HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD World War















































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HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD World War II Part One January 25, 2010 Dr. Curtis Cole Trent University in Oshawa
World War II: Part One
World War II: Part One • MAJOR TURNING POINT FOR CANADA u foreign policy u national development u economic and social development u politics
WORLD World WARWar II II: Part One
World War II: Part One Hitler Mussolini Franco
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u 1931 - Japan invaded Manchuria
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u 1931 - Japan invaded Manchuria u 1933 - Hitler elected Chancellor u 1934 - Germany withdraws from League of Nations u 1935 - Italy attacked Abyssinia u 1936 - Hitler occupied the Rhineland
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Appeasement u British P. M. Neville Chamberlain u Canadian P. M. William Lyon Mackenzie King
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR Nazi Expansion - 1938 -39
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Winston Churchill u 1938 request for R. A. F. training schools in Canada u Mackenzie King refused the request
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR German Troops Enter Prague - March, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Winston British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Churchill u request for R. A. F. training schools in Canada u British pact with France - spring, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Winston Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis Churchill u request for R. A. F. training schools in Canada u British pact with France - spring, 1939 u Padlock Act
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Winston British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Churchill u request for R. A. F. training schools in Canada u British pact with France - spring, 1939 u Padlock Act u Conscription introduced in U. K.
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR “No Canadian conscription for overseas duty. ” Mackenzie King, March 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR Royal Tour, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact August 23, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u German invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u German invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British ultimatum British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u German invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British ultimatum u Mussolini plays peace-maker
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u Germany British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain u Britain invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British ultimatum u Mussolini plays peace-maker Declares War, Sept. 3, 1939
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u Germany invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British declaration of war, Sept. 1, 1939 u Statute of Westminster, 1931
World War II: Part One • EVENTS LEADING TO WAR u Anglo-Polish J. S. Woodsworth Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u Germany invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British declaration of war, Sept. 1, 1939 u Statute of Westminster, 1931
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR Anglo-Polish Treaty of Alliance, Aug. 25, 1939 u Germany invasion of Poland, Sept. 1, 1939 u British declaration of war, Sept. 1, 1939 u Statute of Westminster, 1931 u u Canadian George VI Declaration of War, Sept. 10, 1939
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR For full military and domestic treatment of Canada at war: see C. P. Stacey, Arms, Men and Government: The War Policies of Canada 1939 -1945 (Ottawa, 1974)
World War II: Part One
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR u The Phony War (Sept. 1939 -April 1940) u War Measures Act u. Originally passed 1914 u. Invoked again, Sept. 1939 W. L. M. King
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR u War Measures Act u. Originally passed 1914 u. Invoked again, Sept. 1939 u. Quebec election, Oct. 1939 Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR u War Measures Act u. Originally passed 1914 u. Invoked again, Sept. 1939 u. Quebec election, Oct. 1939 Prime Minister W. L. M King Minister of Justice Ernest Lapointe Adelard Godbout Quebec Premier, 1939
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR u. Mitchell Hepburn u. Ontario Premier (Liberal) u. Federal election, March 26, 1940
World War II: Part One CANADA AT WAR Federal Election, March 26, 1940 Results: Liberals: Conservative: Social Credit: C. C. F. : Prime Minister W. L. M King Independent: Total: 181 45 10 8 (25 in Ontario) (all in Alberta) 6 245 Conservative Leader R. J. Manion
World War II: Part One THE END OF THE “PHONEY WAR” u April 9, 1940: u. Germany attacked Denmark and Norway Neville Chamberlain
World War II: Part One THE END OF THE “PHONEY WAR” u April 9, 1940: u. Germany attacked Denmark and Norway u May 10, 1940: u. Germany attacked Belgium and the Netherlands u British Neville Chamberlain P. M. Chamberlain resigned
World War II: Part One THE END OF THE “PHONEY WAR” u April 9, 1940: u Germany attacked Denmark and Norway u May 10, 1940: u Germany attacked Belgium and the Netherlands u British P. M. Chamberlain resigned u New P. M. : Winston Churchill
World War II: Part One THE END OF THE “PHONEY WAR” u April 9, 1940: u Germany attacked Denmark and Norway u May 10, 1940: u Germany attacked Belgium and the Netherlands British P. M. Chamberlain resigned u New P. M. : Winston Churchill u u Emergency Act (U. K. ) Powers Defense - domestic conscription
World War II: Part One Blitzkrieg
World War II: Part One u May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel
World War II: Part One May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel u May 26 - June 4: Dunkirk u
World War II: Part One May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel u May 26 - June 4: Dunkirk u June 14: fall of Paris u
World War II: Part One May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel u May 26 - June 4: Dunkirk u June 14: fall of Paris u June 17: France capitulates u
World War II: Part One May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel u May 26 - June 4: Dunkirk u June 14: fall of Paris u June 17: France capitulates u de Gaulle Petain
World War II: Part One May 20, 1940: German forces reach the English Channel u May 26 - June 4: Dunkirk u June 14: fall of Paris u June 17: France capitulates u June 10: Italy declared war u
World War II: Part One
World War II: Part One
HISTORY 304 0 CANADA AND THE WORLD NEXT WEEK World War Two Part Two Reading: Stacey, vol. II, pp. 324 -429 Class Starts at 7: 45 pm