During WW2, how was Canada affected by Japan's attack and invasion of Hong Kong?
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Try this website to answer your question: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/asia/canHK&CFID=2911186&CFTOKEN=63747992
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- Germany invaded poland\n- Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor\n- Battle Of Midway\n- Battle of Britain\n- United states dropped two atomic bombs on japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)\n\nfor some...\n\nIf you are looking in only 1944\n - Southern France invaded\n - Battle of Philppine sea\n - B-29 raids in japan\n - Battle of Leyte
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During WWII, Canadians and Americans joined the British Air Force to fight against the Nazis before their own countries were at war.  That is a good example of fighting for another country against a tyrant dictator.
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World War II: The Impact at Home\n\nThe quick fall of France to the German army in 1940 shook the strong pacifist sentiment of the American public. Suddenly, Great Britain alone stood between Nazi Germany and the United States. Once the United States was fully committed to the war in December of 1941, patriotism soared in American society. Americans' willingness to carry out blackout and civil defense drills; to recycle metals, paper, and even cooking fats; to work longer hours, but to have fewer consumer goods to buy with their salaries demonstrated the nation's strong support for the war. There were political changes as well, as the country began to shift to the right. \n\nhttp://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture21.html\n\nWhat effects did WWII have on women in America?\n\nWomen began to do the jobs that the men used to do. They worked in factories, steel mills, and on fighter planes. A woman who worked in an industrial or manufacturing job was refered to as "Rosy the Riviter".\n\nWomen married earlier in life, had more children and relied much less on their husbands after the war. The divorce rate in the United States and Britain skyrocketed, compared to previous years. Women held higher paying jobs than in pre-war years, and this caused some conflict when men were discharged from the military and wanted their old jobs back, which were now held by women.\n\nWomen went into the workplace and never looked back. They took over factory jobs, drove trucks, flew military aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean to England, and numerous other jobs that had traditionaly been open only to men. Once the men returned from the war the women were more independant than ever and would never be content to sit at home again.\n\nWomen played the role of helping fabricate weapons and bombs and all the equipment the soldiers would need. Women never set foot on the battle field but they also were nurses and assistants and that helped alot since they needed medical treatments\n\nhttp://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_effects_did_WWII_have_on_women_in_America
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1.  Hitler invading Poland.\n2.  Imperialist Japan\n3... Hitler invading Poland.
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Thanks for the warning.  We'll be waiting.\n\nRead your history first, maybe you'll learn better than Hull did.  \n\nRemember never fight a Canadian unless you tie both his hands behind his back.  The Germans learned their lessons in WWII.
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Canada did not struggle for freedom.  Canada chooses to keep its ties to its British roots.  We fought no battles against Britain, nor did we want to.  Canada and Britain have fought side-by-side in two world wars.  We are as free as any country, with our own government, and a Governor General who represents our Queen on state occasions.  Our history is very different from that of the USA.
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Hope this helps.........\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
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Japan entered WWII when they bombed Pearl Harbor. They wanted to spread the borders of their country, but got a war with the U.S. instead. They never made an allience with Gremany or Italy. When the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a large valley, Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Japan unconditionally surrendered their military forces.
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The fact that all the US carriers were out of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked greatly influenced the outcome of the war.\nThe US winning the Battle of Midway.\nThe dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, planes and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a surprise attack on the US under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. This attack brought the United States into World War II. At 6:00 a.m. on December 7th the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters. The Japanese hit American ships and military installations at 7:53 a.m.. They attacked military airfields at the same time they hit the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. Overall, twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific fleet were damaged and the death toll reached 2,400.
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Japan entered WWII because numerous world powers were going to impose economic and resource sanctions against them.  The sanctions were going to be put into place becuase of Japan's war on China.  The Japanese took this very seriously as an act of war and went on the offensive first.
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Absolutely.  Military analysts predicted a full-scale invasion of the Japanese mainland would have costed the lives of 1 million Americans, .5 million British, and 3 million Japanese.  All those lives were saved by dropping the bombs.  Plus, the war got over sooner and the hard-ships faced by citizens of all the countries sitll involved were reduced significantly and they could go back to leading normal lives.
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Mark was referring to the attack on Pearl Harbour. That is a good point, maybe they are a bit paranoid about having a large military presence as it attracted the Japenese in'41'. Or it could be the attitude of people from the lower 48 if "AFwife"s atitude is an example .
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Basically World World II was like a continuation of World World I. Essentially this is what happened. World War I starts (aka - The Great War pre WWII) and afterwards its like everyone took a break. I'm not joking either. It was like a pause for 20 years. In the early 1930's, Japan invaded China. China actually had the most amount of casualties, not Russia or Eastern Europe. \n\nMost countries blamed Germany and so Germany had many sanction and restrictions put on the country. Hitler played off of these emotions and blamed the Jewish population for all of Germany's problems. At this time, Hitler was also quickly moving up in the ranks and finally became Dictator. \n\nHitler then started annexing countries in the mid to left 1930's and every country began to appease him. After he took over Poland and much of France, it was too late. The non-aggression pact between Germany and Russia made Hitler essentially invulnerable because from Eastern Europe was essentially all his to take over minus Russia. (Hitler would later reneg on the non-agreesion pact)\n\nThe United States needed an excuse to get into WWII and they finally got one on June 6, 1941 - Pearl Harbor. \n\nAbout 6 million jews were killed and 6 million gypsies, homosexuals, etc were killed. \n\nIn China, about 20-25 million were killed.
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Germany, Japan and Italy They were "Axis" of something before.\nFrance, Germany,and Canada, based on their recent policies\nfor the Iraqi Wars.
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The germans held most of the allies in high respect, certainly the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and U.S.\n\nThey were contemptuous of the French.\n\nIn World War one, the Canadians held a piece of front line where there was heavy fighting and thousands died on both sides. This is a place called Vimy Ridge and it is now a  living memorial with all of the trenches and tunnels preserved and a big monument. The French government gave this little piece of France to Canada as a mark of thanks and respect.\n\nInterestingly when the Germans took France in 1940, Hitler himself visited Vimy Ridge and insisted that its status as a part of Canada should remain unchanged.\n\nI guess you can take from that that the Canadian nation was held in high regard, even by the enemy.