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SS11 ch 4-5 Canada WW2
World War 2 Canada
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History
11th Grade
10/15/2008

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Mackenzie King
Definition
Canadian prime minister during World War 2
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Pearl Harbour

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Definition

-U.S. naval base destroyed by a surprise Japanese attack

-brought the U.S. into WW2

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rationing

Definition

-the sharing of food and other resources in time of war

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Winston Churchill

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Definition

-British Prime Minister for much of the Second World War

-very strong leader

 

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. "  

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Maginot Line

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Definition

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-heavily fortified area along the French border with Germany

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C.D. Howe

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-minister of munitions

-supervised production of war weapons and machinery

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Sudetenland

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German speaking part of Czechoslovakia that Hitler was allowed to take over as part of the Munich Agreement.

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Neville Chamberlain

 
Definition

-British Prime Minister at the beginning of the war

-remembered for his appeasement policy[image]

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Tojo

 

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Japanese Prime Minister

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Benito Mussolini

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Definition

-Leader of Italy

-had fascist government

 

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anti-semitism

 

Definition

-prejudice towards Jewish People

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Definition

-president of the United States during WW2

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Dunkirk

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Definition

-site where Allied soldiers were rescued by British sailors ( soldiers were trapped on the beaches)

 

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fascism
Definition
right wing philosophy of the Nazis that promoted extreme nationalism
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Blitzkrieg

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German lightning attack

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Battle of Britain

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Definition

 

-air battle where British planes held off German attacks

-led to Hitler calling off his invasion of Britain

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Dieppe

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Definition

-French port: site of practice Allied invasion

-very disasterous for Allied troops ( Canadians suffered high caualties)

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Operation Barbarossa

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Definition
Code name for Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Stalingrad [image]
Definition
-Soviet city where the Germans were defeated in a decisive battle
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Normandydy

 

Definition

-site of the Allied D-Day Invasion

 

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Luftwaffe

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Definition

The German Air force

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Operation Sea Lion

 

Definition

Code name for Hitler's invasion of Britain

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BCATP

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

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Definition

Pilot training course situated in Canada

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Joseph Stalin

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Definition

-leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)

-very ruthless to anyone who opposed him

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appeasement
Definition
policy of giving in to someone in order to keep the peace
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Kristallnacht
Definition
1938 Nazi sponsored attack on German Jews
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SS St Louis
Definition
Ship of Jewish refugees denied entry to Canada by Mackenzie King's government
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Axis countries
Definition
Term given to Germany, Italy and Japan
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Luftwaffe
Definition
the German air force
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Hamburg and Dresden
Definition
German cities destroyed by Allied fire bombs
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Enola Gay
Definition
plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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inflation
Definition
a rise in the price of goods and services
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