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Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass)
broken glass from the windows of synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses plundered and destroyed during the violence by the nazis.Many Jews were killed and thousends were taken to the concentration camps. During this time, Canada only accepted 5000 Jews as refugees due to the Anti-semitic catholics in Quebec and other provinces. -
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WWII key events
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The Atlantic Battle
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War and the most important. Canada was a major participant and It’s enormous effort in the struggle was crucial to Allied victory. While the ships and personnel of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) operated across the globe during the war, they are best remembered for their deeds during the Battle of the Atlantic.After the high cost, death of 30000 men and 3000 ships, the battle was won by the allies -
France and Bretain declare war on Germany
This event is marked as te begining of the WWII.When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1939, France and Britain declared war on Germany and Canada joined the attack about 7 days later .After conquering Poland, Germany attacked France and France fell in June 1940. Soon the Nazis overran most of the rest of Europe and North Africa. Only Britain and Canada, led by Winston Churchill, were not defeated -
Japan bombs Pearl Horbour
Started the real war between Japan and the USA.The bombing killed 2500 men with another 1000 wounded.It also destroyed 8 of Canadian ships and 300 airplanes.Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy declared war against the United States. Canadians were afraid that the Canadian-Japanese are spies for Japan therefore they used the War Measures act to free the coast of B.C from any Japanese citizen and their homes, ships and properties were sold cheaply. -
Canadian army in the battle of Hong Kong
Canada agrees to send two divisions of the Canadian with limited military training army to Hong Kong to defend the British colony against Japan.They had virtually no chance of victory, but refused to surrender until they were overrun by the enemy. Those who survived the battle became prisoners of war (POWs) and many endured torture and starvation by their Japanese captors. -
Canada declares war on Japan
The empire of Japan declared a war on the United Kingdom, Canada and United States (Pearl Harbor) .Mackenzie King and the Cabinet decided to go to war with Japan that evening and issued a proclamation the following day. The other reason was to free the Canadian POWs in Jthe camps.USA and UK also declared war on Japan. -
Jewish Holocaust
Within the years 1942 – 1944 Hitler carried out massive gas chamber killings and forced labour of Jews in concentration camps throughout Europe. He was responsible for the death of approximately 6 million Jews. During this time Canada only accepted 5000 of the refugees due to the Anti-semitic Catholics in Quebec. -
atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The two atom bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United Stated and the support of Britain and China killed 129000 people at the final year of the WWII. The war in Europe had concluded when Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945, but with the Japanese refusal to accept the Allies. demands for unconditional surrender, the Pacific War dragged on. -
Canada's role in the atom bombs
It is told that uranium from Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories, and scientists working in a secret laboratory in Montreal, had played an important role in the Anglo-Canadian-American Atomic Bomb Project -- the largest secret project in human history. The secret project began from 1940 in Quebec. There was also a secret agreement saying that the Bomb would not be used "against each other(the allies)" or "against third parties without each other's consent" -
World War II is officially over
Germany and Japan were both surrendered one after another, Canadian soldiers and prisoners also returned home.The war was over now and Canada's economy was on an upswing.
