and gained more ground then any other allied division on Day 1. While this is impressive their beach was much less hilly than the others.

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liberating northwest Europe

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This was when Canada played a big role freeing Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Canadian Contributions to war effort

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Battle of the Atlantic

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Canada played a key role in the Allied struggle for control of the North Atlantic, as German submarines worked furiously to cripple the convoys shipping crucial supplies to Europe. (Ask the teacher more)

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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

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It was an important contribution to war effort the RCAF stationed in Canada trained over 130 000 aviation personnel from all over the commonwealth. This was almost half of the RAF.

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William Lyon Mackenzie King meets Hitler- diary entry

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Propaganda

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Is the spreading of information for some sort of cause

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Tools of persuasion

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Ask the teacher

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uses of propaganda

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analysis

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Canada and the pacific

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VE Day

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This is the day the German forces surrendered to the Allied powers.

War ended in Europe.

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Battle for Hong Kong

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It happened On December 7th 1941. Canada participated to help defend the British colony, the losses were heavy 1975 troops were sent, 300 were killed in action and the 1675 left were sent to POW camps were 300 more died during their time there due to malnutrition, disease, overwork and brutality.

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Atomic Bombs: (Hiroshima (Nagasaki)

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Hiroshima: Truman decided to use the bomb on Japan because he believed that it was the only way to get the Japanese to surrender and save American lives. At 8:15am the atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, Within seconds two thirds of the city was flattened and thousands were dead.

Nagasaki: On August 11, a bomb called “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. By noon August 15th, Emperor Hirohito spoke directly to his people to tell them Japan had surrendered

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Vj Day

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This was the official surrender of Japanese forces in WWII.

War ended in japan.

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Diversity and the home front

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Women

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Women were recruited for all branches such as: Nurses, flying airplanes, driving vehicles, running communication equipment and performing administrative support work

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aboriginals

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Natives had to get permission of the Dept. of Indian Affairs, as they were not citizens. (They had to give up their status as registered Indians.)

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African Canadians in the war

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Canadian Battalions were no longer segregated during WWII.

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home front efforts to support the war

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To avoid inflation Canadian government introduced wage and price controls. There was also a lot of rationing so that resources could be recycled into war materials and women replaced enlisted men in the workforce again.

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Controversies of War

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Conscription

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internment camps

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war measures act

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differing perspectives on the war measures

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The holocaust

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What was it?

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Why?

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Canadian Anti-Semitism?

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St. Louis refuge ship

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The War Ends

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UN

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prosperity

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normality

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baby boom

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Increase in marriages, many within a week due to a conscription rule stating they would only enlist single men, These post war children came to be known as the baby boomers. Many soldiers came back with wives from Europe

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Textbook Framing Questions to consider

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What were Canada’s main military roles in and contributions to the Second World War?

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During the Second World War, Canadians defended the east and the west coasts and fought in a series of long and difficult campaigns, on land, at sea and in the air to defeat the German, Italian and Japanese forces.

(Examples would be the battle of the Atlantic, the training of British commonwealth air training program, the battle of dieppe, the rescue of Dunkirk and the battle of Hong Kong and the taking of Juno)

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In what ways did the Second World War create social change in Canada?

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How did the more controversial decisions of the Second World War affect Canada and Canadians?

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How did the Second World War shape Canada’s development as a nation?

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