How did the Second World War impact

Canada socially, economically, and politically?

Canada WWII

Setting the context (2)

The Canadian battles (2)

War in the Pacific

Canada’s Contribution

The Holocaust The impact of War

Impact of War economically

Politically

Socially

� Debate � Quizzes � In class writes � Participation

Ger

man

y •  Suffered the most during Depression

• Germans were resentful towards their government

•  Inflation devalued their currency

• Wanted to blame someone for the war

Russ

ia

•  Formed Soviet Union in 1922

•  Their economy was not affected by the Depression

•  Stalin was a ruthless dictator

Japa

n • Only Asian nation with a colonial empire

• Decline in trade affected Japan

•  Looking for other sources for materials

•  1931 invaded northern China

� International social, economic and political instability

� Dictators fed on the vulnerability and the disillusionment of their populations

� No desire for another war � Harsh conditions on Germany

Unemployment was high

Food was scarce

Lawlessness became a

major problem

Germany Italy Spain Soviet Union Japan

¡ The political spectrum is a line along which are placed the various political ideologies and political parties

¡ This line has a centre, a left side and a right side

¡ The extreme ends of the line represent extreme political beliefs while the centre is associated with more moderate beliefs

¡ The origins of the political spectrum are associated with the French Revolution

� Totalitarian forms of government are found at the extreme ends of the political spectrum on both the right and the left.

� The state exercises total control in this form of government.

� In a totalitarian regime the individual exists to serve the state.

� Soviet Union � Leader = Stalin � Communism

5 year plan

Collective Farming

Heavy industry

Great Terror

Nazi Soviet Pact

� Italy � Benito Mussolini � Fascism

� Who supported Mussolini? � How did Mussolini get rid of his opponents? � How did he gain power?

� Adolf Hitler � Germany � Nazism ( form of

fascism)

Imposed harsh conditions on

Germany

Prevented Germany from

rising as a nation

Forced Germany to pay huge sums

in reparations

Placed severe restrictions on armed forces

Treaty of Versailles

� Depression helped Hitler rise to power � Spoke against the Treaty of Versailles � Promised people that he and his party had

solutions to bring Germany out of depression � 1933-Hitler comes to power � He stopped all reparation payments � Started massive expansion of armed forces

� What was the Weimer Republic? � How did Hitler rise to power? � Who did Hitler consider the “master race”? � Who was not included in this category? � Why did Hitler hate the Jewish people? � What was Kritsallnacht? � What was the Holocaust?

� Aided German farmers � Developed autoban- expressways across

country � Opposition parties and unions abolished � Believed that Germans were a superior race

(master race) ¡  Non Aryans = Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, mental,

physical, communists, homosexuals