Canada and WWII
Canada declared war on Germany on this date
What is September 10, 1939?
Canadians bought these to help finance the war
What are Victory Bonds?
Japanese Canadians were forced into these during World War II.
What are interment camps?
VE Day stands for this day on May 8, 1945
Victory in Europe Day
More than one million Canadians served in these 3 military branches during WWII
What are the Navy, Army, and Air Force?
Canadian troops landed on this beach during D Day
What is Juno Beach?
Limiting food and supplies during wartime is known as this.
What is rationing?
Jewish people were segregated into these crowded areas in Europe.
What are ghettos?
VJ Day stands for this day on August 15, 1945
Victory over Japan Day
Canada helped train Allied pilots through this training program.
What is the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan?
This was Canada's longest continuous battle of the war
What is the Battle of the Atlantic?
Women often worked in these places during the war to support production.
What are factories?
Japanese Canadians lost these when the government confiscated and sold them.
What is their property and belongings?
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies on this date in 1945
What is May 8?
This political ideology promoted extreme nationalism and authoritarian rule in Italy and Germany.
What is Fascism?
This failed 1942 raid taught important lessons for D-Day
What is the Dieppe Raid?
This issue divided English and French Canadians during the war.
What is conscription?
Jewish people were sent to these camps to be murdered in masses.
What are death camps?
These two Japanese cities were hit with atomic bombs.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Germany, Italy and Japan formed this alliance during World War II
What are the Axis of Powers?
Canadian troops helped liberate this European country in 1944-1945?
What is the Netherlands?
This group of Canadians was interned after Pearl Harbour.
Who are Japanese Canadians?
This major lesson was learned from the treatment of Jews and Japanese during WWII
What is the importance of protecting human rights?
What are the names of the two bombs dropped on Japan?
"Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
Britian, France, Canada, the United States and the Soviet Union were part of this alliance.
What are the Allies?