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Ww2 Quiz Flashcards

1
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Mackenzies king reason for not wanting to get involved in war

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Didnt want to go back to debt and trauma from horrible war

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How canada entre ww2 diff from ww1

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They get to decide if they want to go back again, and waited a week

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What did king promise to Quebec and parliament after Canada became involved

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They will not agree to conscription and will never be members/ supporters of government that try to enforce it

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Reason Canada not prepared for war in 1939

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  1. Army, air force and navy troops were small in number
  2. Most of Canada equipment was outdated and unfit for combat
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5
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Which group of people volunteered more than other in Canada

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Aboriginal

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Reason many Canadians volunteers for the military

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  1. Money (got paid to be a soldier)
  2. Felt strong ties with Britain
  3. Sense of new found national pride
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What is BCTA

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program to train commonwealth pilots and other aircrew as well as ground support staff. Canada paid most of it

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How many aircrew people were in BCTA program

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Over 130,000

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9
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What did Canadian government establish in April of 1940

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Department of munitions and supplies

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10
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Who was charge in Total war

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C.D howe

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What is CD howe power

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Do whatever it took to gear up the economy to meet wartime demand

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Why were Canadians crowns corporations created

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Created for whatever private sector can’t make it Canadian crown corporations can make it

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What is a total war

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The use of all aspects of society to fight a war. Involves attacks upon civilians targets

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Why did Hitler want to attack england

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To eliminate as a base to attack Germany

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What is Battle of Britain

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Battle of air superiority between Germany and Britain

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What did the government provide so woman can work

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Money and legislation

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17
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Who were the ALLIES

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Britain , France, commonwealth countries including canada Australia new Zealand

18
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Who were the AXIS powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

19
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What is Blitzkrieg

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The lightening war
Surprised attack with speed bypassing strongpoint encircling and cutting them off. Bombing enemy forces and taking out communications and transportation link

20
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How many soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk

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340,000

21
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What occurred at Dunkirk

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Germans soldiers were attacking French and British soldiers to Dunkirk. England plane come carry French and British soldier back to England

22
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What was operation Sea Lion?

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The invasion of Britain

23
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Why was battle of Britain delayed

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German airforce had to first destroy British air power

24
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What is Luftwaffe

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Air force bombed the part of Dunkirk

25
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German bombing strategy on England

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  1. Destroying harbours and shipping factories in Southern England
  2. Bombing civilian targets
  3. German place bombed London and other cities
26
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What were the raids on London referred to as

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The blitz

27
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3 reason the British were able to hold out against the Germans

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  1. Sophisticated rader system
  2. Spitfire and Hurricane fighter plane
  3. Commonwealth countries pilot join with British pilot
28
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When did Hitler give up on taking Britain

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May 1941

29
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How many lives were lost in Battle of Britain

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More than 23,000

30
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Who were most of the casualties (The battle of Britain)

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Mostly British civilians

31
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Why did Stalin try to push Churchill to proceed with an attack on Western Europe

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To take pressure off the soviet on the Eastern front

32
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Why were Canadian troops chosen for the trial run on Dieppe

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They had seen a little action were eager to get into the fight

33
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What was the attacks supposed purposed? (Dieppe Raid)

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  • Practice new techniques
  • Reconnaissance mission
34
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Things that went wrong with the Raid

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  1. One ship met a german convoy and had brief battle
  2. Noise alerted troops on snore
  3. Ships delayed and did not disembark before dawn
  4. Poor communication between ship and shore
  5. Troops trapped on beaches (easy target for Germans)
  6. Tanks could not get traction
35
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How many Canadians were dead, wounded or captured in Dieppe Raid

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907 ppls dead
586 ppls wounded
1874 captured

36
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What is convoys, wolf packs, U-boats and corvettes

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They attack other allied

37
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RCAF stand for

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Royal Canadian air force

38
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How many canadian were in RCAF

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250,000

39
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What is firestorm

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Lots of bombing in the city

40
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How many casualties were in the RCAF

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near 10,000 ,40%

41
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What is WD and what task did they d

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WD= women’s division- to support war effort
Women were trained as clerks, cooks, hospital assistants, driver, telephone operator, welders, instrument mechanic and engineer mechanics.

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