World War 2 Chapter 4-5 Question Package (revised Cullen July 2010)
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1) There were several new, powerful leaders in Europe. _______________ came to power in the
Soviet Union (formerly known as _______________ ) and turned the USSR into a
____________state. In Italy, _______________________ was the leader, and he created a
_________________ government which was ___________________________________,
_______________________, and __________________________________________________.
Other countries were also fascist, with Germany’s __________________ Party being the most
____________________.
2) During the 1920’s Germany’s economy was ___________________ because
________________________________. To compensate, the German government began to
___________________________________ which _______________________________________.
3) The Depression helped Hitler first rise to power in ________________ because he promised to
_______________________________________________________________. Once in power, he
defied the Treaty of ____________________ by _______________________________________.
He also _______________________________________ and _______________________________
which helped to reduce unemployment. Hitler and the Nazis were very racist and thought the
______________ race was superior to all others. They discriminated against many groups of people
including ________________, _______________, _________________, _____________________,
_____________________, and __________________. On November 9, 1938,
_____________________________________________________________ in a terrible night later
known as ________________________.
4) There were several acts of aggression by countries before the start of World War 2. Japan invaded
___________________ which prompted the ________________ government to appeal to the
________________________________. The League was _______ effective in convincing Japan’s
forces to withdraw. In 1935, ___________________ attacked ________________ (now called
Ethiopia). The League of Nations voted to ________________________ but ____________ and
_____________ were reluctant to oppose Italy. In 1936, Hitler sent troops into the ______________,
which was a direct defiance of the _____________________________. His actions went
__________________ by the other nations of Europe.
5) In 1936 in Spain, _____________________ and his fascist followers attacked
__________________________________, which led to a civil war. Franco received help from the
two powerful fascist countries of _______________________ and __________________ and
Franco’s forces eventually __________ the war. Many volunteers from other countries participated in
this war including the _______________________Battlion from Canada.
6) Appeasement means _________________________________. Many world leaders appeased
Hitler because they __________________________________. In March, 1938, Hitler annexed
___________________, another violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Later that year, at the Munich
Conference, the leaders of Britain and France agreed to allow Hitler to occupy the western Germanspeaking portion of Czechoslovakia known as the _______________________as long as he
promised not to seize any more territory. Hitler ________________ his promise and took over the
rest of _________________________. In 1939, Hitler and the Soviet leader _____________ signed
a _______________________ pact that stated __________________________________________
and they secretly agreed to divide ______________________. On September 1, Hitler invaded
___________________ causing _______________ and __________________ to declare war on
Germany.
7) Canada’s Secretary of State Fred Blair was concerned about accepting Jewish refugees because
__________________________________________________________ . Some government officials
were concerned about the plight of Jews in Europe, but others were not. When the refugee ship the
__________________ asked permission to land in Canada, the answer was ____________ and the
passengers were forced to ______________________________________.
8) Mackenzie King was worried about Canada’s participation in the war because
________________________________________________________________________________.
When Britain declared war on September 2, 1939, King called a ___________________________
and asked the MP’s to vote in favour of declaring _____________ on _______________. He
promised both Parliament and the province of ___________________ that as long as he was in
power, he would never bring in ___________________________________. This made many people
more willing to vote to go to war.
9) In the first month _______________ people volunteered to fight in the war. Some reasons for
joining the army were ________________________________, ___________________________,
and _____________________________________. King hoped that Canada’s contribution to the war
effort would remain ____________________ so he organized the ___________________________,
designed to ___________________________________________________________________. The
government also took control of the economy in a policy called total war. The new minister of
munitions and supplies was _____________________ who was given the authority to
_____________________________________________________. He was much more efficient than
the World War 1 minister Sam Hughes, and mobilized the Canadian economy to produce supplies for
the war effort.
10) Allied countries included _________________, __________________, ________________,
_______________, and ______________________. The Axis countries were _______________,
__________________, and ___________________. The first seven months of the war were known
as the ____________________ because ______________________________________. In April
1940, the Germans attacked ___________________ and __________________ with their new
____________________ tactic which involved ________________________________________.
11) The Germans advanced quickly through western Europe and trapped the British forces on the
beaches at _________________. The British decided to evacuate their troops by _____________
and sent ___________________________________________ across the English Channel. Over
____________________ Allied soldiers were rescued and brought back to ________________. On
June 22, 1940, _________________ surrendered and __________________ was left as the only
European allied country no occupied by Hitler’s forces.
12) Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain was called Operation _______________________. Before he
could actually invade Britain, he needed to destroy Britain’s _____________________ . The German
________________(air force) started a massive _____________ campaign, first targeting _______
___________, and ______________________, later switching to _______________________. The
fifty-five night bombing of London and other cities was known as ___________________. The British
________________ and Canadian _________________ planes were effective defence planes, and
eventually Hitler _______________________ on his plans to invade Britain.
13) Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was known as Operation ___________________. The
Soviets were _________________ for Germany’s surprise invasion, and at first, the Germans
____________________________________________________________. However, the Germans
were not prepared for the _________________ conditions, and many soldiers died from weather-
related problems. The decisive battle was fought at _______________where the Germans were
forced to ___________________ in early 1943 after suffering _______ deaths.
