EPISODE 1 Ideology Venn Diagram → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 1 "The Strongmen"
EPISODE 2 WW2 Causes → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 2 "Selling War"
TASK → Make notes about the causes of WW2 put forward by the episode. Generate 2 new causes that are not included in the sample concept map linked above as "Connections Between Causes of WW2" that are supported by episode 2 content.
Create a concept map as a small group that illustrates the relationships between all the competing causes of WW2.
EPISODE 3 Historical Perspective → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 3 "Meet the Enemy"
EPISODE 4 The Dieppe Raid → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 4 "Truth and Total War"
See the Dieppe Outline Thesis for the Task and Project Details.
Five thousand troops of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, along with a thousand British troops, many of them commandos, attacked the French port of Dieppe on the English Channel Coast in August 1942. Led by Major-General J. M. Roberts, the force was supported by ships of the Royal Navy and aircraft of the RAF and RCAF. The purpose was to make a successful raid on German-occupied Europe over water, and then to hold Dieppe briefly. The results were disastrous.
The German defences were on the alert. The main Canadian landing on the Dieppe beach and flanking attacks at Puys and Pourville failed to reach any of their objectives. Only the commandos enjoyed any success.
After nine hours fighting ashore, the force withdrew. Over one thousand were dead and two thousand prisoners were in German hands, more prisoners than the whole Canadian Army lost in either the North West Europe or Italian campaigns. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, largely made up of soldiers from the Hamilton area, had taken 582 soldiers into the thick of the fighting. 197 of them were killed or died as prisoners and 175 became prisoners of war. Many of the prisoners and many of those who got back to England were wounded. Two Canadians received the Victoria Cross for their bravery.
In the air above the landings, the RAF waged its most intense air battle on a single day in the whole war. The Allies lost 106 aircraft (including thirteen RCAF machines and ten pilots), and the Germans 48 aircraft.
Behind the failure lay a poor, overly complex plan, insufficient fire support from aircraft and artillery, and inadequate training of troops for their first test of battle. Yet lessons were learned for later amphibious landings in the Mediterranean and at Normandy.
EPISODE 5 Camp Terezin → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 5 "Hiding the Horrors"
EPISODE 6 Universal Crimes → Love, Hate & Propaganda Episode 6 "Changing the Story"
"the strong do as they CAN and the weak do as they MUST"
Central Question → Can war be just?
→ mass killing for a political process?
→ mass killing in defence of innocent people / survival?
→ using as little violence as possible to stop aggressive countries?
Each stage has separate rules (e.g., middle = not targeting civilians / end = how to write a fair & proper peace treaty).
The change in technology, weapons, controversial methods of combat & strategy by allies actually violated just war rules.
1. use of air power and targeting (military targets & civilian targets to wear down morale).
2. invention of WMD (brutal and indiscriminate slaughter).
3. use of chemical warfare.
→ For the Dieppe Raid, the Normandy Invasion, the Bombing of Berlin, the Tokyo Fire Bombing, and the Use of Atomic Bombs pose one moral question that comes out of the details gathered while viewing episodes 4, 5, & 6 of Love, Hate, and Propaganda.
DEBATE QUESTION # 1 → Was it wrong to send soldiers to certain death?
DEBATE QUESTION # 2 → Was it wrong to use chemical weapons and/or WMD?
DEBATE QUESTION # 3 → Was it wrong to use propaganda to create hate toward the enemy and build support for the war?
DEBATE QUESTION # 4 → Was it wrong to profit from war?
DEBATE QUESTION # 5 → Was it wrong to send soldiers in to battle high on drugs?
DEBATE QUESTION # 6 → Was it wrong to force young men to fight in war?