unit 2 WORLD WAR 2 (1939-1945)

Question 1

reasons for ww2

Answer 1

the depression
treaty of Versailles lead to more poverty
appeasement (giving land away to avoid war)

1939 Germany didn’t leave Poland after Britain and France ordered them out

Question 2

who was involved in ww2

Answer 2

axis
germany italy japan

allies
britain canada france russia

Question 3

isolationists

Answer 3

people who were uninterested in affairs outside of their borders

beliefs of one’s country should be separated from politics and disputes of other countries

caused many countries to not want to participate in ww2

canada joined one week later

Question 4

how did canada get involved with ww2

Answer 4

the canadian government had a parliamentary vote

Question 5

canada’s involvement with ww2

Answer 5

british commonwealth air training plan set up air schools to train pilots for the british royal air force

canada turned into the airstrip and arsenal factory

Question 6

total war

by CD Howes

Answer 6

the entire nation will use their resources to destroy the opposing force

the canadian government will control the economy to focus it on the war effort

department of munitions and supplies was formed

Question 7

how did farmers and industries assist total war?

Answer 7

farmers produced more products

ships, planes, tanks, artillery was all industries built

Question 8

crown corporations

Answer 8

businesses and industries owned by the canadian government

under total war they were created to do jobs the private sectors were unable to do

Question 9

the evacuation of dunkirk france

1940

Answer 9

germans surrounded and in the air, the luftwaffe bombed the dunkirk port

british and french were evacuated via water to fight another day

few weeks later france surrendered to germany

Question 10

battle of britian

1940 (summer)

Answer 10

battle of the skies over britian

british royal air force (RAF) vs the Luftwaffe

canadians served as pilots

hitler used air attacks to prepare for land and sea attacks

blitz-bombing of british civilians/factories

Question 11

pearl harbour and the battle of Hong Kong

Answer 11

japanese bombed pearl harbour

hours later they invaded Hong Kong

on christmas hong kong belonged to the germans

canadians were sent to help hong kong but 2000 were killed or captured due to no supplies after 17 days

harshest POW treatment by the japanese in history

Question 12

internment camps in canada for the japanese

Answer 12

japanese canadians were forced to choose relocation or deportation

they were thought of as spies

they had no rights, had id numbers

made possible by the war measures act

Question 13

custodians of aliens act

1943

Answer 13

japanses canadians’ possessions were takedn and sold without permission

money raised to pay for the internment camps

Question 14

dieppe (trial run for d day)

1942

Answer 14

testing new equipment

5000 canadian soldiers landed on the beach of france

but were all killed due to the warning of a german convoy vs a british ship

lessoned learnt:
heavy air and sea support
saved many soldiers on Dday

Question 15

invasion of italy and sicily

1943

Answer 15

captured sicily in two weeks with air and land attacks

italy:

• 1 month of street by street fighting and the germans withdrew
• occupied many troops of the germans leaving france defenseless
• toughest fight of the war

Question 16

d day
operation overlord
normandy invasion
1944

Answer 16

biggesy/most detailed and planned invasion of the allies

5 landing points
sword, juno, gold, omaha, and utah

canadians took juno

had to go over concrete obstacles of the germans

Question 17

liberation of the netherlands

1945

Answer 17

allied forces attacked germany

canadians liberated the netherlands by forcing natzis out of holland which allowed the allied to attack germnay

beat the germans in the city of groningen by surrounding them with many troops

we were thought of as heros after street to street fighting and dropping supplies to the people of normandy because the germans were starving the country

Question 18

battle of the alantic

Answer 18

britian needed imported supplies from canada

german uboats sunk merchant ships

british sailed in convoys (groups)

corvettes were built by canada to escort convoys

Question 19

ww2 the home front

Answer 19

total war:

• women took men’s old jobs
• victory bonds
• income tax
• propaganda
• war measures act
• camp x (spy training in ontario)
• rations

Question 20

canada became a ……. after ww2

Answer 20

a modern industrialized nation

Question 21

st louis incident

Answer 21

caused a stain in history

we turned away a boat of jewish refugees and sent them back to their death

-even one is too much

due to lack of jobs and food for canadians in the first place

Question 22

ww2 conscription

1940

Answer 22

MP king implemented the national resource mobilization act

-all men must assist in the war effort if not fighting

Question 23

define plebiscite

Answer 23

vote

Question 24

ww2 women

Answer 24

• took men’s jobs royal canadian air force (RCAF) had a women’s division
• WREN: women’s royal canadian navy service
• cooks, polits, mechanics, welders, nurses
• coastal defence
• women entering the work force dramatically