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Ch.5: WWII
Canada and The Second World War- Socials 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Totalitarian State | government uses intimidation, violence and propaganda to rule all aspects of the socials and political life of its citizens |
| Nazis | nationalist party |
| Kristallnacht | an attack on Jewish people and their land led by Nazis |
| Holocaust | the Nazi imprisonment and murder of 6 million Jews |
| Policy of Appeasement | giving into an aggressors demand hoping that no more demands would be made |
| Non-Aggression Pact | a pact between two Nations not to attack each other (Nazi-Soviet non-agression pact) |
| Isolationism | staying apart from other nations |
| anti-Sentinism | discrimination toward Jewish people |
| British Commonwealth Air Training Plan | a program to train British air pilots during the WWII |
| Allies | countries fighting against Germany; Canada, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand |
| Axis | alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Evacuation of Dunkirk | port town in France which was attacked by Allies |
| Luftwaffe | German air force |
| Battle of Britain | an air campaign launched by the British air force to stop Germany's bombings |
| the Blitz | frequent bombing and attacks on London and other British cities |
| Operation Barbarossa | Germany's unsuccessful invasion on the Soviet Union (Nazi-Soviet non-agression pact was ruined) --> Soviet joined the Allies |
| Battle of Hong Kong | Japans attack on British Colony, Hong Kong, which led to huge loss of Canadian army |
| Black Christmas | the day Hong Kong fell to the Japanese |
| Battle of the Atlantic | the struggle of the Axis powers to control the Allies sea routes across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Bomber Command | the direction of the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) that directed the bombings of Germany |
| Dieppe Raid | Canadian troops attack on the French Port of Dieppe; Canada suffered heavy losses |
| Italian Campaign | Allied battles to recapture Europe from the south through to Italy |
| D-Day | Allied army attack on France; the biggest Allied invasion of the Second World War |
| Paratroopers | parachuters to land onto combat areas |
| Juno Beach | where Canadian troops landed on D-Day |
| Final Solution | Germanys plan to kill all European Jews |
| Genocide | killing people of a certain ethnic group |
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