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Comparing and Contrasting Historical Perspectives of World War II
Diary Assignment Topics
CHC2D1 - Canadian History
Ms. McDonagh-Vella
Topic
Perspective #1
Perspective #2
Teenagers in Germany leading up
to 1939
Nuremberg Laws Introduced in
1935
German Swing Youth
Hitler Youth
Jewish Citizen reflecting on
impact of laws
German citizen reflecting on impact
of laws
Invasion of Poland
September 1939
Fall of France
June 1940
Polish Citizen
French Citizen or Nazi Officer
Resistance Fighter in Free
France responding to Charles de
Gaulle’s call to join the fight vs.
the Nazi’s
Nazi sympathizer in Vichy France
and supporter of Marshal Philippe
Pétain
Battle of Britain
Summer 1940
Life in the Warsaw Ghetto 19401943
Londoner experiencing Blitz
Pilot in the German Luftwaffe
Jewish citizen
Nazi officer instructed to begin the
liquidation of the Ghetto
Pearl Harbour & America Declares
War
December 1941
Internment of Japanese Canadians
1941
Japanese Fighter Pilot
American stationed in Pearl Harbour
Japanese Canadian moved into
Internment Camp
Member of Canadian government
defending action
Operation Barbarossa in Russia
June 1941
Russian civilian vacating
homestead
German forces advancing on Russia
The Desert War: Battle at El
Alamein,
Autumn 1942
Stalingrad
1942-1943
Operation Husky &
Invasion of Sicily
July 1943
Contributions from the Canadian
Homefront
Member of Allied Forces
Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox –
German forces
Russian forces (Red Army)
German Forces
Allied forces invading
Italian or German forces retreating
Citizen reflecting on their role
and contributions to the war
effort
Naval Officer defending the Atlantic/
or Pacifist refusing to fight
D Day June 6 1944
Allied forces launching
Operation Overlord
Either French civilians response or
German forces retreating
Allied (Russia, U.S.A., Britian)
Advance on Berlin
Spring 1945
German Surrender – End of Hitler
May 1945
Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan
Surrenders
August 1945
Red Army Member reflecting
on this final race to reach Berlin
German civilian response, protecting
Berlin.
Allied/Canadian response to
hearing news
A Japanese survivor of Atomic
Bomb
German forces or civilian response
American response, military,
political, or civilian