world war ii€¦ · title: world war ii author: dennis ogrodnick created date: 3/18/2020 11:23:03...
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The Phony War
1. This period is known as such because no
fighting really took place outside of
Poland from September 3, 1939 until the
spring of 1940
2. Fighting did take place in Northern
Europe
3. Stalin invades Finland in November 1939
and defeats the Fins in March 1940
Germany on the Offensive
1. April 9, 1940, Hitler attacks
Denmark and Norway
a. Denmark falls in 24 hours
b. Norway falls in 48 hours
BCATP1. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
2. Britain wanted to build a powerful allied air force
3. Canada was the perfect location
a. Far from the enemy
b. Close enough to Great Britain
c. Close to the USA for resources
d. A lot of space for training
4. By the end of the war, Canada spent $1.6 billion on the BCATP
a. Established 151 schools across Canada
b. Graduated 131,355 pilots, ½ of them Canadian
Canada at War
1. Mackenzie King leads Canada into war
a. By Statute of Westminster, Canada has control
over its own foreign policies
b. Conscription Crisis of the Great War is not to be
repeated
c. He built a unified coalition in Canada
d. Duplessis of Quebec tries to use the war for
political gains but it backfires
2. By December 1939, over 74,000 Canadians set
sail for Britain
NRMA1. National Resource
Mobilization Act
2. Conscript men for the defense of the homeland
3. Men would be stationed on Canadian soil but would be willing to serve overseas
4. Over 16,000 men were conscripted and 60,000 volunteered
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