HISB41H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Atlantic Ocean, Mechanized Infantry, Carche
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Not the case for second world war - the war was from first to last - fought for good reason - to resist axis - italy, germany, japan. Important that the allies won the war - civilization would have gone to dark place for long time if hitler and axis won. Great loss of life - but not as extreme as ww1 - and it can be justified - us calls it the good war - not like war in korea and vietnam. At outset - canada in diff position than ww1. Canada is now an independent country - when britiish declared war doesn"t mean canada has to go to war. Germany invaded poland - safety guaranteed by britian - sept 1 1939. Ultimatum - withdraw by third of sept - germany destroyed poland - the campaign was remarkable for how lopsided it was - blitzkreig - overwhelmed polish army - relied on cavalry.
