Transcript Grade 10 History * WWII Flip Cards

Grade 10 History – WWII Flip Cards
This September 1938 agreement
allowed Nazi Germany to annex the
Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.
Negotiated in secret by France and
United Kingdom, It is largely regarded
as (1) the final act of appeasement
toward Hitler prior to WWII and (2) a
betrayal of the Czechoslovakian people.
The agreement failed to prevent war.
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Munich Agreement
About three million people in the Sudeten
area were of German origin. Stating he
wanted to reunite these people with
Germany, Hitler insisted the area be placed
under his authority. To avoid war, France
and the United Kingdom agreed to Hitler’s
demand. Within one year, Hitler occupied
all of Czechoslovakia.
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In 1940, Hitler was advancing through France
and the British army was in full retreat. The
British army became completely surrounded by
the superior German forces. It faced
annihilation. Between 20 May 1940 and 4 June
1940, nearly 340,000 British troops were
evacuated to England aboard any vessel that
could float. Although most of the equipment
was abandoned, the evacuation left the British
army intact and prevented Hitler from
immediately invading England. What was this
battle called?
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Miracle at Dunkirk
Interestingly, Hitler never attacked the
British forces on the Dunkirk beaches. It is
considered Hitler’s first fatal mistake of the
war. Hitler believed Britain would
surrender.
In Britain, the evacuation was considered a
victory and lifted the British resolve to
fight.
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This group of 1935 laws institutionalized
many of the racial and anti-semitic
theories prevalent in Nazi ideology
including (1) excluding German Jews from
Reich citizenship, (2) prohibiting Jews
them from marrying or having sexual
relations with persons of "German or
related blood" and (3) forbidding Jews
from public places (e.g., hospitals,
schools).
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Nuremberg Laws or Nuremberg Race Laws
In 1937, the Nazi used these laws to force Jews to
register their property. Next, Jewish workers and
managers were dismissed, and ownership was
given to non-Jews. Jewish doctors were forbidden
to treat non-Jews, and Jewish lawyers were not
permitted to practice law. These action
impoverished Jews.
Like all Germans, Jews has to carry identity cards,
However, Jewish cards were stamped with a red
"J“. As well, Jews who did not have recognizable
"Jewish" first names, were give new middle
names: "Israel" for males, "Sara" for females. Such
cards allowed the police to identify Jews easily.
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Poorly equipped and vastly
outnumbered, Canadian (and British
and Indian) troops defended this British
garrison in the Pacific against the
Japanese. The Allied forces surrender
on 25 December 1941 (…known as
Black Christmas). Over 780 Canadians
were killed or wounded in the 17-day
battle. Many more would die in
Japanese POW camps.
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Battle of Hong Kong
The total force defending Hong Kong consisted
of 14,000 soldiers (…many raw recruits) plus a
token number of air planes and ships. The
Japanese attacked with over 52,000 soldiers.
During the battle, Canadian J.R. Osborn threw
himself upon a Japanese grenade as it
exploded, giving his life to save his comrades.
At the end of the War, CSM J.R. Osborn was
awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.
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Compulsory military service divided the
nation in WWII. Prime Minister
Mackenzie King, conscious of FrenchQuebec opposition, promised in 1939 it
would only be used if necessary. However
by mid-1940, total mobilization of
manpower was required to provided
soldiers. King introduced the National
Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA)
registering all eligible men. This is…
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Conscription
Conscription was used in 1941, but few
conscripts saw battle. Why? Many people
volunteered to fight.
NOTE: The National Resources Mobilization
Act (NRMA) conscripted men for home
defense only between 1941 and 1944.
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The Dirty 30s were a difficult time in
Canada. The Great Depression resulted
in many people losing their jobs and
homes. Canada’s politicians wanted to
solve the Canadian problems and avoid
the events unfolding in Europe. As a
result, Canada ignored the rise of Hitler
and Nazism in Germany. This type of
political activity or policy is called…
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Isolationism
Canada had joined the League of
Nations after WWI, but Canadians
never wanted to play a major role in
the world organization. When Italy
invaded Ethiopia in 1935, Canada’s
Minister of Justice declared, "No
interest in Ethiopia, of any nature
whatsoever, is worth the life of a
single Canadian citizen."
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Her nickname was “Queen of the
Hurricanes.” The 35-year-old female
aeronautical engineer led a 4,500 strong
workforce building the Hawker Hurricane
airplane. Her innovative designs equipped
the plane so it could be flown in cold
weather. After the war, she became an
activist for women’s rights and
liberalization of abortion laws
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Elsie MacGill
Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill,
M.Sc., OC (27 March 1905 – 4 November
1980) was the world's first female aircraft
designer. Under her leadership, over 2,000
Hawker Hurricane airplanes were built.
She was also a member of the Ontario Status
of Women Committee, an affiliate of the
National Action Committee on the Status of
Women (NAC). For her work, MacGill was
awared the Order of Canada in 1971.
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On 6 August 1945, the USA
bomber Enola Gay dropped
the first atomic bomb,
nicknamed Little Boy, on this
Japanese city?
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Hiroshima, Japan
The atomic bomb produced a blast
equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT. The
radius of total destruction was about 1.6
km. An estimated 80,000 Japanese were
killed immediately (about 30% of
Hiroshima’s population). Another 200,000
people died in the following years of
radiation poisoning or injuries.
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On 7 December 1941, a surprise
attack was launched against the
USA naval base at Pearl Harbour.
The attack altered the power in the
Pacific. Immediately, Canada
began to fear an enemy invasion.
Most white Canadians did not like
or tolerate non-white Canadians.
Using fear of spies as an excuse,
the Canadian interned this group of
people in work or prison camps in
the interior of British Columbia
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Japanese-Canadians
History has taught us the interment of JapaneseCanadians was an act of racism. Over 22,000
Japanese (…including many Japanese born in
Canada (i.e., Japanese-Canadians) were forcibly
moved to camps. Men were separated from
families, and many were forced into slave labour.
Properties were confiscated and sold…without
reimbursement to the owners. After WWII,
Japanese-Canadians could not return to the west
coast, and many were deported to Japan.
In 1988, Canada apologized.
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This 6 June 1944 “Day of Deliverance”
battle involved over 156,000 Allied
soldiers attacking German defences on
the Normandy beaches. Victory on this
day established the Allied forces in
Europe and opened a Western Front.
However, the victory had a steep price:
Allied forces suffered over 10,000
casualties including 2,500 soldiers killed
during the one-day assault.
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D-Day
Over 14,000 Canadians attacked Juno Beach during
the D-Day invasion, while another 450 soldiers
parachuted behind German lines and attacked
strategic points in the enemy defenses. In total,
359 Canadian soldiers died fighting to win the
beach. For many Canadians, D-Day was their first
battle action.
Canada won Juno Beach in slightly over two hours,
but the march off the beaches was slow as the
Germans fought back with highly trained and
experiences Panzer units. Liberation was hard.