Slide 2 GERMANY Hated Treaty of Versailles War Guilt Clause, $32
billion in reparations, printed $, inflation. -The west tried to
make payments easier. - Germany still could not meet payments. ASIA
Japan hit hard by tariffs. Keynesian economics govt $ to help.
Invade China for much needed resources. RUSSIA 1917 = Bolshevik
Revolution => U.S.S.R. Appeared to work during depression =>
people questioned capitalism. Stalin = dictator policies = millions
of deaths. U.S. gave Germany money & later lowered payments but
recalled these loans when depression hit. SLIDE FROM CH. 4 Slide 3
STALINS SOVIET UNION 1917 = Communism (Lenin)/ 1924 = Stalin 5 Yr.
Plans Industrialize the USSR 1 st Collectivization agr. => 2 nd
Industrialize. Censorship, secret police, Great Purge, Gulags
Millions would die from Man of Steel MUSSOLINIS ITALY ( Il Duce )
Fascism - authoritarian govt /. Supported by middle class.
Blackshirts intimidated for the National Fascist Party.
Anti-communist but used Soviet model as an example. Censorship,
Ind., Agr., & labour all under his control. ** Invaded Ethiopia
in 1935. GERMANY ( Fuhrer Hitler / 1933) WW I = democratic Weimar
Republic => lost trust of the people. Nazis to power in 1921
(National Socialist Germans Worker Party) Censorship, fear, SS /
Gestapo, defied Treaty Of Versailles (Reparations / Increased
Military), Autobahn, Improved Economy/Jobs. Master Aryan Race
Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnact, Final Solution, Holocaust (more to
come ) SPAIN -A brutal depression led to Spanish Civil War. -
Franco = help from Mussolini & Hitler. -Despite Canadian help
Franco = violent controlling fascist dictator. - Francisco Franco
Stalin / Mr. Paranoia JAPAN - Depression allowed military &
large corporations to take control. -Run like a Fascist state but
controlled by Emperor. -Power through seizing resources Asia. **
Invaded Manchuria (1931) Emperor Hirohito Messier Lance Armstrong
Brad Marchand George St. Pierre Hulk Hogan Rd. p 120 Rise of
Totalitarianism Slide 4 In your groups make your own analogy
pairings (similar to Truants sports analogies). Be prepared to
explain your analogies to the class. Ideas Movie stars, Cars,
Entertainers, Canuck players, Teachers (be nice!!!), Politicians,
Fast food outlets, Stores, etc. Slide 5 TREATY OF VERSAILLES Too
harsh???? / Loans called in. APPEASEMENT -Germany Advances:
Rhineland=> annexed Austria => Sudetenland (Germans in Czech
) => Peace In Our Time => Czech. NAZI-SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION
PACT Hitler wanted Poland / Russia would see it as a threat Deal
=> Hitler take Poland give half to Soviets (Russia) Germany took
Poland & Brt. & Fr. declare war. FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS No army to back it up. (Depression/No USA) Japan invades
Manchuria (China). Resources needed League condemned ;Japan left
League. Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia) Angry that Italy
received no land after WW I. League boycott does not include oil.
=> Hoped Italy would join against Germany. Slide 6 HITLER TO
POWER 1933 Economy up, Charisma, Hope. MANDATORY CONSCRIPTION /
RE-ARMAMENT- 1935 Jobs, Power, A great Germany SAAR VOTE 1935 Voted
to join Germany Economy / Hope RHINELAND 1936 To be demilitarized
zone. Bluff => Retreat if challenged ANSCHLUSS / AUSTRIA 1938
Treaty forbade / Hitler feared loss & invaded with no
resistance. SUDETENLAND 1938 Reunite Ethnic Germans Benes to
challenge Chamberlain Peace In Our Time Hitler No more territorial
demands CZECHOSLOVAKIA / MUNICH 1939 Hitler takes rest of Czech.
Loses all credibility. NAZI-SOVIET NON- AGGRESSION PACT. Invade
Poland split Territory. Slide 7 AN AUTONOMOUS CANADA In WW I if
Britain was at war, Canada was at war. Now Canada was an autonomous
country. PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR WAR - Parliament encouraged Canadians
to support the war effort. -King promised no conscription.
