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Nazi- soviet pact

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  • division of Poland
  • both of them knew that this peace was only temporary
  • this bought time for Russia to mobilize and Germany was once again trying to avoid a war if two fronts
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Italian dictator

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Mussolini

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Hitlers first three moves

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1) invaded Rinland (1936)
2) invaded Austria (1938)
3) invaded Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938)

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WW2 begins

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Poland was the first to be invaded and was taken over within only a few weeks

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German tanks

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Referred to as Panzers

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Blitzkrieg

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A lightning strategy movement done by Germany

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Russian leader

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Stalin

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Axis power

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  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan
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Phoney war

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No shots were fired for the first seven months of the war

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Allies first move

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Dig trenches and prepare for trench warfare

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Appeasement

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  • talk over agreements rather than go straight to war

- this was ended after Germany invaded Poland

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Japan

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Wanted to take over china

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Three pronged attack

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  • blitzkrieg with the schleiffen plan

- Denmark, Norway Way and Belgium where taken

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German airforce

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Luftwaffe

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Miracle of Dunkirk

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The Luftwaffe were supposed to finish off the job but the day was cloudy, fishermen took the soldiers off the beach to safety

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German fighter plans

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  • sirens were attached

- the best plane was the Sfeltjunker

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Hitler election

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  • Hitler promised work and jobs
  • he gave then an outlet for their misery (blaming the Jewish)
  • was great at making speeches
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S.S Louis

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1000 Jewish passengers were refused entry into Canada, US and other countries

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Fascism

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Right wing government and social organization

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Radios

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Radios served as a strong propaganda tool for the Germans

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Concentration camps

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Anyone Hitler didn’t see to be part of his master race, these were crowded camps
- many people were killed

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Pure German laws

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Created in Nuremberg

Identified the pure German race

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Munich Agreement

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Hitler. Said that he would stop taking over countries

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Louis St. Laurent

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Became prime minister after being the minister of Justice after the war ended
Helped create NATO

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Mackenzie king

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  • created conscription through a plebiscite

- also created welfare

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Corvette

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A group of convoys, could travel

Across the ocean in 10days

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British Common wealth air training program

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Canada hosted this

- provided 48 squadrons

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Japanese Canadians

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  • sent to internment camps
  • homes and stuff was sold at auction to highest bidder
  • nothing was there when they returned
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Where did British children go during the blitz

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  • they were sent away in order to avoid air raids

- civilians were attacked by the German Luftwaffe

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Pearl harbour

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  • US military base in Hawaii
  • Japan attacked it in provoked
  • US wanted to join the war
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Plebiscite

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A vote by the electorate determine public opinion on a question of national importance

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Atomic bomb creation

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  • US made a road through Canada to Alaska
  • ## many Inuit got radiation sickness
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Canadian soil

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  • SS Caribou was shot down

- bombs broke windows

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Battle of the Atlantic

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  • build Canadian navy

- the black pot was where there was no air help to protect the convoys

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D-day

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  • tricked Germans to location of the battle
  • paratroops
  • Canadians landed on Juno beach
  • after this battle Germany was now fighting a war on three fronts
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Operation Barbarossa

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Attack major Russian
Cities
- Germany army plan

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Atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

Nagasaki

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North Africa

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Britain invaded North Africa, I order to obtain a. Better vantage point,

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Who reached German Capitol first

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Russia

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Battle of Dieppe

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  • Canada’s firsts battle
  • lack of communication
  • lack of surprise
  • tanks couldn’t handle the rocky beaches
  • slaughter of Canadians
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Italian campaign

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  • Italians surrendered but Germans would not give up Italy
  • Canadians developed the tactic of “mousing”
  • eventually Italy surrenderd
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War brides

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Brides that came over with their new returning soldiers as husbands

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The final solution

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The Nazis plan to exterminate the Jewish people

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The Nuremberg trials

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Where concentration camp leaders and other people where put on trial for their contributions to genocide during the war

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Josef Stalin

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Leader of Russia

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