1. THE END OF WW2
D-Day, The Death of Hitler, Fall of Japan, Enemy Aliens, & conspiracies

2. D-Day, 1944 Attack German Atlantic Wall along the coast of France
Largest seaborne invasion in history
US & British Commonwealth Troops
30,000 Canadians
Canadians attacked at Juno Beach
land mines, barbed wire, machine guns
Allies could now land troops in Europe
Created a War on 2 Fronts for Germany

4. Liberation of Europe After D-Day, brutal fighting followed
Allies push Germans back town by town
Hitler calls up all reserves
Anyone who gave up a centimeter of German territory and lived, was a traitor
Soviets attacked from the East, Germans continue to retreat
Soviets invaded Berlin
Germany Surrenders- May 7th, 1945
VE Day- Victory in Europe Day

6. The Death of Hitler

7. Death of Hitler Italian Leader Benito Mussolini killed by his people
Hitler want to avoid this fate
Hitler hiding in a bunker
Soviets surround Berlin
Marries Eva Braun
April 30th, 1945
shoots himself, Braun takes poison
Bodies burned
Soviets find only jaw bone to ID body
Conspiracy theorist: Hitler Escaped to Argentina
Movie Clip: Magneto Hunts Nazis in Argentina

8. Japan Surrenders Brutal fighting in Pacific Island hopping
US President Truman tells Japan to surrender
Hiroshima- 1st Atomic Bomb
dead
No surrender
3 Days later, Nagasaki- Bombed
dead
Survivors suffered radiation poisoning
September 2, 1945
Japan surrenders
WWII is over

10. “Enemy Aliens in Canada”
“The War Measures Act”
Government decides who was loyal
If Not Loyal:
Sent to Internment Camp
Property taken & sold by Government
Targeted:
Germans
Italians
Refugees of Nazi Germany (Jews)
Japanese

11. “Enemy Aliens”

12. “Enemy Aliens”

13. “Enemy Aliens in Canada”
Japanese Canadians
Pearl Harbor angered Canadians
British Columbia: Mounties arrested “troublemakers”
To Protect the Country during wartime:
Removed from homes
Put on trains
Sent to internment camps in the middle of BC
1st target: Japanese-born residents
Eventually anyone of Japanese decent seen as an enemy
1988- Gov. apologizes & offers $ to every survivor
“Enemy Aliens in Canada”

14. Jewish Canadians Anti-Semitism common in Canadian Society
Jewish access was limited in Schools, Jobs, & Stores
Immigration policy- “least desirable”
Evian Conference- to deal with refugees fleeing Nazism
Canada didn’t want to attend
Didn’t open borders
1933 to1947- only Jewish refugees allowed into Canada- worst of Western countries

15. Jewish Canadians 1/5 of all Jewish Canadians Enlist in Armed Forces
relatives of European Jews
Jewish Refugees moved from Britain to Canada put in internment Camps
Status changed from “Prisoners of War” to “Refugees”
After War: given option to stay in Canada or return to Europe

16. Canadians & the Holocaust
Initial reports of War omitted treatment of Jews
1943- Reports start to emerge of horrible treatment
Finals Months of War- Canadians liberate camps in Europe & Germany
Bergen-Belsen Camp- “Horror Camp”
Canadian Attitudes & Government Policies slow to change
Eventually allow 35,000 Survivors & their families to come to Canada

17. WW2- Canadian Facts Canadian Population: 11.2 million
Canadians Served: 1.1 million
Dead: 45,000
Wounded: 55,000
Women Served: 50,000
1942- Women allowed to enlist
can’t be married, no kids
Aboriginal Served: 3,000
Canadian Navy
Start of War: 13 Ships, 3,500 sailors
End of War: 373 Ships, 110,000 sailors

18. WW2- World Stats Dead: 70 to 85 million 3% of 1940 World Population
50 to 56 million Military & Civilian Deaths
19 to 28 million from Disease & Famine
3% of 1940 World Population
Germany loses territory
Germany divided in half
West: Allied control
East: Soviet control
Foundation of Cold War
USA & West vs Soviet Union
United Nations formed