14) On December 7, 1941, ______________________________________________________.Then
they bombed the _________________________. The next day, the Americans
__________________________________. Soon after Pearl Harbour, the Japanese attacked
______________,where _________________ had just recently sent troops. The Japanese won a
decisive victory and all the Canadian forces were either ________________ or _________________,
and the captured POW’s were treated very harshly by the Japanese.
15) The Dieppe raid was intended as a _______________________________________________.
Canadian troops were selected for the mission because
________________________________________________________________________________.
This was a poorly planned attack that ended in disaster. The element of surprise was lost when
_____________________________________________________ and Canadian soldiers were
____________________________ as they landed on the beach. The Germans had a much stronger
position because ______________________________________ and the Canadians became
________________ on the beach below. As well, tanks couldn’t advance because
_______________________________________________. In all, ___________Canadians were
killed, ________ were wounded, and ___________ were taken prisoner. The only possible positive
result of this raid was that lessons were learned and applied to the later ______________ invasion.
16) During the Battle of the Atlantic, German submarines tried to prevent ___________________
______________________________________. The German subs travelled in groups call
_______________to try to better attack merchant ships. The Allied ships also travelled in groups
called _________,protected by small fast warships called _________________. At first the
______________ appeared to be winning the sea battle, and German u boats even entered the
________________________ River in Canada. By May 1942, the British ______________________
(capturing the German enigma machine) and the Allies reached the point where
________________________________________________. Also, __________________________
were developed that could fly farther to better protect the Allied ships.
17) Many technological advances were made during World War 2. _____________ was improved
and allowed operators to detect approaching _________________ and ___________________.The
United Stated developed the _____________________ , which was later dropped on Japan to end
the war. The Germans built the powerful ____________________ towards the end of the war, and
also designed a ____________________ called the Enigma.
18) The RCAF played an important role in the war and participated in bombing raids in
______________, ______________________, ________________________, _______________,
and _____________________. They also participated in the bombing of Germany, where cities such
as __________________ were firebombed, killing thousands of civilians.
19) Winston Churchill believed that the best way for the Allies to regain control of Europe was to start
by _________________________________________________. In 1943, Canadian soldiers
participated in the invasion of______________________and later moved to mainland ___________.
Fighting was particularly heavy in the city of _________________, where Canadian soldiers lost
________________ men in the one month long battle. On June 4, 1944, the Allies
______________________________________.
20) The biggest invasion of the war was code-named Operation___________________, and began
on _______________________. The Allies landed at five beaches in ____________________, with
the Canadians chosen to take _________ Beach, the Americans __________ and ______________,
and the British ___________ and ______________. Before the troops landed, the Allies launched
massive _______________________and paratroopers ___________________________________.
The Allies managed to keep the element of _________________, as the weather had been
____________ in the days before the landing and the Germans ____________________________.
As well, the Allies set up a decoy army at Dover to try to trick the Germans into thinking that the
invasion force would land farther north around the town of Calais.
21) The Canadians were assigned the job of liberating _____________________________ from
German occupation. By late 1944, many Dutch citizens were starving because
_________________________________ and _______________________________________By
May 4, 1945, _____________________________________________ so they ____________.Three
days later, _______________________________ and ___________________ committed suicide in
his bunker.
22) In 1945, the Americans decided to ________________________ on Japan because
_______________________________________________. On August 6, 1945, the
____________________ dropped at atomic bomb on _____________________, killing
________people and wounding ________________ others. Three days later, another bomb was
dropped on __________________, killing ____________ people. The Japanese government
________________ and World War 2 was over.
23) During the war, Canada’s economy ________________, but Mackenzie King worried about
_______________. He asked his minister of finance, ______________________, to address the
concern. Ilsey encouraged Canadians to buy ____________________ to help pay for the war effort.
He also increased income tax and introduced ___________________________.
24) Under pressure to increase the armed forces, King introduced the ______________________,
which gave the government the power to _______________________________________ and
allowed for conscription for ________________________. This was still not enough, however, so on
April 27,1942, King held a plebiscite (vote) to ask Canadians if they wanted his government to bring in
___________________. The majority voted _______, but the citizens of _______________ were
opposed and felt ________________ by the government. King tried to smooth over the conflict by
adopting the slogan _______________________________________________________________.
Neither side was satisfied. Finally, __________ conscripts were sent to Europe, but few saw military
action.
25) A terrible injustice was done to Canadians of ________________ ancestry, the majority of whom
lived in the province of __________________________. These citizens were sent to
___________________ camps in _____________________________ where they were detained
without ________________. Property such as houses, fishing boats, and shops were
_________________________________________________________. After the war, many
Japanese were given the choice of _______________________________________ or
__________________________________________. In all, ________________ were repatriated to
Japan. In 1988, the federal government finally ________________ for its actions and offered to pay
compensation of _____________ dollars to Japanese Canadians who were still ___________ and to
restore Canadian citizenship to _________________________________________
26) Canada gained a new identity after World War 2, as it now had the _________ largest navy and
the ________________ largest air force in the world.