WW2 REVIEW Flashcards
Describe Germany’s economic and political situation from 1920-1939
The country struggled economically as they tried to pay the reparations and hyperinflation in 1922. Germany struggled even during the 1920s when most other countries prospered. When the depression hit in 1929 it made it even worse. Political parties were unable to establish majorities in government- very unstable
What promises did Hitler make to the German people?
Hitler pledged to restore prosperity to Germany and create civil order to make Germany a stronger nation with a strong government, he strengthened the military to achieve this goal.
What was ‘Appeasement’ and how did it relate to the Munich Agreement?
Appeasement - a policy of pacifying an enemy by giving in to some of his demands.
This is related to the Munich Agreement as this agreement allows Hitler to take Sudetenland but made him promise that he would stop there.
World leaders knew what was happening but were afraid to intervene, they wanted to avoid war, they hoped that he would stop when he got what he wanted.
What happened at Dieppe? Why was it so relevant to Canada?
19 August 1943 the Allies launched a major raid on the French coastal port of Dieppe. The goal was to take Dieppe from German forces, it was intended to help the Soviet allies who were fighting the Germans alone on the Eastern Front, and planned to test German defences. It was a failure, 4k canadian soldiers were at Dieppe.
What was D-Day? How did it change the course of the war?
D-Day was a surprise attack on the Normandy beaches, The Allies made the Germans think it was going to be at Calais, and they set up fair air bases, tanks, etc. D-Day was a success. D-Day led to the liberation of France.
What were the American reasons for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?
To end the war quickly without losing any more lives of American soldiers.
To test the technology of the Atomic bomb.
To intimidate America’s future enemies and show the world how powerful they were with this bomb and how they weren’t afraid to use it.
How did the Statute of Westminster change how Canada declared war in WW2?
The statue of Westminster gave Canada independence and the control of their own foreign affairs. This meant Canada was able to declare war themselves when they wanted to in WW2 instead of immediately being apart of the war when Britain declared war like in WW1.
What was Hitler’s ‘final solution”?
To deal with the Jews Hitler’s Final solution was The Holocaust, the extermination of the Jews.
What was the Holocaust?
The deliberate murder of millions of European Jews during WW2. As the Allies liberated Europe they found death camps with gas chambers, crematoriums filled with human remains, mass graves, and heaps of unburied emaciated bodies. Those still alive were near death. This was Hitler’s “Final Solution” to deal with the Jews; extermination.
Outline the roles that women served in the Canadian armed forces during the war.
Canadian Women were not allowed to fight during the second world war, they played roles such as The Pilots, Nurses, and Clerks. They also Knit and Provided Clothes for the soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of women worked in the new war industries, the Red Cross and knitted socks for the soldiers at the front.
The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of totalitarian governments in Europe. List and describe these governments, the countries they ruled and their political beliefs.
Italy and Germany had fascist governments. Fascism tells its citizens that their nation and race are superior. Totalitarian regimes believe that democracies are soft, decadent, and lacking moral strength. The focus is to put aside personal ambitions for the good of the state.
The ‘total war’ refers to the government calling on all citizens to do all that they could in during the war. List and describe what the Canadian government asked Canadians to do and/or contribute to the war effort.
Hundreds of thousands of women worked in the new war industries, the Red Cross and knitted socks for the soldiers at the front.
Canada’s war production was 4th largest behind the US, Soviet Union and Britain. 70% of Canada’s output went to supplying other Allied forces (all types of weapons and ammunition boats, planes, vehicles, rifles, submachine guns, radar equipment, medical supplies, and even paper clips)
Canada became the flight school for all the allied countries, running the whole program.
Individual and community conservation was encouraged.
Drives to salvage any items that could be used in the war (metals, rubber, etc).
Families grew ‘victory gardens’ vegetables instead of flowers to conserve food.
List the political parties that were created during the Great Depression.
►The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was formed in 1932 by western labour and farmer’s groups. They wanted to dismantle the free enterprise economic system and introduce socialism (an economic system based on government control of the economy). In 1961, the CCF evolved into the New Democratic Party (NDP)
► The Social Credit Party- also started in the West. They believed the government should give out payments to the people to spend and stimulate the economy. The party had some success in the West, but disappeared in the 1970s.
►Union National was formed in Quebec by Maurice Duplessis. The party focused on the issues of Francophone, they proposed higher minimum wages and provincially owned hydroelectricity. The were the provincial gov’t of Quebec from 1936-1959. The party believed in preserving traditional rural life and trying to block unions. Duplessis also passed laws that ‘threatened’ the gov’t
The Manhattan Project
The development of the Atomic Bomb during Ww2. this was significant because it was the creation of the most fatal weapon in the war and in the world.
Operation Husky
Operation Husky Otherwise known as the Italian Campaign battle of Ww2 was when the allies invaded Sicily, the largest island in the mediterranean sea and a part of Italy. This was significant because it gave the allies full control of the Mediterranean Sea and it wiped Italy out of the war.
