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Causes of World War 2 and
Canada’s Involvement
By Cam Catsburg, Jillian Mason
and Charlee Saunders
Causes of World War 2
Treaty of Versailles Failure
• The Treaty of Versailles failed to fairly and adequately
represent Germany as it:
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Restricted their military size
Ordered them to pay 33 million dollars in war damages
Forced them to give up territory in Europe and its colonies
Put full blame of starting WWI on Germany
• Due to the treaty Germany had many grievances. In
the early 1930’s Hitler started an attempt to defy all
the charges and orders set upon Germany in the
treaty. This was a clear form of German preparation
for war.
The Great Depression
• As many jobs were lost due to the great depression, there
was an extremely high demand for new jobs throughout
the world.
• During war the demand for jobs in the military increases,
resulting in more job opportunities in the ammunition
factories etc.
• The extra money made by having more working family
members meant that families had more disposable
income.
• Because more money was being brought in, families
bought more than they did when they had fewer working
members. And this abnormal spending resulted in a rise in
the economy as more money was being pumped back into
it.
• Going to war meant more jobs, and more jobs meant
more spending, and more spending meant a boom in the
economy, pulling the world out of the depression.
Hitlers actions
• 1934 - increased size of army, navy, and created an
airforce.
• 1936 - Ordered German troops to enter the Rhineland. As
well in 1936 two important alliances were made, between
Germany and Japan, and Germany and Italy.
• 1938 - Hitler began taking back the land that had been
taken away from Germany through the Treaty of
Versailles. Hitler began by annexing Austria. Hitler then
made a move to take the Sudetenland region of
Czechoslovakia on the premises that he would not
proceed to invade any other regions of Czechoslovakia.
• 1939 - Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. He then
proceeded to invade Poland, triggering French and British
aid resulting in the Second World War.
Expansionism
• Prior to WWII the German state had lost land to Lithuania,
France, Poland, and Denmark
• The result of Germans land loss was population relocation
• The Nazi regime led Germany in its seek for expansion,
and to restore their previously powered lands
• Hitler decided to invade Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and
Poland without attempting to provoke a general war.
• The war was caused by the expansionist desires of Hitler,
Mussolini and the Japanese imperialists. They wanted to
conquer new territories and enslave or exterminate the
peoples living there.
Failure of the League of
Nations
- The League of nations was set up prior to the Treaty
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of Versailles
It’s main goals were to settle disputes between
countries, preventing war, and improving global
quality of life.
Biggest failure = failure to prevent the Second World
War.
Didn’t have a strong military to enforce rules and
verdicts.
US wouldn’t join, therefore the largest military in the
world at the time was not a part of the league.
Pacific Theatre
• When Japan’s expansionistic goals were realized they
commenced a series of battles by invading Manchuria,
China.
• This commenced what is known as the pacific theatre of
World War 2 or the pacific war.
• Due to the League of Nations Britain started to take a stand
against the Japanese and start to defend the Chinese.
• Because of the ties between the US and Britain the US
started to defend the Chinese, commencing by cutting off
natural resources exports to Japan.
• Finally when Japan started to run out of supplies and had
virtually nowhere to turn to get any, they attacked the US
Pearl Harbor.
• This attack launch the Sates fully into the Second World War
as part of the Allied forces.
Canada’s Involvement
The Wait to Declare
• Instead of declaring war on the
Germans on September 3rd 1939, the
Canadians declared war a full week
later on September 10th .
The Raids on Dieppe
• Also known as operation Jubilee, it’s goal was
to seize and hold the major German occupied
port of Dieppe in northern France.
• Utter failure
• 3623 of 6086 men were either killed wounded
or captured, while 119 planes were lost.
• No major objectives were accomplished
• Provided the allies with the knowledge used
to better their tactics, leading to operation
overload.
• Most embarrassing loss of the war.
Normandy
• Commonly known as D-Day, Normandy was the first step
in operation overload (the invasion of Nazi occupied
Europe).
• 14000 Canadians stormed Juno Beach on D-Day, 340
died, 574 were injured.
• After D-Day Canadian troops were regarded as equals to
Britias and American troops.
• The Free French forces were not given a beach to storm
on D-Day like Canada was given Juno or Britian the Gold
and Sword beaches. Instead Juno beach was given to the
Canadians to storm.
• The Canadians are seen as having done better than any
other troops, even the Americans at Omaha Beach,
contrary to the Raids on Dieppe.
The Battle of the Atlantic
• Fought between the Allies and the Axis in the
Atlantic, the series of battles was sparked by
German raids on Allied and merchant supply
ships crossing the Atlantic.
• Canada designed two new models of ships
called corvettes which would later be added
to their navy to add as escorts for cross
Atlantic sailing between North America and
Europe for the allied forces and merchant
ships.
The Battle of Britain
• With Hitler’s Operation Sea Lion and his
Messerschmitt fighter planes attacking britain,
the Brittish forces were bogged down. This is
when the British called on Canada for aid.
The Canadians sent in mass amounts of
fighter planes to deal with the Messerschmitt,
the British’s biggest problem. The Canadians
were successful, and the British troops were
able to regroup then take control of the
situation.
Map of Europe During WWII
Juno Beach Video
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id
=14746
The Sacrifice Made
• Canadians fought beyond the shores of
Europe in area’s such as Hong Kong
and North Africa but where ever they
fought they brought heart passion and a
love for their brothers, comrades and
country.
• http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do
?id=14743
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Text Book Questions
• Read Pages 58-59
• 1.
Who were the dictators of Germany and Italy?
• 2.
What is the Munich agreement?
• 3. Do you think Germany would have invaded
Canada if they did not join France and Britain? Why
or why not.
• 4.
What do you think William Lyon Mackenzie
King meant when he said:
• “ We take this stand on our own, not any colonial
attitude of mind.”