Canada enters the War Flashcards
3 goals of Canada at the beginning of the War
- Increase defences on the Atlantic Coast
- send two infantry divisions overseas (King wanted a maximum of 40000 men).
- Implement air training facilities BCAPT. 154 flying schools were set in Canada with 60% being Canadian.
Contributions of different Canadians (Jewish)
17000 contributed to the war. There could have been more but many concealed their religious identity over the fear of Nazi treatment if they were captured.
Contributions of different Canadians (Jewish)
17000 contributed to the war. There could have been more but many concealed their religious identity over the fear of Nazi treatment if they were captured.
Contributions of different Canadians (Asian)
Japanese and Chinese canadians wanted to fight in the war to prove their patriotism, especially Japanese canadians. They acted as translators for soldiers that fought in Asia.
Contributions of different canadians (black)
rejected from military service as volunteers until more soldiers were needed. They were integrated throughout the military and not confined to one battalion.
Japanese settlement
Japanese canadians had been moving into Canada since the 1870s. Most settled in British Columbia where they raised families, operating farms and businesses and often worked in the business camps.
Japanese in war
By 1939, over 21000 Japanese Canadians were living in British Columbia. When Canada declared war on Japan in 1941, suspicion arose about these Japanese Canadians from the previously white population. Japanese Canadians were put through humiliation based solely on their race.
the government and Japanese people
The government began by excluding Japanese people from military service. They registered all people of Japanese descent and forced all Japanese Canadians to wear registration cards with their thumbprints and photographs.
Japan following the attack on Pearl harbor
Japanese Canadian fishing boats were taken away, Japanese language schools and newspapers were shut down and male Japanese immigrants began to be removed from Coastal areas.
removal of the japanese
By 1942, the removal of all Japanese Canadians began, with their homes seized and businesses forced to close.
role of women in the war
almost 50000 women volunteered for active duty where they acted as nurses, ambulance drivers, mechanics, parachute riggers, wireless operators, clerks, transports, pilots) because they couldn’t be in combat.
