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Homework Probe WWII Value = 45Points Name:__________________________________ 1. Appeasement = The policy of agreeing to the demands of another in order to avoid conflict or hostility. 2. Munich Agreement = 1938, an agreement between Germany, Britain, France and Italy in which Czechoslovakia was ceded to Germany in an effort to appease the Nazi Regime. 3. Blitzkrieg = An intense military offensive designed to quickly crush an enemy. 4. 1939 Germany attacked Poland. 5. 1940 France fell and Italy joined Germany. 2pts Battle of the Atlantic: 6. 1939 Canada’s navy was the 4th largest in the world. 7. Corvettes – small fast warship used in convoys 8. Germany’s objective was to overcome Britain by cutting off its lifelines to North America. 9. Canadian merchant marines transported supplies to Europe 10. Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF) was the 4th largest in the world 11. RCAF Training Plan – trained airmen from all across the Commonwealth at more than 200 sites across Canada. Battle of Britain: 12. Germany’s air force is called the Luftwaffe’s 13. True or False Germany used an advanced radar system and retained control of British air space 14. At Dunkirk: Allied troops trapped in English Channel. Sea rescue where 850 vessels rescued 340,000 soldiers. Bolstered spirits of British. 15. 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. 4 ships destroyed; 2400 civilians killed; Roosevelt declared war on Japan; Hitler declares war on USA. 16. Germany reneged on its non-aggression pact (an agreement between nations not to launch a military attack against one another) and attacked the Soviet Union. 2pts 17. At Dieppe, a French port, Canadians led an attack that was a disaster – troops landed on beach in daylight with no air cover and Enemy opened fire. 900/5000 killed and 1900 became POWs 18. June 6th, 1944 = Operation Overload, also known as D-Day. 5000 ships, 107,000 troops ready to storm Normandy in Northern France. Canadians landed on Juno Beach. Allies captured the beach and the liberation of Europe had begun. 19. In 1941, 1,900 Canadians went Hong Kong to help the island defend itself against Japan. But they were unsuccessful. 20. USA used the Atomic bomb Japan at (1st ) Hiroshima and (2nd ) Nagasaki. 200000 died and 500000 died from the effects of radiation. 1945 Japan surrenders. 2pts 21. True or False Women were recruited for all branches (45000 enlist) 22. True or False Canadian Battalions were segregated during WWII. 23. True or False Natives had to get permission of the Dept. of Indian Affairs, as they were not citizens. They had to give up their status as registered Indians. 24. To avoid inflation, Canadian government introduced wage and price controls (government restrictions placed on wages paid to workers and prices charged for goods and services.) 25. Increase marriages, combined with postwar economic prosperity and peace time stability, caused the largest birthrate in Canadian History. These post war children came to be known as the baby boomers. Conscription 26. National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA), required all single men over 18 to register for compulsory military service. They were for home defence. Became known as zombies = term used for soldiers who were conscripted into army but refused to serve overseas during WWII. 1942, King had a referendum (issue goes for direct vote by the people). French vote = 73% no and English vote = 80% yes. The men were sent overseas. 5pts 27. 1942: 22,000 Japanese Canadians were displaced from their homes and evacuated to internment camps in BC and labour camps in Prairies. They were allowed 1 suitcase of possessions. The rest of their things were sold in public auctions and the profits were used to pay for internment camps. Housing was un-insulated shacks with no running water or electricity. Men and boys were separated. If you protested, you were sent to concentration camps in Ontario and he had to wear an uniform with a large red circle. After WWII 4000 Japanese Canadians were deported. This was considered a violation of their civil rights and government agreed to pay 21,000 in compensation to each surviving evacuee. 4pts The War Measures Act 28. If you had roots linked to the enemy you had to register with RCMP. There was a curfew. Interned if you were a Nazi sympathizer. Italian and German immigrants who became citizens after 1922 had to register as enemy aliens and some were sent to internment camps. 2pts Canada and the Holocaust 29. 1939-45 only 5000 Jewish immigrants were allowed in Canada. The St. Louis ship of 900 German Jews was not allowed to seek refuge and was sent back to Europe where many were detained and sent to death camps. 2pts The War Ends 30. 1945- United Nations was formed to be the new global organization for maintaining peace. 31. 1947 Canada became the 1st Commonwealth Country to define its citizens as Canadians first and British subjects 2nd.