WORLD WAR II - history exam

William Lyon Mackenzie King

PM during WW2, led Canada through war efforts

Adolf Hitler

Nazi leader of Germany during WW2

Benito Mussolini

Fascist leader of Italy during WW2

Winston Churchill

British PM during WW2, led Britain to victory

Causes of WW2

Appeasement, League of Nations' failure, rise of dictators

MS St. Louis

Ship carrying Jewish refugees denied entry to Canada

Japanese Internment

Forcible relocation of Japanese Canadians during WW2

Conscription Crisis (WW2)

Divisive issue over mandatory military service

Atomic Bomb

Used by US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945

Holocaust

Systematic murder of Jews by Nazis, included Nuremberg Laws and concentration camps

Relations with the US

Close military and economic ties developed post-WW2

Changes in Women’s Status

More roles in workforce and military during WW2

Battle of the Atlantic

Longest WW2 campaign, securing supply lines to Britain

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944

Dieppe

Failed Canadian raid in 1942 with heavy casualties

Italian Campaign

Allied effort to remove Axis forces from Italy

Liberation of Netherlands

Canadian troops freed Dutch from Nazi occupation