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- 2. The beach that 14 000 Canadian soldiers captured on D-Day
- 5. The name for the day Hong Kong, a British colony, fell to the Japanese Empire
- 8. Japanese Canadians _____ workers were considered “unfair competition”
- 9. Present in Canadian society throughout the war, leading to the denial of Jewish refugees and affecting Canada’s immigration policies
- 12. Secret German police force used to uphold fascist government
- 14. How(l) the Germans liked to attack Allied boats
- 16. A crucial piece of technology in winning the Battle of Britain
- 20. At the end of the war, Japanese Canadians were forced to “relocate”
- 22. New German war tactic
- 24. Young rebels against clothing restrictions
- 26. A flowering gift to Canada for liberating the Netherlands
- 28. The WWII alliance between 3 totalitarian states
- 29. The event that occurred hours before the Battle of Hong Kong and led to the USA joining the war with the Allies
- 31. His corpse was strung up on a metal pole, the end of a cruel and powerful leader
- 32. Women who married Canadian soldiers overseas and caused a huge influx of immigrants after the war
- 34. Japan’s declaration of war caused unavailability and rationing of ___ in the Far East
- 35. The right to vote
- 38. A huge Canadian contribution to the war effort that trained more than 130 000 pilots, navigators, flight engineers, air gunners, ground crew, and radio operators (acronym)
- 40. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations to continue invading _______
- 41. Soldiers jumping out of planes, a good number weren’t real to appear more substantial in size
- 43. A failed artist
- 44. It overtook agriculture as the most crucial component of Canada’s economy
- 45. Manuverable warships protecting vulnerable convoys
- 47. It was held in Canada over conscription during 1942
- 48. Working women would use _______ to tie their hair back
- 50. It is used to breed desirable offspring
- 51. The naval battle that lasted from the start to the end of WWII
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- 1. The breaking of this agreement caused Stalin much grief
- 3. Italian fascist gangs who helped Mussolini rise to power
- 4. Code name for the development of the atomic bomb, to which Canada contributed uranium in 1942
- 6. Hitler's greatest mistake in WWII; the attack that broke Germany and the Soviet Union’s non-aggression pact
- 7. Code name for the Normandy Invasion
- 10. Secured “peace for our time”, as claimed by the British Prime Minister Chamberlain, Forced to resign as British Prime minister during WWII
- 11. Proved the Canadian government’s determination to improve the war effort, allowing conscription for home defence and eventually “zombies” for overseas service (acronym)
- 13. People of Japanese, German, and Italian descent living in Canada
- 15. What Churchill dubbed the “soft underbelly” of Europe and an invasion that was a component of the Italian Campaign
- 17. The Allied forces’ “miracle” evacuation, saving them from a horrible loss
- 18. Germany’s action with Austria that breached one of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
- 19. The previous name of the city Volgograd
- 21. A military tactic named after a rodent, used in Stalingrad
- 23. Canada’s _______ policy lead it to provide significant amounts of military and economic support to the Allies during WWII and caused a boom in the Canadian economy from increased demand for production
- 25. The alliance that kept its name from WWI
- 27. She became a symbol for working women during WWII
- 30. The cipher device that's development led to the first computer
- 33. Estonia, Lituania, Latvia
- 36. At the start of the war, Canada practiced _______ to avoid conscription mandates and returning into debt after a slow recovery from the Depression
- 37. The policy that Canada practiced of wanting to remain indifferent about issues in other countries
- 39. German for “the leader”
- 42. A devastating battle claimed to be both a valuable learning experience and a wasteful slaughter of Allied soldiers
- 46. Women who worked in the Canadian navy as operators, mechanics, coders, and drivers (acronym)
- 49. The group of people Hitler thought to be the “master race” possessing blonde hair, blue eyes, and white ethnicity