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World War II

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World War II

Concepts of Historical Thinking
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Historical Significance
(In order of significance)

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World War 2

  • Global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945
  • Two opposing military alliances fought
  • Allies (included Canada, Britain, France, etc.) and Axis (included Germany, Japan, Italy, etc.)
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D-Day

June 6, 1944
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D-Day

  • The allies began "Operation Overlord", invasion of Europe, controlled by Germany
  • The operation wasn't a complete success, because of the large number of casualties (1074) and deaths (359), but it was considered a big deal as the Normandy Landings would serve to be the foothold of the Allies pushing the Germans back out
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D-Day

  • Canadian soldiers landed on Juno Beach where a great Axis opposition was apparent
  • On this day the Canadians pushed farther inland than any other regiment and were recognized by other countries, as an independent country, not just a large piece of land owned by Britain
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Juno Beach

(Picture accessed from "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/971464/Juno-Beach")
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Primary Historical Evidence

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Primary Historical Evidence

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Secondary Historical evidence

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Battle of the scheldt

September-November, 1944
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Battle of the Scheldt

  • The Canadian Army was given the task of clearing the Scheldt River of its German occupiers
  • A supply line was needed to be made for the Allies in North-West Europe
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BATTLE OF THE SCHELDT

  • The goal was accomplished but it came at a costly price
  • There were 12873 casualties (soldiers injured, killed or missing)
  • Half of them were Canadians
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Primary Historical Evidence

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Secondary Historical evidence

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The battle for hong kong

1941, December 8-25
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hong kong

  • A battle full of loses for Canada and Britain
  • Hong Kong was a politically important territory for the British as it was a symbol of British power in the East
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Hong Kong

  • It served as a reminder to China that the British were allies with them against the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War which later emerged into the bigger WW2 after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese who were part of the Axis Alliance
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Hong kong

  • Canada sent 1975 soldiers to Hong Kong to help the British and Chinese soldiers against the Japanese 38th Division that was 52000 men strong
  • Originally, the Canadians were sent there just to deter Japanese aggression and slow them down but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it turned on to a full on attack by the Japanese which caused a LOT of casualties
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Primary Historical Evidence

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secondary Historical Evidence

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causes

The battle for hong kong
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Causes

  • British wanted to protect their British Crown Colony of Hong Kong so they asked Canada to contribute as well
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Cause

  • The Second Sino-Japanese War was the reason the Japanese troops were attacking Hong Kong and the attack was the initiation of the World War in the far east. Japan wanted to take over land that belonged to China for the vast natural resources that the Chinese land held
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Cause

  • Attacks on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese was the start of the battle in Hong Kong as the attack was a violation of international law, since Japan had not declared war against the British
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consequences

The battle for hong kong
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Consequence

  • Heavy losses as 290 soldiers killed in action, nearly 300 more died in captivity
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Consequence

  • In 1942, because of fear and resentment, nearly 22000 people of Japanese heritage in Canada were sent to 8 internment camps in British Columbia and many others were deported to Japan.
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Consequence

  • Hong Kong fell to Japan
  • Citizens, soldiers, nurses were killed, tortured, and raped
  • This horrible treatment went on for 3 years and eight months, until Japan surrendered at the end of the war
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Consequence

  • There was lots of racial discrimination before the war against these people, especially in British Columbia, and after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events that took place in Hong Kong, the “true" Canadians finally had a reason to kick the Japanese out of “their land” once it for all. This discrimination lasted till 1949, 4 years after the war ended
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Continuity and change

What has changed/remained the same?
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Changes

  • The world has changed a lot socially in how we interact with different races and ethnicities
  • We are more open to meeting and excepting different types of people and don't judge people based on their nationalities, skin color, and differences (although not all racism has completely vanished, it is a lot less than it was during the war times)
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Changes

  • The role of women in society has changed
  • During war-times, even though the women helped out, their efforts were in vain as they were pushed back down to the role of being "housewives" at the return of the soldier
  • Now, however, the female population is equally valued in society and the idea of females being housewives has mostlyvanished
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Historical perspectives

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Historical Perspectives

  • WWII from the perspectives of the Allies was for democracy and freedom
  • The Germans of the time were shown to be tyrants that just wanted to take over the world
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Historical Perspectives

  • Another view at the war would be from the perspectives of the Germans, who before World War 2 were in an extremely poor state
  • Because Germany took part in WW1 against the Entente Powers, after the war they had to face lots of consequences (Versailles Treaty) which lead to the country falling into a very bad shape
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Historical perspectives

  • And it was because of the bad state of the country that when Hitler came along with the idea of rebelling, the citizens immediately favoured him
  • The war then, in a way, was fought for freedom, for both the sides
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終わり
The End

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