Topic 7: Behind the Scenes

CHC2P – Student Worksheet Unit 3 WW2

Topic 7 : Behind the Scenes Text pages 214 - 217

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) 1. ______provided bases for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. 2. Trainees came fro all over the commonwealth – A______, S______A______, B______, the W______I______and N______Z______. 3. Escaped volunteers from Poland, France and Norway also trained in ______4. In one month ______aircrafts were put out, serviced by ______flyers. 5. There were ______graduates, over ______of them Canadian, went to fly in the battle of the skies The Secret War 1. Where was ‘Camp X’? ______2. What was ‘Camp X’? ______3. What were the people at ‘Camp X’ required to do? ______4. What was ‘Station M’ and what did it do? ______Canadian Agents 1. What did Churchill tell special agents to do? “ ______” 2. How many Canadian Secret agents were sent to Europe? ______. How many died? ______CHC2P – Student Worksheet Unit 3 WW2

3. What did Guy Bieler do? ______4. What happened to Joe Gelleny? ______5. What happened to Frank Pikersgill? ______The Sheepdog Navy Canadians also showed courage and endurance. Some were ______in the ______navy, the ______ships that carried ______, ______, and ______to Britain. Others were part of the R______C______Navy (RCN), which shepherded the ______. The RCN’s job was to ______and ______the German _____-______before those ______found and sank the ships of the ______. By the middle of ______, U-boats were on the run. They were being destroyed by weapons, ______equipment and shore based ______. At the end of the war the RCN had ______fighting ships, the ______largest navy in the world. It had shepherded ______ships across the ocean and kept the ______life-line open Canada’s Merchant Navy 1. How big was Canada’s Merchant Navy during the war? ______2. What is Park Company? ______. How many ships did it produce per week by 1944? ______3. What were the ______seaman in Canada’s Merchant Navy responsible for? ______CHC2P – Student Worksheet Unit 3 WW2

______4. What was the longest battle of WW2? ______5. In total, how many Canadian and Newfoundlander Merchant Navy seamen died during WW2? ______6. These men were finally recognized and honoured by the federal government in ______.

Overview Questions: 1. How did Canada contribute to the war in the air and on the sea? ______2. What was the secret war? ______3. What was the role of Canada’s merchant navy? ______

Topic 9 : Women Go to War Text pages 222-225

Like in WWI, women also have very important roles in WW2 1. ______was the key to success in the war and Canada had vast resources. Over ______worked in Canadian industry by ______. So many women were working in factories that ______center wee often set up. 2. Apart from the duty of working in industries, other roles for women were: ______3. List the names of the units of Canada’s service women ______- ______- ______- ______- ______CHC2P – Student Worksheet Unit 3 WW2

4. By 1941 ______service women had enlisted in the armed forces. Those posted overseas had a ______role such as ______, ______, ______, and ______. In the end ______women were killed in WW2 5. Women received _____ pan than a man for doing the same work 6. After the war, women returned to more ______roles. Couples had postponed ______and ______. After the war it was time to start a family

Behind the Scenes Down 1. Where graduates from the BCATP fought 2. Shepherded the convoys 4. Another name for Canada's navy 7. Where pilot trainees came from 8. German secret under water weapon 10. Where Canadian spies were trained 11. Navy 4th largest in the world CHC2P – Student Worksheet Unit 3 WW2

Across 3. Where Camp X was located 4. Involving spies 5. Service women in the navy 6. Helped detect German U-boats 7. Carried food, weapons fuel 9. Service women in the army 12. Service women in the air force 13. Birth place of Guy Gelleny 14. Place where spies got new identities 15. Canadian program that trained pilots

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