VIDEO:  The Road to Victory 1942-1945

 

  1. Match the following countries to the events:

Egypt                                 United States crush Japanese forces

 

Ortona                               Canadian troops face German troops in “mouse-holing” from house to house

Pacific                                Canadians, American and British capture from Italy in 1942

 

Atlantic                               at the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany is surrounded

 

Sicily                                  British and Commonwealth forces defeat Germany

 

USSR                                Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) escorts convoys to Britain

 

 

  1. By the end of WWII, Canada had the ______________ largest navy in the world.
                           
  2. How did WWII transform Canada? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.  Outline the roles and contributions of women to WWII.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  What was considered the most “dangerous” of positions at war?  ______________

 


6.  June ____, 1944 was known as “____-Day” or Operation Overlord.  Canada had

over ______________ assault troops who landed on ___________ beach.  Canada

moved inland more than any other Allied force- a total of ______ km.

7.  What do the towns of Caen, Dieppe and countries Belgium and the Netherlands have in common?  ___________________________________________________

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  1. The most serious political crisis faced by Mackenzie King was over the issue of ______________________________.  How many were sent?  ______________

  2. May 8, 1945 was called ______ Day which stands for _____________________.

 

  1. In mines located in the Northwest Territories, deposits of ___________________

were shipped to the United States to aid in the development of the world’s first _______________________________.

 

  1. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an _________________ bomb on Hiroshima in ____________.  Over __________________ people were instantly killed and many thousand were wounded and eventually died from radiation poisoning and burns.  However, Japan refused to ________________________.

 

12.  On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, which led to _____ Day, or ________________________________.

 

 

REFLECTION

  1. Can you name 5 differences between WWI and WWII?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. If you had to fight in WWI or WWII, which would you choose?  Explain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  In your opinion, was the US justified in using the atomic bomb?  Explain.