Battles
Longest battle of war
Battle of Atlantic
Which 1942 raid was disastrous for Canadians, but served as a practice for future invasion?
Dieppe
Prime Minister of Canada during WWII
Mackenzie King
Tommy Prince was well known for his skills in the Devil's Brigade, he belonged to which minority?
Indigenous
The month and year the war ended in Europe
May 1945
First place that Canadians landed in the Italian campaign
Sicily
In December, 1941, Canadians stationed at ___ were attacked and defeated by the Japanese
Hong Kong
Holding a ___ gave the Prime Minister an excuse to break his promise re overseas conscription
Plebiscite
According to Kitty Hart, what item was essential for survival at Auschwitz and why?
The month and year the war ended in the Pacific
August 1945
The name of the beach Canadians landed on in Normandy on D-Day
Juno
Codename for German invasion of England?
Sea Lion
Limits of 1 kg of meat, 220 g of sugar and 250 g of butter would be examples of ____
Rationing
Women holding key jobs in the homefront were given extra support in which two ways?
Tax breaks and child care
Approximately how many Canadians died in WWII?
40,000 - 45,000
Name of the stone/ medieval town in Italy where Canadians fought and died over Christmas 1943
Ortona
The name of the individual missions for Bomber Command
Sorties
It was suggested that every Canadian buy a __ ___ worth $5 that could be cashed out at the end of the war
Victory Bond
Why were Japanese Canadians sent away from the coast during WWII
They thought they would transmit info to the enemy using ships/ submarines
Two atomic bombs were dropped at ___ and ____
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Key battle after which Canadians liberated the Netherlands?
The Scheldt
A group of ships carrying vital supplies under protection
Convoy
Had the nickname 'Minister of Everything' but was Minister of the Interior
CD Howe
Name the Canadian woman that delivered planes overseas and then started her own flying school
Marion Orr
How was Hitler defeated geographically, from which directions?
From the East by the Soviet Union, from the West (Operation Overlord/ D-Day) from the Allies including UK, US and Canada, from the South (Italian Campaign) from the Allies including UK US and Canada