What we did today1. We looked at Major events of WWII and created a Big Mind Map 2. We looked at the Battles and events Canada took part in Last class review -Questions for partner discusionTask 1. Listen to a teacher's presentation and Create a Mind MapWWII: Sep 1, 1939 -Aug 15, 1945 (Ceasefire) and Sep 2nd 1945 Signed agreement by Japan Who Fought: 1. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Vichy France (1940), Croatia, Bulgaria, Finland, Slovakia, Czech Bohemia/Moravia Allies: United Kingdom (Great Britain), USSR, USA (1941), China, Free France (In exile) Key events: 1. Sep 1 1939 Germany attacks Poland 2. April 8 1940 Germany invades Denmark, Norway 3. May 1o 1940 Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and France 4. May 26-June 4th -Evacuation of Dunkirk 5. June 14 1940 Paris falls and June 25 1940 France capitulates and divided (German North, French Vichy France south -collaborates) 6. July 10-Oct 31 Battle of Britain 7. Oct 28 1940 Italy invades Greece; 8. April 6 1941 Germany invades Greece(to help Italy) and Yugoslavia 9. June 22 1941 Germany invades the USSR (in violation of their non-aggression pact.) Oct 1941-January 1942 Battle of Moscow 10. Dec 8th 1941- Pearl Harbor (Japan Attack USA in Hawaii); Philippines Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya (Malaysia) 11. Aug 19 1942 Raid of Dieppe (Canada) 11. Oct-Nov 1942 North African campaign and battle of Al-Alamein 12. Battle of Stalingrad July 1942-February 1943 13. Italian Campaigns -July 1943 Sicily (landings on beaches); Dec 1943 Ortona; January-May 1944 Monte Cassino 14. June 6th 1944 D-Day Normandy landings; Liberation of Netherlands (Canada) 1944 15. April-May 1945 Battle of Berlin 16. February-June 1945 Iwo Jima and Okinawa 17. August 6 and 9 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bomb attacks 18. Aug 9th 1945 USSR invades Manchuria (China) Work in groups of three: Choose one event from each group of events and do a quick internet research for 4Ws: What, where, who, when, how -15 min Share in your group of three -5 min Task 2. Canada's Contribution to WWII1. Battle of Atlantic ( Canadians served on shipment convoy protection -corvettes; 1500 Canadians died 1 in 7 of all who served -highest rate of casualties in the entire war) 2. Canadians in the Air (RCAF) Canadians flew bomber, fighter, reconnaissance, transport, and other missions around the world. CRAF participated in the epic Battle of Britain in 1940. For the rest of the war, Canadian fighter-bombers attacked coastal areas in German-occupied Europe while Canadian heavy bombers struck at targets much further inland. In addition, Canadian maritime patrol bombers based in Canada, Newfoundland, Iceland and Britain fought German submarines. By 1945, the R.C.A.F. had grown to be the world’s fourth- largest air force. More than 17,000 Canadian airmen perished during the war. 3. Battle of Hong Kong ( Dec 8th-Dec 25th 1941) 550 died, 1500 taken prisoner until 1945 4. Raid of Dieppe (Aug 19th 1942) Of the 4,963 Canadians who embarked for the operation, only 2,210 returned to England, and many of these were wounded. There were 3,367 casualties, including 1,946 prisoners of war; 916 Canadians lost their lives 4. Battles in Italy ( Sicily, Ortona, Monte Cassino) 93 000 Canadians fought in Italy; 6 000 dead, 20 000 wounded 5. Liberation of Normandy D-Day: Juno Beach -Canadians were very successful (21 000 Canadians landed on Juno; 340 Canadians killed, 574 wounded, and 47 captured for a total of 961. There were also 243 British Army casualties in the Juno sector. 6. Liberation of Netherland 7600 Canadians died in the 9 months campaign in 1944-45 7. Non-Combat Contribution -British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Canada paid 1.6 billion out of the 2.2 billion price tag in 1939 and provided airplanes, instructors, airports and fuel to train British pilots for the war. This effort helped during the Battle of Britain (30 000 pilots by 1940 and 100 000 pilots by 1945 graduated) Task 3 reading and viewing with understandingA. Read this article. Use the three-read approach described in the beginning of the reading -CLICK HERE B. Watch the video and think about the events of WWII Results of the War:Key People: (record 5 people in red color +5 more of your choice) -do a quick search and write down who these people were 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Benito Mussolini 3. Emperor Hirohito 4. Joseph Stalin 5. Georgij Zhukov 6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) 7. Harry Truman 8. Dwight Eisenhower 9. Winston Churchill 10. Heinrich Himmler 11. Joseph Goebbels 12. Erwin Rommel 13. Fredrich Paulus 14. Douglas Macarthur 15. George Marshall 16. William Lyon Mackenzie King Short term results: 1. Nazism and Fascism was defeated. 2. Great Britain and the USA benefited politically and economically and ended German or Slavic attempts at dominating Europe 3. United Nations was formed under the leadership of the USA 4. Cold War (between Communism and Liberal Capitalism) began Long Term results: 1. The world fell into the hands of two camps -Communist states and Liberal Capitalist states a so called "two world's order" 2. Space race, technological, weapons and nuclear races. 3. End of colonial and imperialistic domination and beginning of economic domination Task 4 Check your understandingComplete this worksheet and questions -CLICK HERE Writing Assignment -CLICK HERE HOMEWORK:
1. STUDY AND EXPLAIN YOUR MIND MAP VERBALLY TO A MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD 2. FINISH TASK 3 -READ THE ARTICLE AND WATCH THE VIDEO 3. Record the famous people of the War -describe them 4. FINISH TASK 4 -WORKSHEET CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
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