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Battle of the Atlantic
Participating Countries:
United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Newfoundland, Norway, Poland, Free French Forces, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Vichy France
Casualties:
Allies: 36,200 sailors killed, 36,000 merchant seamen killed,
3,500 merchant vessels, 175 warships
Axis: 30,000 sailors killed, 783 submarines
Alies won, Axis Lost
Battle lasted from the beggining to the end of the war with the defeat of Germany. Longest military Campaign. -
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Battle of Britain
Participating Countries
United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy
Casualties
Allies: 544 aircrew killed, 422 aircrew wounded, 1,547 aircraft destroyed
Axis: 2,698 aircrew killed, 967 captured, 638 missing bodies identified by British Authorities, 1,887 aircraft destroyed
Allies won, Axis lost
The objective was to gain command over the RAF. The battle lasted approximately 4 months. -
Dieppe Raid
Participating Countries:
Canada, US, UK, Polish Forces in the West, Germany
Casualties:
Canada: 367 dead, wounded or captured
United Kingdom: 275 commandos
Royal Navy: One destroyer,
33 landing craft,
550 dead and wounded,
Royal Air Force: 100 aircrafts
62 killed, 30 wounded, 17 captured
Germany: 311 dead, 280 wounded
Luftwaffe: 23 Fw 190, 25 Dornier Do 217
Germany Won, Allies lost
Battle of Dieppe lasted 5 hours 50 minutes. Almost 60% of men who made it ashore were killed, wounded, or captured. -
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Conquest of Sicily
Participating Countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Italy, Germany
Casualties:
Allies: 24,820 casualties (5,837 killed, 15,683 wounded, 3,326 captured)
Germany: 20,000 casualties
Italy: 147,000 casualties
Allies won, Axis lost
Objective was to take Sicily from Axis. Started with air and water attacks, then 6 weeks of land combat. -
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Moro River Campaign
Participating Countries:
United Kingdom, Canada, India, New Zealand, Germany
Casualties:
Alies: Canada 2,339 casualties, New Zealand 1,600 casualties, India 3,400 casualties
UK and German Casualties are Unknown
Niether side won. Allies gained land but never reached their set objective.
The objective of the campaign was to breach the German winter line. The Allies hoped to use this line to advance to Pascera, and even Rome. -
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Battle of Ortona
Participating Countries:
Canada: 1st Canadian Infantry Division, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
Germany: 3rd battalion, 3rd Regt, German 1st Parachute Division
Casualties:
Canada: 650 casualties
Germany: Unknown casualties
Canada won, Germany lost
The battle was held during "Bloody December." Ortona, the city where the battle was fought, usually had a population of 10,000 people. -
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Battle of Monte Cassino
Participating Countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Free French Forces, Poland, Canada, British India, New Zealand, Italian Royalist Army, Germany, Italian Social Republic
Casualties:
Allies: 55,000 casualties
Axis: 20,000 casualties
Allies won, Axis lost
Series of battles to break through Germany's Winter LIne and get to Rome. -
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Battle of the St. Lawrence
Participating Countries:
Canada, Germany
Casualties:
Canada: 23 ships sunk, 3 ships damaged, 340 killed
Canada won, Germany lost
German U-Boats sank a number of merchant ships and 3 Canadian warships. Although Germany had no casualties, the country lost the battle as their objective was not met. -
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Battle of the Scheldt
Participating Countries:
Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Poland
Casualties:
Allies: 6,367 canadian casualties, 12,873 total casualties
Axis: Roughly 10-12,000, 41,043 captured
After 5 weeks the Canadians were successful in clearing Scheldt. Necessary to build port for Allied shipping. -
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Battle of Walcheren Causeway
Participating Countries:
Canada, United Kindom, Germany
Casualties:
Canada: 64 Casualties
Germany: Unknown casualties
Niether side one
One operation in the Battle of the Sheldt. First of many conflicts around Walcheren island.