Ending the War and Coming Home ` Name: _______________
1. a. By what point would you argue the war had shifted in favour of the Allies and away from the Axis?
b. Explain your answer.
2. How had the Axis Powers changed by August 1943?
3. What was the combined importance of success in Italy and at Normandy?
4. How did the Canadian army help to increase the success of the Normandy landings on D-Day?
5. What roles did Canadians play in the June 6 D-Day invasion?
6. In which two regions of Europe did Canadians play a major role as liberators?
7. a. Identify what the people of Italy and Germany likely thought about their leaders, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
b. Explain why you believe this.
8. On what day did World War II end?
9. How did the end of the war change the population of Canada?
10. a. Identify some of the things that the Canadian government did for the veterans of World War II.
b. Explain why they did this.
11. What types of things did Canada, or Canadians, do to change the world immediately after World War II ended?
