By Cam Catsburg, Jillian Mason and Charlee Saunders

• The Treaty of Versailles failed to fairly and adequately represent Germany as it:
– Restricted their military size
– Ordered them to pay 33 million dollars in war damages
– Forced them to give up territory in Europe and its colonies
– Put full blame of starting WWI on Germany
• Due to the treaty Germany had many grievances. In the early 1930’s Hitler started an attempt to defy all the charges and orders set upon Germany in the treaty. This was a clear form of German preparation for war.

• As many jobs were lost due to the great depression, there was an extremely high demand for new jobs throughout the world.
• During war the demand for jobs in the military increases, resulting in more job opportunities in the ammunition factories etc.
• The extra money made by having more working family members meant that families had more disposable income.
• Because more money was being brought in, families bought more than they did when they had fewer working members. And this abnormal spending resulted in a rise in the economy as more money was being pumped back into it.
• Going to war meant more jobs, and more jobs meant more spending, and more spending meant a boom in the economy, pulling the world out of the depression.

• 1934 - increased size of army, navy, and created an airforce.
• 1936 - Ordered German troops to enter the Rhineland. As well in 1936 two important alliances were made, between
Germany and Japan, and Germany and Italy.
• 1938 - Hitler began taking back the land that had been taken away from Germany through the Treaty of
Versailles. Hitler began by annexing Austria. Hitler then made a move to take the Sudetenland region of
Czechoslovakia on the premises that he would not proceed to invade any other regions of Czechoslovakia.
• 1939 - Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. He then proceeded to invade Poland, triggering French and British aid resulting in the Second World War.

• Prior to WWII the German state had lost land to Lithuania,
France, Poland, and Denmark
• The result of Germans land loss was population relocation
• The Nazi regime led Germany in its seek for expansion, and to restore their previously powered lands
• Hitler decided to invade Austria, then Czechoslovakia, and
Poland without attempting to provoke a general war.
• The war was caused by the expansionist desires of Hitler,
Mussolini and the Japanese imperialists. They wanted to conquer new territories and enslave or exterminate the peoples living there.

The League of nations was set up prior to the Treaty of Versailles
It’s main goals were to settle disputes between countries, preventing war, and improving global quality of life.
- Biggest failure = failure to prevent the Second World
War.
Didn’t have a strong military to enforce rules and verdicts.
US wouldn’t join, therefore the largest military in the world at the time was not a part of the league.

• When Japan’s expansionistic goals were realized they commenced a series of battles by invading Manchuria,
China.
• This commenced what is known as the pacific theatre of
World War 2 or the pacific war.
• Due to the League of Nations Britain started to take a stand against the Japanese and start to defend the Chinese.
• Because of the ties between the US and Britain the US started to defend the Chinese, commencing by cutting off natural resources exports to Japan.
• Finally when Japan started to run out of supplies and had virtually nowhere to turn to get any, they attacked the US
Pearl Harbor.
• This attack launch the Sates fully into the Second World War as part of the Allied forces.

• Instead of declaring war on the
Germans on September 3rd 1939, the
Canadians declared war a full week later on September 10th .

• Also known as operation Jubilee, it’s goal was to seize and hold the major German occupied port of Dieppe in northern France.
• Utter failure
• 3623 of 6086 men were either killed wounded or captured, while 119 planes were lost.
• No major objectives were accomplished
• Provided the allies with the knowledge used to better their tactics, leading to operation overload.
• Most embarrassing loss of the war.

• Commonly known as D-Day, Normandy was the first step in operation overload (the invasion of Nazi occupied
Europe).
• 14000 Canadians stormed Juno Beach on D-Day, 340 died, 574 were injured.
• After D-Day Canadian troops were regarded as equals to
Britias and American troops.
• The Free French forces were not given a beach to storm on D-Day like Canada was given Juno or Britian the Gold and Sword beaches. Instead Juno beach was given to the
Canadians to storm.
• The Canadians are seen as having done better than any other troops, even the Americans at Omaha Beach, contrary to the Raids on Dieppe.

• Fought between the Allies and the Axis in the
Atlantic, the series of battles was sparked by
German raids on Allied and merchant supply ships crossing the Atlantic.
• Canada designed two new models of ships called corvettes which would later be added to their navy to add as escorts for cross
Atlantic sailing between North America and
Europe for the allied forces and merchant ships.

• With Hitler’s Operation Sea Lion and his
Messerschmitt fighter planes attacking britain, the Brittish forces were bogged down. This is when the British called on Canada for aid.
The Canadians sent in mass amounts of fighter planes to deal with the Messerschmitt, the British’s biggest problem. The Canadians were successful, and the British troops were able to regroup then take control of the situation.

http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id
=14746

• Canadians fought beyond the shores of
Europe in area’s such as Hong Kong and North Africa but where ever they fought they brought heart passion and a love for their brothers, comrades and country.
• http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do
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• Read Pages 58-59
• 1.
Who were the dictators of Germany and Italy?
• 2.
What is the Munich agreement?
• 3.
Do you think Germany would have invaded
Canada if they did not join France and Britain? Why or why not.
• 4.
What do you think William Lyon Mackenzie
King meant when he said:
• “
We take this stand on our own, not any colonial attitude of mind.
”