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This is the name associated to the Genocide committed against Jewish people during the war.
What is the Holocaust?
This failed treaty from the First World War made Germany willing to listen to proposed drastic actions.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Operation involved saving all of the British and French troops from Mainland France before they were overrun.
What is Operation Dynamo?
On this day, Germany broke the Munich Agreement and invaded Poland.
What is September 1, 1939
This is the name of the Atomic Bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.
What is Little Boy?
This is the name of the project taken on by Canada during the war to encourage young people to help farm the land
What are Victory Gardens?
This failed political body did not accept all countries into its midst and had no army to enforce peace.
What is the League of Nations?
This Operation was the naval component of D-Day, landing on 5 beaches in Normandy.
What is Operation Neptune?
On this day, Canada declared war on Germany, officially entering WW2.
What is September 10, 1939?
This is the name of the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki
What is Fat Man?
These people were systematically rounded up by Canadians and interred, just due to their nationality
Who are the Japanese?
This economic event last years crippled economies around the world and resulted in the need for radical change.
What is the Great Depression?
This Operation was a complete failure, killing many Canadian Troops and failing to gain a foothold in France.
What is Operation Jubilee?
On this day, British Ships evacuated troops from Dunkirk, France, saving them from the advancing German Lines.
What is May 26, 1940?
This is the name for the German Submarines that plagued the Atlantic Sea, disturbing trade routes.
What are U-Boats?
This battle, in the Pacific, was a major battle that eventually stopped the Japanese advancement, and started the road towards their downfall.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This unique form of fascism developed in Germany and was based upon the premise of racial superiority.
What is Nazism?
This was the name of the overall operation of all deception used to confuse Germany on our potential landing point for D-Day.
What is Operation Bodyguard?
On this day, the USA joined the war in the Pacific, as well as declaring war on Germany.
What is December 8, 1941?
This is the name of the little boats launched off of Battleships during D-Day to get troops to the beaches.
What is Higgins Boats?
This British General was in charge of D-Day, planning and leading the assault on Normandy
Who is General Eisenhower?
This controversial policy, practiced by Britain, led to Germany becoming confident to take more and more land. "Willing to make concessions to maintain peace"
What is appeasement?
This operation is the only operation led by the Axis, rather than the Allies, and angered a key player; causing them to join the war on the side of the Allies
What is Operation Barbarossa?
On this day, German U-Boats entered into the Bay of St. Lawrence and brought the war to Canada.
What is May 11, 1942?
This is the name of the device German Intelligence used to code their messages before sending them.
What is the Enigma Machine?