Canada on D-Day

I think that Canada's contributions on D-Day were really important. I think this because Canada was given the objective to capture the hardest beach, Juno Beach, it was the heaviest fortified and had the most German troops and still the Canadian troops managed to take control of the beach in one day. This helped the Allied forces because it gave them hope that they could do it too and they also knew they already had part of the coast line so it would be easier to gain control of more. Also the contribution and success on D-Day helped Canada as a nation grow and become more independent because without help, the Canadian forces took the hardest beach and succeeded in there goal before any other Allied force reached there objective which proved we had a strong Army who knew what they were doing. In conclusion this is why I think that Canada's contributions were very important to the success on D-Day and also the growth of our nation.

Dropping the Atomic bombs

After the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in World War 2, people began wondering if that was justifiable, dropping two nuclear bombs and killing hundreds of thousands of people.  I believe that it was justified because the Japanese had brought the USA into the war by attacking Pearl Harbor.  By bringing them into the war they had to know that there was the possibility that something bad might happen. Also Japan had the chance to surrender multiple times, like when the Germans fell or when the allied forces took over there islands or even after the first bomb was dropped but they didn't so the USA dropped a second bomb. This is one reason I think it was justified another was the damage the Japanese caused. The Japanese destroyed multiple US war ships. They also caused thousands of allied deaths and treated POW's terrible. This is why I think this was the right thing for the US to do, to take revenge and damage cities and destroy war factories and force the Japanese into surrendering. I think without dropping the two nuclear bombs the Japanese wouldn't have surrendered causing a lot more allied deaths.

Canadians on The Home Front

Canadians on the home front contributed in many different way. One way was that women would get jobs in factories building planes tanks ammunition and more to supply the allied forces. After the men left for war there was no one to make the tanks and planes they needed so women got jobs to help with the war and help the allies win. another way they helped was by buying war bonds to help with the war. Canadians were told to give 10 percent of there pay checks the day they got them. the Government used multiple different propaganda posters to convey this message to Canadians. One had a Soldiers shooting a gun at planes and the caption says "you can't afford to miss either" and at the bottom it says "Buy War Bonds Every Payday"
this is saying that Canadians can't afford to miss buying war bonds because if they do they won't win the war.

Propaganda During World War 2

This poster was created by the American Government. It's target Audience was men and women on the home front. It told them that they should only eat what they needed to and ration there food so they could send more to the troops oversea's. They picture a man holding up his cup like he is saying thank you to the citizens who rationed there food so that he could eat oversea's. The saying on it is saying that if Americans don't eat as much the soldiers will have more to eat. This piece of propaganda wasn't put up to get men to enlist it was to get women children and anyone else to help in a way they could when they couldn't enlist to fight.

MS St. Louis

In 1939 the Ocean liner the MS St. Louis left German with 937 Jewish refugees who were trying to escape death in the holocaust and find a new safe home. The MS St. Louis was headed for Havana, Cuba but when they arrived the Cuban government denied them access to dock there. After this they tried to dock in the United States and then Canada and both countries denied them.  Canada didn't allow the ship to dock because of many reasons. One reason was that most of the English population in Canada at this time was
anti-semitic, which means they had a hatred of Jewish people, so if King let in all of the Jewish people he was worried he would lose the next election because most of English  would be angry that he let in 937 Jewish people and not vote for him. Another reason is that both Prime Minister King and the immigrations officer were both anti-semitic so they didn't want the refugees either. This reveals that a lot of Canadian's had the same hatred against Jewish people as Germany did during this time period but they didn't go the the level that Hitler did.

Canadian identity

This picture describe the Canadian identity because hockey is Canada's national winter sport. Also a lot of Canadians play hockey or are involved in hockey (coaching, watching there kids play). Also Canadians enjoy watching hockey and most Canadians can tell you there favourite team if you ask. Hockey is also thought of as a symbol of Canada because in the winter a lot of commercials involve Canadians either playing hockey or watching hockey or supporting and being involved with a local league. Hockey is also Canada's most successful sport in international competition. We also have really good teams, like our world junior team, usually  they  either win gold or place high every year because of there dedication and support from there friends and family. Finally I think hockey is a symbol of Canada and part of the Canadian identity because it is a big part of a lot peoples lives in Canada.