WW2 (add the cdn ppls faces ltr)

Totalitarianism

A political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and seeks to regulate every aspect of public and private life.

The Manhattan Project

The research and development project during World War II that produced the first atomic bomb.

Benito Mussolini

Italian dictator who founded the Fascist Party and ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943.

Hiroshima

Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped by the United States during World War II.

March on Rome

Event in 1922 where Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on the capital and King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Mussolini as Prime Minister.

Nagasaki

aug 9

Japanese city where the second atomic bomb was dropped by the United States during World War II.

Weimar Republic

The democratic government of Germany from 1919 to 1933, named after the city where the new constitution was written.

V-J Day

Victory over Japan Day, marking the end of World War II in the Pacific.

Inflation

A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Canadian Women's Army Corps

Women's branch of the Canadian Army during World War II.

Adolf Hitler

German dictator and leader of the Nazi Party who rose to power in the 1930s.

RCAF Women's Division

Women's division of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

Nazi

Short for National Socialist German Workers' Party, a far-right political party in Germany led by Adolf Hitler.

WRENs

Women's Royal Naval Service, the women's branch of the British Royal Navy during World War II.

Anti-semitism

Prejudice, discrimination, or hostility against Jewish people.

War Supply Board

Canadian agency responsible for coordinating the supply of war materials during World War II.

Scapegoat

A person or group that is blamed for the mistakes or crimes of others.

Lend Lease Act

U.S. program providing aid to Allied nations during World War II.

Enabling Act

Legislation in Germany that gave Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

Hyde Park Declaration

Agreement between the U.S. and Britain on war aims and post-war cooperation.

Night of the Long Knives

Purge in 1934 where Hitler ordered the execution of political rivals within the Nazi Party.

Propaganda

Information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Nuremberg Laws

Anti-Jewish laws in Nazi Germany that deprived Jews of their rights.

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

Program to train aircrew from the British Commonwealth during World War II.

Kristallnacht

"Night of Broken Glass," a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany in 1938.

Camp X

Secret spy training facility in Canada during World War II.

Gestapo

Nazi secret police organization.

National Resource Mobilization Act

Canadian legislation to mobilize resources for the war effort.

Fuhrer

German term for leader, used to refer to Adolf Hitler.

Plebiscite

1942. conscription passed, divided quebec and the rest of cad

Five Year Plans

Economic plans in the Soviet Union for the development of industry and agriculture.

Enemy Aliens

Citizens of countries at war with Canada who were considered a threat during World War II.

The Great Terror

Period of political repression in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the late 1930s.

Internment Camps

Detention centers where people are confined, usually during wartime.

Appeasement

Diplomatic policy of making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict.

Custodian of Aliens Act

Canadian legislation to control the movement of enemy aliens during World War II.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939.

Holocaust

The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies.

Blitzkrieg

"Lightning war," a military tactic emphasizing speed and surprise.

St louis

Ship carrying Jewish refugees turned away from Cuba, the U.S., and Canada during World War II.

Conscription

Compulsory enlistment for military service.

Ghettos

Segregated areas where Jews were forced to live under Nazi occupation.

Phony War

Period of limited military activity in Western Europe at the start of World War II.

Final Solution

Nazi plan for the extermination of Jews during World War II.

Dunkirk

Evacuation of Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk

NSS

national selective service. deploys girls when theyre needed for work

league of nations fail bc…

nations dont wanna give economic and military support.

VE day

may 8, 1945. victory in europe day

operation manna

nazi let RAF to air drop food for dutch cause they starving

hongerwinter

1944-1945. some of netherlands liberated

18k dutch starved to death

battle of sheldt

oct 1944. cdn + gbr + polish are tasked clear nazi from sheldt estuary. took 5 weeks

battle for caen

june-aug 1944. june 9, took caen a month ltr than planned.

more losses than d-day

d-day, invasion of narmandy (operation overlord)

june 6, 1944.

30k cdns land on juno beach and they won

urban warfare

fighting house to house

battle of ortona

dec 1943

italian campaigm

july 1943, landinf in sicily

dieppe (operation jubilee)

aug 1942.

2nd cdn division chosen to be main force.

aug 19, 1942. atk on dieppe failed bc of bad communication.

907 cdns died

JP in pacific

manchuria in sept 18 1931

Japan's Army invaded the Manchuria region of the Republic of China

germany invaded poland

sept 1, 1939

blitzkreig on poland, ussr, belguim, france

JP bombs pearl habour

dec 7, 1941. us joins war after jp atkd naval fleet

sept 10, 1939…..

king declares war on germany

british commonwealth air training plan (bcatp)

dec 1939, easy and safe way for cad to help war

130k pilots join

total war

everything is for war effort

mobilizes all of the resources of society (industry, finance, labor, etc.) to fight the war

the department of munitions and supplies is….

CD howe

he survived being torpedoed

made crown corperations

war in europe

1939-1940

poland invaded

blitzkreig

slitzkreig (phoney war) to blitzkreig

sep 1-apr1940 = phoney war

ger occupied denmark in 2 hours

norway conquerd in a month

evacuation at dunkirk (france)

may 10,1940

massive evacuation starts may 26

may 28, ger bombing dunkirk

june 4, evacuation ended

340k escaped to gbr

battle of britain (operation sealion)

july-oct 1940

churchill - new gbr pm

july 10,1940 - ger luffwaffe bombed england stuff

the blitz, sept 1940-may1941, bombed civilians (13k killed)

london boming - 57 conssecutive nights

may 1941- hitler gave up

war spreads (opperation barberossa) invasion of ussr

june-dec 1941 ger invades soviet union

july 1942-feb1943 battle of stalingrad

nazi defeated

war in pacific

pearl harbour and HK invaded, dec 7 1941

untrained winnipeg grenadiers and royal rifles go help in HK

1975 cdn against 50000 JP troops nov 16

battle of midway

june 1942

turning point of war

jp code is broken by us

battle of lyte gulf

oct 1944, kamekaze stuff

feb 1945

United States Marine Corps and United States Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima

battle of okinawa

march 1945

Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine

hiroshima

aug 6 1945, little boy

nagasaki

aug 9 1945, fat man

V-J DAY

aug 19, 1945

black tuesday

oct 29, 1929

everyopne sold their stocks