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Axis Organization Created
-Germany and Italy united to fight against the Allies
-Later, Japan joined -
Allies Organization Created
-Britain, France, and Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand -
Evacuation at Dunkirk
-Dunkirk was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk -
The RAF
-The RAF shot down more and more German bombers, Hitler finally gave up on his plans to invade Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
-The massive attack on the Soviet Union broke the non-aggression pact that Hitler had signed with Stalin in 1939 -
The Dieppe Raid
-The Dieppe Raid was a Second World War Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. -
Battle of Sicily
-Allied forces invaded Sicily
-The Canadians proved themselves to be fierce opponents -
Battle of Ortona
-The Allies followed the Germans as they retreated to mainland Italy
-Canadians were given the task of capturing the medieval town of Ortona on the Adriatic Sea -
D-day
-The allies immediately followed their success in Italy with the biggest Allied invasion of the war
-The allies launched their attack by landing their troops on five beaches along an 80-kilometre stretch of the Normandy coast in northern France -
Juno Beach
-14,400 Canadian soldiers arrived at Juno Beach as part of the first wave of the attack -
Battle of the Scheldt
-Canadians marched triumphantly through Dieppe where only two years earlier they had suffered a terrible defeat -
Battle of the Rhineland
-the Allies began their attack to drive the Germans back over the Rhine River and out of the Netherlands
