1. What was the date that Canada declared war and why did they declare war? Click http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/warbeg to find out.
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2. Read three stories about Canadian Generals at http://www.valourandhorror.com/DB/STORY/home.htm. What did they have in common? Explain.
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3. Why was the raid on Dieppe a failure for Canada? Find the answer at http://users.pandora.be/dave.depickere/Text/dieppe.html .
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4. Canada had some excellent weaponry during the war. Click http://www.mapleleafup.org/vehicles/index.html   to check it out. What were some of these technologies?
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5. Interested in learning about Canadian POW (Prisoner Of War) camps? Go to http://www2.memlane.com/djcarter/pow.htm.     What was it like being a POW?
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6. How did the Canadians make their planes lighter and increase the bomb loads? Find out at http://www.valourandhorror.com/BC/Issues/Bomb_1.htm
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7. What was the Battle of the Atlantic and what did the Canadians have to do with it? Click http://www.swil.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/SWlCanMu/WW2WarR.html   to find out.
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8. Look at the picture at http://www.valourandhorror.com/HK/HKback.htm how does it make you feel? Explain.
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9. Would you like to know more about Canadian spies? Click

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/courage/italian to find out.  Name 3 things you learned.
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10. Canada had an impressive 60 ships with 13,500 men for the war in the Pacific, but they never used them. Click http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/pacwar to find out why. Write your answer here.
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