General Charles Foulkes Nazi Germany General Blaskowitz The Netherlands Liberation of the Netherlands The Netherlands Where Nazis invaded Netherlands 8 months of fighting for Canada in 194445 ID: 341065
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CanadaGeneral Charles FoulkesNazi GermanyGeneral BlaskowitzThe Netherlands
Liberation of the NetherlandsSlide2
The NetherlandsWhere?Slide3
Nazis invaded Netherlands8 months of fighting for Canada in 1944-45The people were starved (very hungry)Canada came to liberate the DutchCanada pushed German troops back into GermanyGerman General Blaskowitz surrendered to Canadian General Foulkes
What?Slide4
Taken over by Nazis in 19408 months of fighting to win back landLiberated May 5th, 1945
When?Slide5
Hitler believed the Netherlands would be an easy targetHitler would easily be able to invade and take controlCanada and the Allies wanted to stop Hitler’s controlWhy?Slide6
Canadians suffered 7,600 casualtiesCanada dropped food from planesCanadian corps liberated the NetherlandsDutch send 10,000 tulips to Canada annually
Significance To CanadaSlide7Slide8
Eastern Front (June 22nd, 1941 – May 8th, 1945)Slide9
Operation Barbarossa (June 1941)“Red Beard” – Hitler attacked the Soviet UnionSoviet propaganda poster from World War II, depicting a Red Army soldier aiming a bayonet at Hitler's temple. The torn paper document is titled "The Agreement on non-Aggression between Germany and USSR". The poster title is "Mercilessly, we will humiliate and destroy the enemy!"Slide10
Hitler referred it as a "war of annihilation". Fascism against CommunismHitler against StalinBoth the Germans and Soviet’s targeted civilians using a scorched-earth tactic.Perhaps up to seventeen million civilians were killed by the Nazis in the east.Slide11
The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theatre of World War II. It is generally accepted as being the most costly conflict in human history with over 30 million dead as a result. It involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined.It resulted in the destruction and division of Nazi Germany and the rise of the Soviet Union as a military and industrial superpower. Slide12Slide13
The bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini & his mistress Claretta Pettaci were hung by their heels after their execution by a vengeful mob in January 1945.Slide14
Hitler committed suicide in April 1945Slide15
Canada’s overall WWII Commitment: The FactsOver 1 Million Canadians served in World War Two45,000 Canadians were killed55,000 were seriously wounded