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)
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