FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR

Canada’s Growth through Pain

Meanwhile, back in Europe...

Weimar Republic falls other German parties fail to

cooperate Nazi Party is able to take control in

1933 others parties are made illegal Nazi Germany breaks Treaty of

Versailles Allies do nothing about it

Invasions

1938 Germany annexes Austria 1938 Germany invades

Czechoslovakia 1939 Germany invades Poland Finally, Britain and France declare

war on Germany (Sept. 3)

Within the 3rd Reich

1935 Nuremberg Laws Jews were no longer citizens Could not go to university Could no longer teach Could only marry Jews Could not be doctors or lawyers

1938 Kristallnacht—”night of broken glass”

Jewish businesses and synagogues smashed and burned all over Germany

Anyone who opposed the Nazis was rounded up, imprisoned or killed

1942 Nazi Conference at Wannsee Lake near Berlin

Decision on “Final Solution”: all European Jews must be killed

Canada’s Decision

Sept. 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany

By summer of 1940, Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg & France

Germany showers bombs on England

Invasion of Britain does not take place (Operation Sea Lion)