Questions
How many Canadians served full-time in the armed forces between 1939 and 1945?
more than 1,000,000
A country's factories, industries, and ability to manufacture goods.
Industrial base
Name two locations where Canadian soldiers fought during the war.
Any two: Hong Kong, Dieppe, Sicily, Ortona, the Italian campaign, Normandy, or Juno Beach.
Approximately how many Canadians were killed during the war?
More than 43,000
Military forces sent to fight in another country
Expeditionary force
Countries fighting together against a common enemy.
Allies
Why were many Canadians reluctant to participate in another major war after the First World War?
The First World War had caused enormous loss of life, national debt, and divisions over conscription.
The compulsory enlistment of people into military service.
conscription
The organization and preparation of people and resources for war.
Mobilization
What event on September 1, 1939, led Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
Germany invaded Poland
A position of not taking sides in a war.
Neutrality
People killed, wounded, or otherwise harmed during a conflict.
casualties
On what date did Canada officially declare war on Germany?
September 9, 1939
The policy of trying to avoid conflict by giving in to some demands of an aggressive country.
appeasement
What was the name of the Canadian beach during the D-Day invasion of Normandy?
Juno Beach.