The Federal Governement allowed Quebec to run its own pension plan,loans and medical insurance.

Adolph Hitler

The name of the leader of the NAZI party

Anti-Semitism

The term for a dislike or hatred of Jewish people

Gestapo

The name for Germany’s secret police

Mussolini

The name of the Italian dictator who came to power in 1922

Normandy Beach

The place where the Allies landed on D-Day

PearlHarbour

A Japanese attack that helped to bring the Americans into the war

Prisoner of War

The term for soldiers captured during wartime and put into camps

Hiroshima

The city which was targeted by the world’s first atomic bomb

Propaganda

The term for information that is spread to promote a specific cause

Internment Camps

The name for the camps to which Japanese Canadians were sent

Holocaust/FinalSolution

The term for Hitler’s attemt to exterminate all Jewish people

Auschwitz

A name of one of the  “death” camps in Europe

Totalitarian government?

1. one leader with absolute power

2. only one ideology

3. extreme use of secretpolic
   

4. no dissent allowed

5. no human rights

6. use of censorship and propaganda

How did the

 Treaty of Versailles

Help Hitler Rise to Power?

The Weimer  was associated with the governemnt that had signed the treaty.Anyone ruined by the inflation and collapse of the mark in 1923 blamed the Weimar Republic for allowing German money to devalue, and later,high rates of unemployment to occur.This increased Hitler’s popularity.

Adolf Hitler promised to destroy democracy and never again let the German people suffer from an economic crisis like inflation and the Great Depression.

HITLER’S MOTIVES For Blaming the Jews

Hitler needed to blame  someone for the difficulties in Germany and  he used the Jews as a scapegoat.

The atmosphere of hatred created by the Nazis set the  stage for the atrocities that would come later.

Rhineland

1936

German troops enteredt he Rhineland.

Austria

1938

German troops entered Austria, which then became part of Germany

Czechoslovakia

1938-39

Hitler threatened to invade the Sudetenland

Pro-NAZI

Political Parties

Any pro-NAZI political parties, as well as the Communist Party,were banned.

Banned groups in Canada

Those groups who practiced pacifism,namelyJehovah Witnesses,Quakers,Hutterites,Mennonites,and Doukhobors,were met with open hostility.Many members of these groups avoided military service

Black Canadians

There was outright discrimination against BlackCanadians until 1942,but as the war went on and everyone served together in the armed forces, Black Canadians

began to demand equality in other areas.

Jewish Refugees from Europe

It was made difficult for Jewish refugees to enter the country.Some people refused to hire Jewish judges,lawyers,professors,and teachers and many clubs posted signs declaring “No Jews Allowed”

Improved technology 

• Faster air planes which could carry greater payloadsFaster ,more destructive tanks

• Development of radar

• Development of sonar

• The rocket and jet engine
  

• Radio for the dissemination of propaganda

• Nuclear bomb

Tehran

(Nov-Dec1943)

The Big Three: Stalin,Roosevelt and Churchill

(the SovietUnion,the U.S.A and Britain)

It established reasonably cordial relations between the Soviet dictator and the western leaders.

Yalta

(February 1945)

• It formalized the zones approach to dividing Germany.

• It agreed to future War Criminals Trials at Nuremburg.

• Stalin promised free elections in liberated countries after the war.

Potsdam

(July – Aug 1945)

PlannedOutcome:

• To make decisions regarding the future of Germany and Europe.

• The stage was set for the Cold War.

POLITICAL EFFECTS of WW2

TROOPS RECONIZED FOR: Dieppe,HongKong,Normandy,Italy,Liberation of Holland

ENGLISH-FRENCH RELATIONS:

Prime Minister King averted a conscription crisis and managed to maintain strained English-French relations.

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT:

The government began to intervene more and strengthened the social safety net.

CIVILRIGHTS:

The contributions of black and aboriginal peoples advanced the cause of civil rights.

 Women achieved greater recognition for their contributions to the war effort.

Canada became more tolerant by accepting refugees from Europe.

A  “babyboom”  and a significant wave of immigration occurred.

42,000 people lost to the war.

Pier 21 was a port in Halifax whichr eopened in 1947 and was in charge of processing huge numbers of warbrides and efugees.

What was the “final solution”?

e fThe complete extermination of all the Jews in Europe.

L                  St Louis ocean liner

The St. Louis liner was meant to take Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in order for them to enter the United States.

Who trained at “Camp X”?

Over 500 Canadian,British,and American spies were trained at this top-secret school.

CANADIANTRAINING FACILITIES

BriThe British Commonwealth AirTraining Plan was a series of 230 facilities across Canada which trained pilots and other crewmembers from Commonwealth Countries.

Lend Lease Act in 1941

ed

 An agreement that allowed  allied countries to  buy materials fromt heUS without having to  pay up front.