-Remember WW I???? -Sept 10, 1939, Canada declared war. MOBILIZING
CANADAS RESOURCES - No cheering crowds like WW I - 58 000
volunteers. - Canada = small unprepared armed forces. - Aboriginals
still = highest % BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN (BCATP) -
King hoped to avoid conscription by showing our support through
supplies & training. -BCATP created to train pilots. TOTAL WAR
all resources put towards war effort. -Howe put in charge of Dept.
of Munitions & Supplies. -produce everything from wheat &
beef, to planes & tanks. C.D. Howe (Min. of Everything) CANADAS
WW II isms Canada/USA Isolationism Anti-Semitism Slide 8 ALLIES
Britain France Commonwealth - Canada - New Zealand - Australia AXIS
Germany Italy Japan WW II : THE START Phony War -7 months of
nothing. April 1940 Gemany launched Blitzkreig - first Denmark
& Norway. - Netherlands, Luxembourg, & Belgium. - French
troops pushed to shores of the English Channel (Port of Dunkirk)
EVACUATION AT DUNKIRK -Allied troops surrounded. - Anything that
floatssent to rescue => A Miracle - Morale was boosted even
though great losses. Luftwaffe sent to cut communication Tanks
rolled thru front lines. Soldiers followed to clean up afterwards
GERMAN BLITZKREIG Surprise/Speed/Strength (Lightning War) Parachute
behind the enemy 1941 ***USA ***USSR Ardennes Forest Surprise
Attack Slide 9 BATTLE OF BRITAIN Operation Sea Lion -The Blitz
Hitler bombed RAF, industry, harbours, miliray, & London.
-Blitz failed due to radar, Spitfire, & Hurricane. - Was Hitler
closer than he thought???? OPERATION BARBAROSSA Red Beard -Hitler
broke Non-Aggression Pact. - wanted Soviet agr., resources, oil,
& labour. - Early success => ill-equipped for winter. -
Troops spread thin in Africa. NORTH-AFRICA CAMPAIGN Desert War -A
war of: resources (oil in Mid East) - Strategic locations (Suez
Canal / St. of Gibraltor) - Italian failures forced Germany to
spread army thin. WAR IN THE PACIFIC -Japan knew USA threatened
oil, rubber, & tin in Asia. -Pearl Harbor (Dec.7, 1941
)=>USA became involved. -Battle of Hong Kong / Black Christmas
Dec 25, 1941,Hong Kong fell to Japan. -Every Canadian killed or POW
/ Harsh treatment = anti-Japanese. -Carried over to internment
camps. - would later face war crimes Blitz caused high civilian
losses. RAF Spitfire Pearl Harbor War in the Pacific Slide 10
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC (RCN) Allies reliant on Canadian & US
goods & transportation. Wolf packs / U-boats became an issue.
Early = adv. Germany / Later adv. Allies (more
ships/convoys/corvettes & cracked Naval code) WAR IN THE AIR
(RCAF) Bomber Command =>controversial bombing of German cities.
Corvettes protected convoys. German u-boats targeted British
supplies. Convoys were set up To protect supply lines From the wolf
packs Britain bombed German cites in retaliation of the Blitz.
Industry, military, & German morale were targeted but civilian
losses caused heated debate. Slide 11 THE DIEPPE RAID Aug. 1942 -
USSR in the East lost close to a million men. - Stalin demanded the
allies attack from west. -Allied forces attempted to land at
Dieppe. -Disaster at Dieppe 2 nd Canadian Division to lead.
-Failure Germ. convoy alerted => no surprise - Pre-dawn delayed
=> broad daylight. - tanks stuck on beach. - poor communication.
-Disaster or Learning experience????? THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN -
Failure at Dieppe led Churchill to the Soft Underbelly -Not Soft 6
000 Canadians died in Italy. - Battle of Sicily Victory led to
Mussolinis downfall. -Mussolini was overthrown & new government
surrendered. -Battle of Ortona Canadians pushed Germans north and
Joined troops in France. Slide 12 OPERATION OVERLORD June 6, 1944.
-Five beaches Sword, Juno (Canadians), Gold, Omaha, & Utah -
Reasons for success: paratroopers, weather, secrecy (dummy camps),
After Juno, Canadians marched through Dieppe, Belgium, & the
Netherlands. Slide 13 VICTORY IN EUROPE - Allies push from the
west; USSR pushed from the east. - Germany surrendered May 7, 1945.
