Start of WWII
September 1st of 1939
What is the day Poland was invaded by Germany
The day that Canada declared war against Germany
What is September 10th 1939
War tactic used by Germany.
What is "blitzkreig"
The camps wherein Japanese Canadians and Japanese Immigrants were forced in 1942.
What are the Internment camps.
Day & year of Pearl Harbor attack
What is December 7th of 1941
Date that France & Britain declared war on Germany
What is September 3rd, 1939
The reason why Canada was not automatically at war when Britain declared.
What is the Statute of Westminster. (Autonomy for half points).
Describe the policy of appeasement.
What is giving someone something that they want in hopes of satisfying them and not having them ask for more.
The ship that had Jewish refugees on it that Canada turned down.
What is the SS St. Louis.
Who said "Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary"?
Who is Mackenzie King?
This forced Germany to take full blame for WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles.
with so many soldiers away overseas, this demographic entered to the workforce during WWII in order to drive the Canadian economy.
What are women
Name of German air force
What is the Luftwaffe
Indigenous people were forced to give up this is they wanted to serve in WWII.
What is their status.
A type of warfare where one side was seeks the surrender of the other side through a long gradual process of wearing them down, cutting off supplies and waiting out the enemy's surrender.
What is "war of attrition"
At the end of WWI, Germany had to give back land , and reduce their military according to this treaty
What is the Treaty of Versailles
What was the nickname given to working women?
Who Rosie the Riveter (based on Canadian Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl)?
Name for Hitler's plan that targeted Jewish people, Roma people, people of political opposition, to name a few.
What is the "Final Solution"
What did Canada contribute to the Manhattan Project?
What is uranium?
This is the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people based on race, ethnicity, or any other defining factor.
What is "genocide"
Appeasement
Failure of League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
German Militarism
What are the causes of WWII
After the miracle of Dunkirk in 1940 and the surrender of France, Britain was blockaded by the German Navy in order to prevent supplies coming from Canada. This was known as...
What is the Battle of the Atlantic.
What are the 5 beaches that were stormed during D - Day?
What are Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword?
This Indigenous nation were selected as the code talkers for secret operations during WWII.
Who are the Cree people.
Near the end of the war, the USA determined that Japan was surrendering anyway, and it would be less costly for America to do this to which cities?
What is drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki