HISTORY 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Appeasement, Anschluss, Canadian Jewish Congress
13 Apr 2018
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Canadians hoped wwi would be the war to end all wars . Canadians were terrified as to what hitler was trying to done by imposing a new world order in. In september 1939, canadians were once again at war against germany. This time they could declare war in their own right (statute of westminster of 1931) Mackenzie king" priority: avoid domestic turmoil at all costs (looking out for himself, his political party (liberal), and canada. In 1939, if britain was threatened (by air bombardment), canada would join the war overseas. Idea was that canada would not conscript (especially directed towards quebec) Nevertheless, canada was reluctant to go fight another war. The rise of nazi germany: adolf hitler rose to power in 1933, setting out to consolidate and increase. Germany"s power (very expansionist regime, seeking to annex many countries especially countries with ethnic germans and german speakers: first, hitler occupied the rhineland in march 1936, violating the treaty of.
