War in the Pacific
Battle of Guadalcanal → Americans succeed
Allied bomber commands: firebombing → 100,000 citizens burned to death in one night
Manhattan project built
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to United States Government to build a nuclear weapon. Oppenheimer built the weapon and planned to drop it on Berlin, however, Germany surrendered, they did not drop the bomb
Nuclear Nations: USA, Russia, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel (not official)
Canada and the War
- Isolationism: Prime Minister Mackenzie King did not want Canada to participate in another World conflict. Canada just recovered from the great depression
- this isolationism reaches so far, that they did not interact in the German policy and the way they treated Jews.
Anti-Semitism:This changed the immigration policy and attitude towards Jews and Canada started to get a anti-semitic mind set.Canada was reluctant to accept immigrants other that from the UK or USA.
- Canadian citizens rebelled against this anti-semitic policy and spoke out against the banning of jews. In 1938, the number of Jewish immigrants increased a lot and raised to 150 000 people in Canada.
Allied bomber commands: firebombing → 100,000 citizens burned to death in one night
Manhattan project built
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to United States Government to build a nuclear weapon. Oppenheimer built the weapon and planned to drop it on Berlin, however, Germany surrendered, they did not drop the bomb
- August
- Soviet Union declares war on Japan
- United states drop the bomb, “little boy” on Hiroshima, Japan 140,000 people killed in one minute
- Americans dropped “fat man” on Nagasaki, 70,000 killed immediately
- Japanese surrender August 15th
Nuclear Nations: USA, Russia, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel (not official)
Canada and the War
- Isolationism: Prime Minister Mackenzie King did not want Canada to participate in another World conflict. Canada just recovered from the great depression
- this isolationism reaches so far, that they did not interact in the German policy and the way they treated Jews.
Anti-Semitism:This changed the immigration policy and attitude towards Jews and Canada started to get a anti-semitic mind set.Canada was reluctant to accept immigrants other that from the UK or USA.
- Canadian citizens rebelled against this anti-semitic policy and spoke out against the banning of jews. In 1938, the number of Jewish immigrants increased a lot and raised to 150 000 people in Canada.
3 Words - Atomic Bombs
- Long term Damage - technical advance |
2 QuestionsHow did the pacific get involved in the European War?
In what way did Antisemitism contest the War? |
1 MetaphoreThe domino effect made the War a world War
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