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Canada and World War II
Topic of Focus: What role did Canada play in World War II?
After a series of fierce battles,
Canadians finally seized Falaise on
16 August, 1944.
1. When did Canada declare war on the
Axis powers ? ___________________
2. What beach did Canada land on in the
Normandy invasion? _________________
3. When did the war end? _____________
Terms to know and remember:
1. BCATP: ___________________________________________________________________________
2. Total War: ____________________________________________________________________________
3. Crown Corporations: ___________________________________________________________________
4. Conscientious Objectors: ________________________________________________________________
5. Kitchen Brigade: _______________________________________________________________________
6. Allied powers: _________________________________________________________________________
7. Axis powers: __________________________________________________________________________
8. blitzkrieg: _____________________________________________________________________________
9. Wehrmacht / Luftwaffe: _________________________________________________________________
10. Dunkirk: _____________________________________________________________________________
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11. Operation Sea Lion: ____________________________________________________________________
12. Battle of Britain: _______________________________________________________________________
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13. Operation Barbarossa: __________________________________________________________________
14. Pearl Harbor: ________________________________________________________________________
15. Battle of Hong-Kong: ___________________________________________________________________
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16. Dieppe Raid: __________________________________________________________________________
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17. Battle of the Atlantic: ___________________________________________________________________
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18. corvette: ______________________________________________________________________________
19. RCN & RCAF: ________________________________________________________________________
20. Battle of Ortona: _______________________________________________________________________
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21. “Operation Overlord”: __________________________________________________________________
22. Normandy invasion: ___________________________________________________________________
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23. Holocaust: ____________________________________________________________________________
24. “Final Solution”: ______________________________________________________________________
25. Manhattan Project: ____________________________________________________________________
26. “Enola Gay”: __________________________________________________________________________
27. inflation: _____________________________________________________________________________
28. rationing: _____________________________________________________________________________
29. NRMA: _______________________________________________________________________________
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30. gross domestic product: _________________________________________________________________
31. internment camps: _____________________________________________________________________
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1. Describe the difference between Canada’s declaration of war in World War II compared to World
War I.
World War I
World War II
2. What was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan? Why was Canada chosen to host it? Why
did Mackenzie King support the plan?
3. Compare Canadians’ reaction to the announcement of World War I with that of World War II.
Why did so many people volunteer?
4. How did Canada’s policy of total war change the economy? Why was the policy necessary?
5. Explain why, for tactical purposes, German forces needed to invade Britain if they were to hold
Western Europe. What efforts did they make to do this?
6. a) Was it an error on Germany’s part to invade the USSR? Explain.
b) The German defeat at Stalingrad is considered by some historians to be the point at which the
defeat of Germany became inevitable. Why?
7. a) What was the purpose of the Dieppe raid?
b) Why were Canadian troops chosen for the raid?
c) Why did the raid fail?
d) What useful information might have been learned from the raid?
8. a) Give at least three reasons for the growth of technology and industry during World War II.
b) How was radar used in the war?
c) Why was coding important?
9. A TV film produced by the CBC in the 1990s implied that the firebombing of German cities by Allied
forces was a war crime. The film aroused great controversy. What would be your opinion? Explain.
10. a) What was D-day? Why was it necessary?
b) How did the D-day invasion differ from the raid on Dieppe?
c) What role did Canadian troops play in these invasions?
11. Why were Canadian troops hailed as heroes in the Netherlands?
12. What three initiatives did the Canadian government undertake to prevent inflation and pay for the
war? How successful were these initiatives?
13. What social changes were taking place in Canada during the war? What demands were unions
making?
14. Explain how Mackenzie King managed to avoid sending conscripts overseas during the war? Why
did he eventually have to send troops overseas?
15. a) What attitudes do you think contributed to support for the evacuation of Japanese-Canadians
during World War II? Give evidence for this account. (p.127)
b) How would posters such as the ones shown on pages 123 and 126 contribute to these attitudes?
16. a) How did the war end the Depression?
b) What were the major changes in Canada’s economy during this period?
17. a) Why do you think the CCF made gains during the war?
b)What was the federal government’s response to these gains?