What is a plebiscite and when was it held in Canada?
It is when all citizens have a direct vote on an issue of major national importance. It was held in 1942.
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What was Kristallnacht?
In 1938 several thousand Jewish shops were looted and 20000 jews were arrested
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What was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Atomic Bombs
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When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour?
1941
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Who became chancellor of Germany in 1933?
Adolf Hitler
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How did Canada's economy change during the war?
Before Canada was mainly a supplier of raw materials, but during the war Canada became an industrial supplier. Canada' munitions factories turned out bombs, shells,and bullets for small arms
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What were the Nuremburg laws?
These laws took away the citizenship and civil rights of all the Jews in Germany
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What was the Manhattan project?
A group of American and Allied scientists in developing the atomic bomb lead by Robert Oppenheimer
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When was the Dieppe Raid and how did it turn out?
August 1942
It was and attack by the Allied troops, but because of the poor planning it failed horribly with the Allied troops retreating the France while their equipment was left on the shores
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Who invaded Ethiopia in 1935?
Mussolini
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What was the St. Louis Incident?
In June 1939 an ocean liner, the St. Louis, arrived off the coast of Canada carrying Jewish refugees. The refugees were denied entry to Canada and had to return back to Europe
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List the countries that Hitler invaded before WWII, in order.
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland
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What was the purpose of radar?
Radar provided an early warning system of approaching aircrafts and ships
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What was Operation Jubilee and what was its purpose?
It was a plan to test German coastal defences with a quick punch. Also, it was meant to relieve pressure on the Soviets in the east.
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Who was Canada's Minister of Munitions during WWII?
C.D Howe
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What was Camp X?
It was the first wartime spy training camp in North America
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What was the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact?
Hitler signed a pact will Mussolini allowing Hitler to take Austria and other northern and eastern Europe. In return Mussolini would get southern Europe
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What was the "V-!"?
It was a pilotless monoplane that carried an explosive warhead
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What was Operation Husky?
When the first Canadian division spearheaded an attack on Sicily from the sea.
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Who was the Commanding general at D-Day
General Eisenhower
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Name the reasons Canada slept.
Memories of WWI, Pacifism, The Great Depression, Isolationism, Political Leadership, Appeasement
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When did Britain declare war & when did Canada declare war?
September 3, 1939
September 10, 1939
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What was supplied for the Manhattan project and who supplied it
Uranium was supplied by the Canadian government
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Describe the technique mouse-holing. What battle was it used for.
Blasting holes from the attic to take over the attaching house. Once inside, they poured grenades and machine gun fire on the enemy until the house was taken. It was used in the battle of Ortona.