Summary World War II Review - A Study Guide - Social Studies 10
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An overview of the second world war from a Canadian perspective. Including a comprehensive timeline of main events and events that involved Canadian forces. This document starts from the beginning of the war and extends until the end of the war, discussing various points including the war overseas ...
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1.
Why did Canada agree to host the BCATP? (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan)
Answer: Mackenzie King hoped that Canadian contribution to the war effort would remain mostly at home, and he saw the BCATP as a chance to further this wish. Canadian climates and landscapes and distance from the war itself were also factors that led to Canada being chosen.
2.
What is the Total War policy?
Answer: Total war means that the country is now obligated to do whatever is necessary to contribute to the war effort. Industries were told what to produce and how to produce it. This was a large factor in why Canada became such a major manufacturer.
3.
Why was the Dieppe raid a failure?
Answer: Canadian troops lacked the important element of surprise, and were subsequently ambushed the moment they set foot on shore. Further miscommunication between troops on land and troops on the sea led to additional reinforcements sent in who were gunned down as well.
4.
Describe the Battle of the Atlantic.
Answer: The Battle of the Atlantic was a continuous fight between Canadian supply ships and German U-boats that patrolled the Atlantic.
5.
Why was the Italian Campaign launched?
Answer: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill felt that Italy, more specifically Sicily, was akin to a soft underbelly of Europe and wanted to reclaim Europe starting from there.
Content preview
CHAPTER 5 - CANADA AND WORLD WAR II
Timeline
1939
● September 1: Germany invades Poland
● September 3: Britain and France declare war on Germany
● September 10: Canada declares war on Germany
1940
● April: Germany invades Denmark and Norway
● May: Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France
● May–June: Evacuation of Dunkirk
● June: National Resources Mobilization Act allows conscription of Canadians for home defence
● June 22: France surrenders to Hitler
● July: German air force begins bombing Britain (Battle of Britain)
1940–1944
● Battle of the Atlantic is fought
1941
● June 22: Germany invades the USSR
● December 7: Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
● December 8: United States declares war on Japan
● December 25: Canadian soldiers defeated in Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong
1942
● February: Japanese-Canadians sent to internment camps
● April: Canadians vote in plebiscite to support conscription
● August: Raid on French port of Dieppe by Canadian and other Allied forces
1943–1945
● Allies bomb German cities
1943
● July: Canadian troops participate in the invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy
● December: Canadians win the Battle of Ortona, Italy
1944
● June 6: D-Day; Canadian troops join the British and Americans in the Allied invasion of
Normandy in northern France
1945
● Spring: Canadian troops helped liberate the Netherlands from German military control.
● May 7: Germany surrenders
● August 6: United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
● August 15: Japan surrenders
, Allies - Britain, France, Commonwealth nations
Axis - Germany, Italy (1939), Japan (1940)
Europe
Beginning of the War
- Allied troops stationed along the French-German border
- Lack of action for seven months– this period is called the “phoney war”
- Germany attacked Denmark and Norway in April 1940
- Hours to conquer Denmark
- 2 months to conquer Norway
Evacuation at Dunkirk
- Overwhelming German forces surrounded Allied forces in Dunkirk
- Evacuation by sea–every boat capable of navigating the English Channel was used
- Nearly 340 000 Allied soldiers were evacuated safely
- German army swept through France
- France surrendered on June 22, 1940
Battle of Britain
- “Operation Sea Lion” invasion of Britain–July 10, 1940
- Germany planned to destroy Britain’s air power
- Britain was joined by pilots from Commonwealth countries
- In May 1941, Hitler gave up
- 23 000 people were killed, most were British civilians
Dieppe Raid
- Allies were unprepared for a full invasion
- Sent smaller raid to test techniques and equipment, acted as reconnaissance for future
action
- 2nd Canadian Division was chosen to be the main force of an attack on the French port of Dieppe
- 4 pre-dawn attacks along the coast
- Followed by one main attack on Dieppe town
- August 19, 1942, Canadian soldiers unexpectedly met a German convoy
- Sea battle alerted German troops on shore
- Canadian soldiers that leapt ashore were easily machine-gunned by expectant German
troops
- Communication was poor, and reinforcements that were sent under the belief that the first
wave had made it to town were gunned down too
- Allied tanks couldn’t move on the beach
- 907 Canadians were killed–more than on any other day of the war
- 586 wounded
- 1874 imprisoned
- Historians claim Dieppe was a valuable learning experience, others claim that it was a complete
failure and benefited the Germans more than the Allies
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