HOA - Wright Chapter 5: The Military and Diplomatic role of Canada in the Second World War

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Dieppe Raid

Allied raid on the French Channel coast on August 19, 1942; designed to increase German fears of an attack in the west and force them to divert resources away from other theaters of war; resulted in the deaths of 907 Canadians and 1856 Canadian prisoners of war

<p>Allied raid on the French Channel coast on August 19, 1942; designed to increase German fears of an attack in the west and force them to divert resources away from other theaters of war; resulted in the deaths of 907 Canadians and 1856 Canadian prisoners of war</p>
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D-Day

Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944

<p>Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944</p>
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"Hunger winter"

The famine in the Netherlands during the winter of 1944-45

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Quebecois

A French-speaking native or inhabitant of Quebec

<p>A French-speaking native or inhabitant of Quebec</p>
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Vichy France

The puppet government of France after Germany defeated and occupied it in 1940

<p>The puppet government of France after Germany defeated and occupied it in 1940</p>
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Conscription

compulsory military service

<p>compulsory military service</p>
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Ogdensburg Agreement

1940 meeting between FDR and Mackenzie King; established the Permanent Joint Board on Defense

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Hyde Park Declaration

1941 agreement between FDR and Mackenzie King that Canada would provide the US with $200 - $300 million of war material in suprort of the Lend-Lease program

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Mackenzie King

Canadian Prime Minister during WWII

<p>Canadian Prime Minister during WWII</p>
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States; Democrat; led the US through the Great Depression and WWII

<p>32nd President of the United States; Democrat; led the US through the Great Depression and WWII</p>
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Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during WWII

<p>British Prime Minister during WWII</p>
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Marshal Petain

Leader of Vichy France

<p>Leader of Vichy France</p>
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Charles de Gualle

Leader of the Free French during WWII

<p>Leader of the Free French during WWII</p>