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HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD

HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD. World War II Part Two. Dr. Curtis Cole Trent University in Oshawa. February 1, 2010. World War II: Part Two. World War II: Part Two. World War II: Part Two. Robert Borden Prime Minister, 1911-1920. World War II: Part Two. World War II: Part Two.

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HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD

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  1. HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD World War II Part Two Dr. Curtis Cole Trent University in Oshawa February 1, 2010

  2. World War II: Part Two

  3. World War II: Part Two

  4. World War II: Part Two Robert Borden Prime Minister, 1911-1920

  5. World War II: Part Two

  6. World War II: Part Two “No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.” Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939

  7. World War II: Part Two • June, 1940: Conservatives offer Union Government • Mackenzie King refused R.B. Hanson Conservative Leader

  8. World War II: Part Two • June, 1940: Conservatives offer Union Government • Mackenzie King refused • National Resources Mobilization Act • June 18, 1940 • National registration of manpower • Conscription for training and domestic defense only

  9. World War II: Part Two “No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.” Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939 and again, June 1940

  10. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • June 18, 1940 • National registration of manpower • Conscription for training and domestic defense only • S. 2: • Government may conscript men or property • But not for military service outside of Canada

  11. World War II: Part Two For full treatment of the conscription issue in W.W.I and W.W.II: see J.L. Granatstein and J.M. Hitsman, Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada (Toronto, 1985)

  12. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • June 18, 1940 • National registration of manpower • Conscription for training and domestic defense only • S. 2: • Government may conscript men or property • But not for military service outside of Canada • N.R.M.A generally accepted • even in Quebec

  13. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • June 18, 1940 • National registration of manpower • Conscription for training and domestic defense only • S. 2: • Government may conscript men or property • But not for military service outside of Canada • N.R.M.A generally accepted • even in Quebec • Except by Montreal Mayor Camillien Houde

  14. World War II: Part Two Conscripted soldiers were known as “Zombies”

  15. World War II: Part Two The Evening Standard (London), June 18, 1940

  16. World War II: Part Two

  17. World War II: Part Two • U.S. Neutrality Act: Amended, Sept. 1939

  18. World War II: Part Two • U.S. Neutrality Act: Amended, Sept. 1939 • Ogdensburg Agreement, August 1940 • Lend-Lease Act (U.S.), March 1941 • Hyde Park Declaration, April 1941 Mackenzie King and Roosevelt

  19. World War II: Part Two Operation Barbarossa, June 1941

  20. World War II: Part Two Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941

  21. World War II: Part Two President Roosevelt Requesting Declaration of War, December 7 1941

  22. World War II: Part Two • “Operation Barbarossa” • (Germany attacks the U.S.S.R., June 1941) • Japan attacks the U.S., • (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941) • Canada declares war on Japan • (Dec. 8, 1941) Mackenzie King

  23. World War II: Part Two Churchill, Mackenzie King and Roosevelt

  24. World War II: Part Two “No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.” Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939 and again, June 1940

  25. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • S. 3: Conscripts not to be ordered overseas

  26. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • S. 3: Conscripts not to be ordered overseas • Internment of Japanese-Canadians, winter 1942

  27. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • S. 3: Conscripts not to be ordered overseas • Internment of Japanese-Canadians, winter 1942

  28. World War II: Part Two • Death of Ernest Lapointe, November 1941

  29. World War II: Part Two • Death of Ernest Lapointe, November 1941 • Louis St. Laurent

  30. World War II: Part Two • Conservative Leaders: • R.J. Manion - 1938-1940 • R.B. Hanson - 1940-1942 • Arthur Meighen

  31. World War II: Part Two • Plebiscite - April 27, 1942 • “can we amend S.3 of the N.R.M.A.?” Mackenzie King, April 24, 1942 (audio requires internet connection)

  32. Joe Noseworthy World War II: Part Two • York South By-Election, Feb. 9, 1942 • CCF candidate: Joe Noseworthy • Noseworthy won Arthur Meighen

  33. World War II: Part Two • Conscription Plebiscite, April 27, 1942 • Results: • English Canada - 80% “YES” • French Canada - 78% “NON” WML King votes in The Conscription Plebiscite

  34. World War II: Part Two • National Resources Mobilization Act • S. 3: Conscripts not to be ordered overseas • S. 3 repealed, July 1942 • govt. now legally allowed to send conscripts overseas • But did not use the power

  35. World War II: Part Two D-Day, June 6 1944

  36. World War II: Part Two • November, 1944: 16,000 NRMA men ordered overseas • 12,000 actually served overseas • 69 killed • 232 wounded • 13 taken prisoner

  37. Quebec • 53 2 0 0 10 0 65 World War II: Part Two • Political Ramifications: • Federal General Election, June 11, 1945 National Liberals: 125 Progressive Conservative: 67 C.C.F.: 28 Social Credit: 13 Bloc Populaire: 10 Other: 2 TOTAL 245

  38. World War II: Part Two • Political Ramifications:

  39. World War II: Part Two • Political Ramifications: • John Bracken • new Progressive Conservative leader, Dec. 1942 • Shift to the left

  40. World War II: Part Two • Political Ramifications: • John Bracken • new Progressive Conservative leader, Dec. 1942 • Shift to the left • T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan

  41. World War II: Part Two …a national plan of social insurance to be a charter of social security... A magnificent declaration... of liberal policy, than which nothing could be better. W.L.M. King, 1943 Speech From the Throne

  42. HISTORY 304 CANADA AND THE WORLD NEXT WEEK Mid-Term Test Note: The test will start at 7:45pm (90 minute test)

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