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You Need your Text Book. Read page 160 What is the significance of the St. Louis? Read 163 – 166 List some attitudes that prevented Canada from going to war in the face of Nazi aggression What did King think of Hitler after their meeting in 1937?

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  1. You Need your Text Book • Read page 160 • What is the significance of the St. Louis? • Read 163 – 166 • List some attitudes that prevented Canada from going to war in the face of Nazi aggression • What did King think of Hitler after their meeting in 1937? • Describe some of Canada’s motivations for keeping Jews out. • Would YOU want to go to war in 1937? Why/ why not?

  2. Opening Moves

  3. Hitler’s Aims • Abolish the Treaty of Versailles • Germans split among neighboring countries • Tiny armed forces • Expand German Territory • Unite with Austria • Gain lebensraum • Defeat Communism • Bolsheviks the cause of defeat in WWI • Communists plot to take over the world

  4. CRAMCUP and Appeasement CRAMCUP - acronym used to describe Hitler’s pre-war movements that led to war Policy of Appeasement (put in your own words) “the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous”

  5. CRAMCUP Conscription and Rearmament • Began in secret • 1935 • Conscription introduced (illegal under Versailles) • Increased spending on arms • Naval Agreement with Britain – Germany allowed to have navy 35% the size of Britain (APPEASEMENT) • Luftwaffe will grow to 8,250 planes by 1939

  6. CRAMCUP Rhineland 7 March 1936: moved troops into the Rhineland breaking Treaty of Versailles • 22 000 German troops with orders to withdraw if opposed (APPEASEMENT)

  7. CRAMCUP Anschluss – (Unification with Austria) 1938 Feb: Austrian Chancellor seeks help from British and French after Austrian Nazis begin stirring trouble March: Hitler sends in troops and holds a plebiscite April: 99.7% of population votes for unification (APPEASEMENT)

  8. CRAMCUP Munich Sept. 1938: Hitler demands control of the Sudetenland (including Munich) but promises Czechoslovakia is safe (APPEASEMENT) 30 Sept. British PM Chamberlin returns from talks granting Hitler his demand and makes “peace for our time” speech

  9. CRAMCUP Czechoslovakia 15 March 1939: German troops take the remainder of the country – no resistance France and Britain declare there will be no more appeasement

  10. CRAMCUP USSR-Nazi Pact 23 August 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign a Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact Nazis • wanted Brits to back down over Poland • Fear a two front war Soviets • Wanted Germany and the west to wear themselves out • Pact gives Stalin time to prepare for war

  11. CRAMCUP Poland 1 September 1939: Hitler invades Poland – Britain and France Declare War

  12. Blitzkrieg “Lightning War” Use of overwhelming force and speed to encircle, confuse and cut of enemy reinforcement • Tanks, trucks, planes and artillery rapidly punch through enemy lines • Vehicles continue behind enemy positions interrupting resupply and communications • Infantry and heavy artillery advance

  13. Canada Declares War! Many Canadians were isolationists, not wishing to be drawn into world events Although Prime Minister Mackenzie King hated the idea of going to war again, he gave a powerful speech about how this would be Canada’s opportunity to show the world its worth September 10, 1939 the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to join the conflict.

  14. Video “Century of Warfare” Take note of: • Germany’s fear • The polish military • The timelines for advancement of the German army

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