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Land, Culture & Displacement

Land, Culture & Displacement. Emily Neil, Brett Struthers, Jordan Baltzer, Will Quilty. Canadian Divisions in WWII. 1st Canadian Infantry Division Nick Named: The Old Red Patch Fought in The Moro River, Ortona 2nd Canadian Infantry Division

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Land, Culture & Displacement

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  1. Land, Culture & Displacement Emily Neil, Brett Struthers, Jordan Baltzer, Will Quilty

  2. Canadian Divisions in WWII • 1st Canadian Infantry Division Nick Named: The Old Red Patch Fought in The Moro River, Ortona • 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Fought in The battle of Normandy, Operation Jubilee Formed September 1 1939

  3. Canadian Divisions in WWII Cont. • 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Nick Name: The Water Rats Formed May 17 1940 Fought in Juno beach, Battle of Normandy • 3rd Candian Infantry Division (CAOF) Canadian Army Occupation Force Formed in 1945 Part of the Post-War promise to Europe • 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division Formed in 1942 Fought in Battle of Normandy, Battle of Scheldt

  4. Canadian Divisions in War Cont. • 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division Nick Name: Mighty Maroon Machine Arrived in the UK November 1941 Took place in Italian Campaign & Hitler Line • 6th Canadian Infantry Division Formed in 1942 Part of Home Defense

  5. Canadian Divisions in War Cont. • 6th Canadian Infantry Division (CAPF) Canadian Army Pacific Force Planned to be used in Operation Olympic • 7th Canadian Infantry Division Formed in the Spring of 1942 Consisted of Volunteers Part of Home Defense

  6. Woman in WWII • There roles as woman were expanded • Woman were permitted to do jobs they weren't before • Join the Army • Worked in Factories, Manufacturing Plants

  7. Canadian Army Why Woman Joined • 50 000 woman volunteered in the military • High Wages • Female Private earned $31.50 a month with Medical & Dental • Possibility of Promotion • Pride & Patriotism • Wanted to do their part

  8. Canada's Population Post- War • After WWII in a span of 10 years(1956) Canada’s population grew by 20%. • Population was 16 million • Population today is 33 million

  9. Why Come to Canada? • Safe place to live • Diverse landscape • Many Job Opportunities

  10. The Expulsion of Poland by Germany • Sept.1 1939 • Hitler saw Poles as only being good for slavery • Germanization • Part of Generalplan Ost • Planned to Expel 20 million Poles • Hoped to Rid Poland of all Poles within 10 – 20 years

  11. The Expulsion of Poles by Soviets • 52% of Poland belonged to the Soviet Union after the Polish Defense War • No target group • Sovietization

  12. The Expulsion of Poles by Germany & Soviet Union • 1939 – 1945 • 1.6 – 2 Million Poles were expelled from Poland . • 2.5 - 3 were deported to Germany to work as slave laborers. • 1.2 were deported by the Soviet Union • 6 million died • 120 000 P.O.W deaths by Germany • 130 000 P.O.W deaths by Soviet Unions • Others were sent to Nazi Concentration camps • Others were arrested • 22% of the population was gone

  13. Japanese Canadians prior to WWII Approximately 22 000 Japanese Canadians had been living in British Columbia before the beginning of WWII and 3/4ths of them had been Canadian born. Racism had been a large issue surrounding the Japanese, not only in Canada. Well they do come and so do rats. I am pledged to build the great Pacific Railroad in five years, and if I cannot obtain white labor, I must employ other. - Sir John A MacDonald 1880

  14. Japanese Canadians during WWII March 4th 1942 was the day Japanese Canadians were told they would be sent to Internment Camps. They were given a day to pack one suitcase to take with them wherever they may be going and the rest of their property was to be sold in auction in order to pay for their camps.

  15. Why were the Japanese Canadians Interned? • Previous Racism & Discrimination • British Colombians were left in fear and believed Japanese Canadians were spies for Japan. • They then pressured the government into securing there safety. • Japanese Fisherman were the first to be targeted and their boats were seized. There had been rumors of them operating as spies off the shore.

  16. "Born in Canada, brought up on big-band jazz, Fred Astaire and the novels of Rider Haggard, I had perceived myself to be as Canadian as the beaver. I hated rice. I had committed no crime. I was never charged, tried or convicted of anything. Yet I was fingerprinted and interned.“ - Ken Adachi

  17. Japanese Canadians Post- War After the war the Japanese were given an ultimatum. They would be deported back to Japan or forced to move further east. Staying in British Columbia was not an option. 4000 were deported but many decided to stay in Canada. On April 1st 1949 they were then free to live where they wished in Canada.

  18. Japanese Internment Camps Unlike in the United States, most men would be separated from their families. Men would be sent to labor camps, road camps or POW camps. Woman and children would be sent to self supporting centers. There were six self supporting centers in BC and many others spread across the country.

  19. Japanese Internment Camps in BC • Greenwood • Lemon Creek • Salmo Self Supporting Camps in BC • Bridge River • Minto City • McGillvery Falls

  20. Japanese Canadians Post-war • National Association for Japanese Canadians was founded (NAJC) • Wanted compensation for their loses • Hired Pricewaterhouse in order to acquire how much they had really lost • Valued their loses at $443 million • On Sept. 22 1988 interned Japanese Canadians received a formal apology from PM, $21 000 and those who had been deported to Japan received citizenship once again

  21. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_divisions_in_World_War_II • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Canadian_internment#cite_note-11 • http://members.tripod.com/intern_canada/Internment/Internracism.htm • http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=279#glossary07 • http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/camps/internment1.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945) • http://www.ushmm.org/education/resource/poles/poles.php?menu=/export/home/www/doc_root/education/foreducators/include/menu.txt&bgcolor=CD9544 • http://canadaonline.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=canadaonline&cdn=newsissues&tm=8&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//valourandhorror.com/DB/ISSUE/Women/ • http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1457483 • http://www.lib.washington.edu/Subject/Canada/internment/internment_redress.html • http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#topic=History&url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ushmm.org%252Fwlc%252Fmedia_nm.php%253Flang%253Den%2526ModuleId%253D10005137%2526MediaId%253D3376

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