WW2

WW2

Steps to War

German Annexation of Austria

countries wanted to avoid world war

Britain, France signed policy of appeasement

Germany annexes Austria without a fight

Munich Pact

Pact believed to save world from war

Germany receivers Sudetenland

Britain, France met with Hitler

Hitler ordered Sudetenland be returned to Germany

Occupation of Rhineland

Germany was not stopped

ToV forbid Germany going into Rhineland

German troops marched into Rhineland

Invasion of Poland

S= Invasion caused Britain, France to declare war

Poland fell quickly, no time to recover

Germany invades using Blitzkrieg strategy

Poland refuses to give Polish Corridor

Conscription Crisis

1942 Plebiscite

S= Divided Canada during world war

W.L.M.K tried implementing conscription without having conscription

Results even between English, French Canadians

Plebiscite decided to have conscription or not

W.L.M.K promised no mandatory conscription

National Mobilization Act

Would not have to fight overseas

Men trained to defend Canada

Permitted limited conscription of Canadian men

Women's Contribution to War

Criticism of Women's Role in Economy

Women with "male" jobs usually resented

Women with "male" jobs labelled aggressive, unreliable

People felt uneasy about changing world

Women's Role in Economy

Women felt confident in new roles

Women started to work in "unfeminine" jobs

Worked in munition factories, built planes

Women more involved in workforce

WAC

S= Views changed of women's role in society

Men released overseas sooner due to WAC

Women did clerical duties, packed parachutes, more

Women partook in "men'" duties

End of War

VE Day

European nations suffered severe damage

Countries liberated from Germans

After D-day German troops retreated

VJ Day

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Surrenders

105,000 people died, 128,000 injured

America sends 2 bombs to Japan

D-Day

S= War over in Europe, only Japan left

Props, tents used to trick German pilots

Germans given false information

Canada split 5 sections with US, Britain

Happened in Normandy, Germans though Calais

Secretive mission, took years to plan

Racism and Discrimination

Holocaust

S= Most horrific genocide in history

"Final Solution": systematic killing of Jews

Jews sent to ghettos, little food, disease

Nuremberg Laws took rights from Jews

Germans blamed Jews for WW1 defeat

Japanese Interment Camps

Japanese Canadians banned from Vancouver until 1949

Other Japanese people forced to move

Japanese schools, businesses sold for little

Japanese males 18-45 sent to camps, forced work

Japanese people lost property, rights

Causes WW2

Nationalism

Aryan race considered superior by Hitler

Hitler spread hate about non-Germans

They influenced their people

Hitler, Mussolini hungry for power

Failure of League of Nations

LoN gave no aid both occasions

Japan invaded Manchuria

Italy invaded Ethiopia for land

LoN tested during 1930s

Militarism

Germany rebuilt their army, ignoring ToV

Japan invaded Manchuria for resources

Japan grew their military, became powerful force

Treaty of Versailles

S= Punishments to Germany major reason for revenge

This angered Germany, seeked revenge

France, Britain wanted to weaken Germany

Germany lost money, land, military power

Main topic

Canadian Battles

Battle of the Atlantic

U-boats sunk, ships got to Britain

Crews better trained, more experience in 1943

German U-boats hunted Allied ships

Britain need supplies from Canada

Germany controlled most of Europe

Battle of Ortona

Battled northward almost 4 months, street-by-street fighting

Canadian army's mission, capture Ortona

German army took over Italy

New Italian government surrendered to Allies

Dieppe

S= Allies received important knowledge used in D-day

907 Canadian troops killed, 1946 captured

Landing sites poorly planned

Allied ships encountered a German convoy

Allies wanted to test new equipment

Allied Battles

Operation Barbarossa

Soviets would push Germans back

Hitler underestimated the power of Soviet military

He broke non-aggression pact

Hitler could not wipe out Britain

Battle of Britain

Germany bombed London, Britain retaliated bombing Berlin

Allied countries send pilots, aircraft personnel

Hitler sent Luftwaffe for air control

140,000 German troops along English Channel

Dunkirk

S= Troops dying may lead Germany invading Britain

Civilians gathered boats, saved many troops

HItler unsure to finish attack

Allied forces almost defeated by Germans