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World War II
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SS st. Louis
The SS st. Louis was a ship carrying 900 jewish immigrants that canada truned away. This is signifacant because it showed that back then canada was anti-semetic. -
Declaration of War by Canada
The declaration of war by Canada is when canada declared war on the nazis. This is significan because this is the first time canada has went to war on there own. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The battle of the Atlantic started when germany sent Uboats to destroy the ships carrying allied soldiers and supplies going from north america to mainly the UK. This lasted the whole war. This is significant because if we couldnt get the supplies and soldiers through the atlantic we wouldve lost the war. -
Battle fo Britain
This battle was a huge bomb raid on britian factores, ports and air bases. people were forced to go into the subway system to stay safe from the bombs. This is significant because it was hitlers first lose and showed that he could be taken down. -
Japanese internment
During World War II, the canadian government forced all the japenese canadians to go to camps and took all of there stuff. This is significant because the canadian government just assumed that all japeness were spies and his show that canada was racist and didnt respect individual rights and later that to apologise and give them money -
conscription plebiscites
The canadian prime minister took a public vote on conscription. Most of the canadian's voted yes but most of the french canadian's voted no. He waited tell the end of the war to forced conscription. -
Dieppe attack
The Dieppe attack was a poorly planed attack on the nazi defences to test them. Because of this over 900 canadian soldiers die in one morning. This is significant because it shows that they are willing to risk the lives of the soldiers to test enemy defences. -
D - day
D - day was the most successful battle for world war 2. Having support from air and navy and over 150,000 people on the beaches it was one of the most coordinated battles. This battle is significant because it was the begining of the end of the war. It was well planed and executed and well fought.
