HISTORY 3040 CANADA AND THE WORLD

HISTORY 3040HISTORY 3040

CANADA AND THE WORLD

Dr. Curtis Cole

Trent University in Oshawa

World War IIWorld War IIPart TwoPart Two

February 1, 2010

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Robert Borden

Prime Minister, 1911-1920

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“No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.”Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939

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June, 1940: Conservatives offer Union Government

Mackenzie King refused

R.B. Hanson

Conservative Leader

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June, 1940: Conservatives offer Union Government

Mackenzie King refused

National Resources Mobilization Act June 18, 1940National registration of manpowerConscription for training and

domestic defense only

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“No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.”Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939

and again, June 1940

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National Resources Mobilization Act June 18, 1940National registration of manpowerConscription for training and

domestic defense onlyS. 2:

Government may conscript men or property

But not for military service outside of Canada

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For full treatment of the conscription issue in W.W.I and W.W.II: see

J.L. Granatstein and

J.M. Hitsman,

Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada

(Toronto, 1985)

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National Resources Mobilization Act June 18, 1940National registration of manpowerConscription for training and domestic

defense onlyS. 2:

Government may conscript men or property

But not for military service outside of Canada

N.R.M.A generally acceptedeven in Quebec

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National Resources Mobilization Act June 18, 1940National registration of manpowerConscription for training and domestic

defense onlyS. 2:

Government may conscript men or property

But not for military service outside of Canada

N.R.M.A generally acceptedeven in Quebec

Except by Montreal Mayor

Camillien Houde

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Conscripted soldiers were known as “Zombies”

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The Evening Standard (London), June 18, 1940

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U.S. Neutrality Act: Amended, Sept. 1939

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U.S. Neutrality Act: Amended, Sept. 1939

Ogdensburg Agreement, August 1940

Lend-Lease Act (U.S.), March 1941

Hyde Park Declaration, April 1941

Mackenzie King and Roosevelt

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Operation Barbarossa, June 1941

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Pearl Harbor, December 7 1941

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President Roosevelt Requesting Declaration of War, December 7 1941

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Mackenzie King

“Operation Barbarossa” (Germany attacks the U.S.S.R.,

June 1941)

Japan attacks the U.S., (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7,

1941)

Canada declares war on Japan (Dec. 8, 1941)

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Churchill, Mackenzie King and Roosevelt

“No Canadian conscription for overseas duty.”

Mackenzie King, March 1939 and again, September, 1939 and again, June 1940

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National Resources Mobilization Act S. 3: Conscripts not to be

ordered overseas

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National Resources Mobilization Act S. 3: Conscripts not to be

ordered overseas

Internment of Japanese-Canadians, winter 1942

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National Resources Mobilization Act S. 3: Conscripts not to be

ordered overseas

Internment of Japanese-Canadians, winter 1942

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Death of Ernest Lapointe, November 1941

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Death of Ernest Lapointe, November 1941

Louis St. Laurent

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Conservative Leaders: R.J. Manion - 1938-1940 R.B. Hanson - 1940-1942 Arthur Meighen

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Plebiscite - April 27, 1942 “can we amend S.3 of the

N.R.M.A.?”

Mackenzie King, April 24, 1942(audio requires internet connection)

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York South By-Election, Feb. 9, 1942

CCF candidate: Joe Noseworthy

Noseworthy won

Arthur MeighenJoe Noseworthy

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Conscription Plebiscite, April 27, 1942

Results: English Canada - 80% “YES” French Canada - 78% “NON”

WML King votes in

The Conscription Plebiscite

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National Resources Mobilization Act S. 3: Conscripts not to be

ordered overseas S. 3 repealed, July 1942 govt. now legally allowed

to send conscripts overseas

But did not use the power

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D-Day, June 6 1944

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November, 1944:

16,000 NRMA men ordered overseas 12,000 actually served

overseas 69 killed 232 wounded 13 taken prisoner

World War II: Part Two Political Ramifications: Federal General Election, June

11, 1945

Liberals:125

Progressive Conservative: 67

C.C.F.: 28

Social Credit: 13

Bloc Populaire: 10

Other: 2

TOTAL 245

National Quebec53

2

0

0

10

0

65

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World War II: Part Two Political Ramifications:

John Brackennew Progressive Conservative

leader, Dec. 1942Shift to the left

World War II: Part Two Political Ramifications:

John Brackennew Progressive Conservative

leader, Dec. 1942Shift to the leftT.C. Douglas, Premier of

Saskatchewan

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…a national plan of social insurance to be a charter of social security... A magnificent declaration... of liberal policy, than

which nothing could be better.W.L.M. King, 1943 Speech From the Throne

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