- Hitler committed suicide. -May 8 declared Victory in Europe (VE)
Day JAPAN SURRENDERS - Fighting in the Pacific continued after VE
Day. - Japan = Fight to the last person despite fire-bombings. -
Truman and the Manhattan Project / Atomic Bomb. - Canada supplied
the uranium. -Enola Gay => Hiroshima / Three days later =
Nagasaki - Japan surrendered Aug. 14, 1945. Slide 14 As the troops
closed in on Germany, the truth about the Jewish people became
known. Hitlers anti-Semitic views were well know by the 1930s. The
Nazi government adopted The Final Solution/ Genocide By the end of
thr war the Nazis killed 6 million Jews & another 5 million
undesirables Goering at Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials put
Nazi leaders on trial for atrocities committed during the war. It
was the first time ever this had happened Nazi medical experiments
Gruesome discoveries as the allies move in. The Ovens Buchenwald
Concentration Camp Families split, transported, stripped, hair cut,
deloused, killed or sent to labour camps. Slide 15 Originally
derived from words su & asti Translation = it is well /
well-being Hindus & Buddhists = Good fortune / success 1920
Europe = Good Luck Found on: - Art - Poker Chips - Childrens Books
- Board Games Prior to Nazi Germany the Greeks, Native Americans,
Africans, and even ancient Troy had used the symbol. German dentist
brought Hitler the first rendition & it was adopted As official
on Sept.15 th, 1935. Flying the Swastika in Germany today is a
serious crime Swastika Ontario. Founded in 1908 Should they have
changed the name? Slide 16 Rosie the Riveter Nickname for women
workers. WOMEN & THE WAR EFFORT They were in demand as factory
workers Even daycares provided. CANADAS WARTIME ECONOMY -People
were working & had $$$. -King feared inflation &
encouraged: - Victory Bonds - Increased Income tax, - Wartime
Prices & Trade Board (Controlled prices, tried to limit
labor/union activity) - Rationing Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl THE
CONSCRIPTION CRISIS - At start of war King promised no
conscription. - By 1940 we needed more men. Not necessarily
conscription, but conscription if necessary. - National Resources
Mobilization Act. (NRMA) - Allowed govt emergency powers
(conscription) - Plebiscite Canada voted yes. - Quebec did not. -
In reality only 2500 made it to the front. The very popular
American campaign. WPTB USA Canada Slide 17 Japanese fish boats
tied up at the mouth of the Fraser R. All were shipped to
concentration camps in the interior. By the 1940s, over 23 000
Japanese lived in Canada. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signing the
Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement in 1988. ($21 000) David Suzuki
stayed in an internment camp at age six while his father was sent
to a labour camp. One of the many interior camps The government
gave in to public pressure and removed the threat of spies. Many
had never set foot in Japan. Slide 18 ECONOMIC GROWTH - Due to war
almost every sector of the Canadian economy boomed. (Aluminum,
wood, paper, mining, smelting, petroleum, production,
transportation, processing, services) - Canada transformed from a
rural economy to a modern industrial nation. - Manufacturing out
did agriculture. SOCIETAL CHANGES -War increased prestige of women
- War brides (48 000 came back to Canada) - Unions build power with
shortage of laborers BUILDING AN IDENTITY -By the end of WW II
Canada was -a major player in global conflict. - One of the worlds
top navies, 4 th largest allied air force, COUNTRY CASUALTIES
Canada45 000 Britain385 000 France300 000 Germany5 500 000 Soviets8
668 000 Japan2 100 000 USA417 000 WAS IT WORTH IT??? Slide 19
ALBERT EINSTEIN I dont know what weapons will be used in WW III,
but in WW IV, people will use sticks and stones (1879-1955).
WINSTON CHURCHILL An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping
it will eat him last. WINSTON CHURCHILL A prisoner of war is a man
who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill
them. Slide 20 How did WWII affect Canada: A. socially,
economically, and politically? Introduction -_______________
Socially -_______________ Economically -_______________ Conclusion
-_______________ B. Canadian Military? Army -_______________ Navy
-_______________ Air Force -_______________ Politcally
-_______________ C. DOMESTICALLY -_____________ INTERNATIONALLY
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