 Canadas contribution to a “totalwar” effort?

Total war refers to the complete concentration of a nation’s industries on the war effort. Canada contributed by creating bombs, bullets, ships, aircraft, and armoured cars

Women 

W                                       What inequalities in the

                                           workforce remained?

Women were still paid less for the same work, were deprived of childcare provisions and tax breaks when the war ended, and were expected to give up their jobs to returning soldiers.

Canadian Women in WW2

1. Official women’s branches of the army, air force, and navy were created.

2. More women

What the significance of the attack on Pearl Harbour ?

The attack on Pearl Harbour officially brought the United States into the Second World War. The Americans would be instrumental in winning the War in both the Pacific and European theatres.

“D            "Day of Infamy”

One hour after the bombing of Pearl Harbour had commenced, the Japanese Ambassador delivered a reply to a recent American message. The reply contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack. However, in light of the distance of Hawaii from Japan, it was evident that the attack had been deliberately planned many days before. During this time the Japanese Government had deliberately sought to deceive the U.S. by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace

Manchuria

1931

Japanese army invaded Manchuria

President Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in American banks and refused to sell Japan any more oil or scrap metal

Munich agreement,

An agreement that Germany would not invade Czechoslavakia

Nz                                                  Nazi-Soviet Pact

ler Hitler wanted to avoid a two-front war; he did not really intend to maintain       the the  non-aggressive clause of the agreement

Reasons for Atomic Bomb

1)Too many deaths if invasion of Japan. Russia was going to enter the war and USA did not want to share

 2)To  justify money developing the bomb

 3) Kamikazes were hurting the US fleet

 4) 1,000,000 Japanese civilian already dead through fire bombing

5) Show the world that USA had the bomb

AtomicBombs

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

“Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima ~ 70,000 initially died by 1950

200,000

“Fat Man” Detonated over Nagasaki 70,000 initially 140,000 by 1950

Operation Overlord (D-Day) The invasion of Normandy

Largest invasion force ever- 6000 planes – 4000 ships 200,000 sailors –

 107,000 – 1,000,000 soldiers

 - Gave allies a foot hold in Europe. Canadians landed on Juno beach then their objective was Caen and Verrier ridge (Canada’s heart break ridge)

 Canada was then given the task of liberating Holland

 6,300 Canadians died

Battle of the Atlantic

Fight for control of the shipping lanes and ensuring allied war supplies

- The use of Convoys with escorts to limit the amount of merchant ships

sank by the Germans

- Canada’s role was convoy escort, where we used the Corvettes to depth

charge attacking German submarines

- Merchant navy men were never given veterans rights or pensions.

19 Aug 1942 Dieppe Raid

Raiding ships made contact with a small German convoy in the Strait

which warned the Germans in Dieppe

- Delay (weather) caused Canadians to Land in Day light

- Mistaken information sent more Canadians to the beach their death and

capture

- 907 Canadians died and 1874 were taken prisoner

Attack on Hong Kong 8 Dec 1941

Japan Attacked from the  mainland  and  unprepared Canadian and British troops were unprepared

- Troops had to retreat to the Island while the mainland was pillaged

 - Hong Kong Island fell December 25th

 - While the treatment of officers was good the enlisted men were treated

 very poorly. The enlisted men were put into groups of 10 if one tried to escape then all were shot.

Miracle of Dunkirk June 1940

After pushing the British and French troops

back to the port of Dunkirk the German ground forces suddenly stop. The

 German air force is allowed to finish of the victory. While this is happening

 every boat that can float in Britain is used to evacuate the troops to Britain

Invasion of the Netherlands

May 1940

Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium and France.

April 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway

Phoney War

 October 1939-April 1940

Allied countries were officially at war yet there was no fighting as

both sides entered a period of heavy armament

Invasion of Poland - 1 Sept. 1939.

Use of Blitzkrieg to smash antiquated

Polish forces

. Britain and France who promised to protect Poland give Hitler till September 3 1939 to leave.He doesn't- Britain declares war

Invasion of Czechoslovakia March 1939

Hitler takes over the remainder of

Czechoslovakia

Battle of Britain

German

Luftwaffe

(air force)

and

British royal Air Force

 fought in the airspace over Britain

Blitz

August 1940

Massive invasion of  Soviet Union.

Stalin used scorched earth policy and destroyed everything livestock,supplies and machinery so the Nazis had nothing to use.

Battle el Alamein

(60 miles west  of Cairo)

October 1942

Mussilini attacked  Egypt. British  forces resisted the  attack.

German forces  - General Rommel went to the  aid of the Italians.

 British forces led by General Montgomery defeated a faciast force.Britain prevented Germany from seizing the Suez Canal and blocked Hitlers access to oil resources.