The Canada Remembers Series

Questions: Video One: Turning the Tide: 1939 – D-Day

1. What reasons did the volunteers give for enlisting in 1939?

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2. How did the war impact civilians in Europe? In Canada?

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3. During the video, Frieda Bindman Dougherty says of the war years, “we were shaped by them.”
What does she mean?
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4. How did the war experience shape Canada and its people?
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 5. Why was the Atlantic so crucially important to the Allied war effort?
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6. With regard to the Dieppe Raid: What were the reasons for the raid?

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What were objectives of the raid?

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What were the results?

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What were the lessons learned?

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