War & Conflict
WWI
Germany started world war I
Many women joined work forces
Tanks had genders
Ended November 11th, 1918
Started July 28th, 1914
Causes
The four long-term causes were: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism.
Economic gain
Religion
Revenge
Civil War
Defensive War
Territorial gain
Political Problems
After WWII no party in Germany was able to
rebuild the war torn country
Many people had turned to extreme voices
The Nazi's had many different beliefs
Industry should be privately owned
Government should be run by army
and wealthy
Power of the military should be increased
Canada's response
Many died in concentration camps as a result
4000 jews escaped to Canada
low acceptance response due to:
Industries refused to hide jews
Many jews had to hide their identities
few lawyers, professors and teachers
Anti-Semitism movement in Canada
WWII
Biggest and deadliest war in history
Involved more than 30 countries
Started September 1, 1939
Ended September 2, 1945
This lasted six bloody years and 1 day
The war ended with the Allies defeating the Nazi
Germany and Japan in 1945
When the Treaty of Versailles was signed
there were terms, the terms were to be
remembered as GARGLe.
GARGLe standed for
G- Guilt
A- Arms
R- Reparations
G- German Territory
L- League of Nations
Hitler came to power
Economic Problems
Loss of buildings
Infrustructure
Decline in the Working Population
Uncertainty
Rise in debt
Their economy was not growing because
money wasn't being put towards the economy
To pay for all the reparations Germany began
to print more and more money
Hitler
In 1919 he joins the Nazi Party
He promises to get the land That Germany had
lost during WWI back
Within a few years he rose to lead the
party
Hatred for Jewish people was called
anti-semitism
Nazi party gains control of the government
by 1930