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WWll Flashcards

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Hiroshima

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  • little boy atomic bomb dropped
  • bombed a large port and military base
  • killed 17,000
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Mackenzie King

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  • the prime minister during Depression and WWll
  • Declared war with Germany when Britain became a war
  • Was forced to do conscription, even though against it
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Louise Slotin

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  • designed trigger for the “little boy” bomb dropped in Hiroshima
  • dies from an explosion in the lab
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Merchant Marines

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  • not members of the navy
  • send and carry supplies
  • poor pay and work conditions
  • 1600 men died
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RB Bennett

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  • prime minister before King

- did not do enough for the Depression, got voted out and lost to King

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Italian Campaign

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  • Operation Husky from Sicily Sea
  • Wanted to take the pressure off of Russian allies by opening another front
  • bombing houses - success
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D-Day

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  • largest attack
  • Wanted to attack 5 beaches in coastal France (Normandy)
  • confuse Germans
  • Canadian troops to Juno Beach
  • victory - spread out German army which led to success in all the battles
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Dieppe

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  • coastal France
  • take the pressure off the Soviet Union
  • the element of surprise was lost - Germans were alerted
  • one day long (take prisoners, intelligence, get out fast)
  • not enough naval support, the intelligence of how strong Germans were
  • failure (many deaths)
  • lessons learned become useful to fewer casualties in other battles
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Battle of Britain

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  • Germany wanted to attack Britain’s air force before attacking them
  • In the skies over the British and English channel
  • Germans started to bomb cities to make people surrender
  • RAF beats the Germans in an attempt to save London
  • Hitler postpones plans to attack Britain
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The liberation of the Netherlands

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  • Freed Canadians that were captured during the war
  • Sent in food and other reliefs that would help the people held captive
  • Rough conditions, many casualties from the deaths
  • Dutch people still thank Canada for their help
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Battle of the Atlantic

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  • Canadian sink 50 u-boats
  • Rough conditions: underwater mines, u-boats traveling in wolf packs, weather, traveling in the dark,
  • Canada lost the battle
  • Essential for getting supplies to Britain
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Internment of Japenese Canadians

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  • came to work on the railroad and do dangerous work
  • people with small businesses, cars, and boats were all sold, with no money in return
  • Japenese was charged money and essentially paid for their internment
  • Sent far away from their families
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Christie Pitts Riot

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  • Baseball game with a Christian vs Jewish team
  • People in the stands pulled out a Swastika Sign and there was a Swastika painted on the roof
  • Started out as a fight, then moved into a riot in Toronto
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Holocaust

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  • Segregation
  • Concentration camps formed
  • Death camps
  • killing squads
  • used as salves and labor workers
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5 Cent Piece Speech

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  • King talked about how he would not give 5 cents to a country that did not have a Liberal government
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Causes of WW2

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  • Hitler wanted to get revenge for the Treaty of Versailles because it had no benefit to Germany
  • Germany was severely impacted by the Depression, so Hitler promised jobs
  • Fascism
  • Appeasement (did not want to start a war, so they agreed with everything Hitler said)
  • The Nazi army started to rise and ignored the Treaty
  • Hitler could go forward with plans without worrying about the League of Nations stepping in
  • Hitler invades Poland which starts the war
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Athenia

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  • The first ship from the UK to be sunk by the Germans
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St. Louis

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  • A boat that was used to save 900 Jewish people from the death camps and take them safely to Cuba
  • denied entry
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Conscription

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  • King promised to not bring conscription back
  • The Plebiscite: asking people to release him from his no-conscription pledge
  • Mostly voted yes, with the exception of Quebec, conscription happened
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Camp X

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  • A camp on Lake Ontario used to train British Secret Intelligence Agents
  • William Stephenson
  • Trained people to do undercover work, provided the agents with fake costumes and passports
  • Helped to slow down German advances and help slow down the number of casualties
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Women During WW2

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  • air force and navy created a new women’s division
  • no front line operators and radio operators
  • women were in almost all industries
  • were also volunteers that packed parcels and packages sent to POW’s
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Causes of the Great Depression

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  • companies were over-producing their products
  • Canada was too dependant on few resources
  • competition decreased sales
  • Canada was dependant on the United States - if their economy was doing poorly, they would also do poorly.
  • The credit of stocks (stock market crash)
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Relief Camps

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  • men did work and in return got a place to sleep and something to eat
  • the government got criticized for making these camps instead of recognizing the problem of low wages and job loss
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Bennett Buggy

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  • the car which had engines and other parts taken out so that it could be moved by a horse
  • save money
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Surviving the Depression

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  • relief if they were desperate enough for it
  • grow food on a farm instead of buying
  • make homemade clothes and hand me downs
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Canada’s contribution to the war effort

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  • Camp X
  • Building the economy
  • Battles (D-day, Dieppe, Battle of Britain)
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Rationing

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  • Ration book
  • had to have coupons to buy butter, meat, sugar, tea or coffee
  • gas-filled up once a month
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Hong Kong Battle

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  • Hong Kong was a colony of Britain, so Britain asked Canada to help with the battle
  • Canada sent inexperienced troops
  • Japanse attack Hong Kong and the army is lacking vehicles and other equipment
  • Canadians surrender
  • taken prisoner of war
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Normandy Campaign

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  • attacks on the beaches on Normandy Coast

Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword, and Juno

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Battle of the Scheldt

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Causes of WW11

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