Transcript Canada During World War 2

By: Devon Gaudet
Canada During World War 2
Table Of Contents
Topic
Page Number
Liberation of Holland
1
Italy Campaign
2
Battle of the Atlantic
3
D-Day Operation Overlord – Invasion of
Normandy
4
Women on the Home Front
5
Production
6
Contributions ThroughTheWar
Liberation of Holland
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Canadian troops distinguished themselves in a year long fight
Canadians pushed the Germans out of France.
On May 5th 1945, Canadian forces made the Nazis retreat from Holland & surrender
This victory allowed the Allied troops to continue towards Germany.
This battle created bonds between the Dutch & Canadians that still remain now.
Contributions ThroughTheWar
• Italy Campaign
• Canada’s break through which
lead to Liberating Europe.
• The Allies and Canadian soldiers
landed on Sicily using an
amphibious attack; captured
Sicily in one month.
• Canadian forces pushed through
Italy until they were stopped by
the Germans at Ortona
• Vicious fighting happened
throughout December 1943
• Freed northern Italy in the fall of
1944.
Contributions ThroughTheWar
Battle of the Atlantic
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All about who controls the shipping lanes between North America & Britain.
Canada’s ships, called Corvettes, help protect larger ships that came through.
Was the longest campaign of the war.
British, Canadian, & American navies became committed to ending the German U-boats.
By 1943, German wolfpacks became less effective since they began suffering heavy damages from
explosives dropped by escort ships.
Contributions ThroughTheWar
D-Day Operation Overlord –Invasion of Normandy
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June 6th 1944
Largest Canadian Military Operation: 14000 soldiers, 100 ships, & 36 bombers.
The Allies goal was to knock out the Germans.
Canadians were assigned the target of Juno Beach (one of the five targets)
Gave Allies a foothold to begin pushing back Germans.
Contributions AtHome
Women on the Home Front
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Dramatic increasein the number of women.
Factories started working 7 days a week, 12 hours per day
Over 1000000 women were working; doing the jobs that the men would have been doing.
Women received daycare & tax breaks from the government.
Lost their jobs & privileges once the war was over & the men came back home.
Contributions AtHome
Production
- Economic depression ended.
- The whole economy was focused on maintaining the flow of weapons & supplies
-bombs, bullets, ships, aircraft, etc.
- This concentration of Canadian industries on production was called the “total war effort.”
- The government introduced rationing (restrictions on things like: gas, coffee, meat, milk, etc.)
- The American government introduced the Lend Lease Act in 1941, which stated that Allied countries
could buy materials from the USA without having to pay up front.
Web resources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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da_during_World_War_II