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World War 2
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The Battle of the Atlantic
Under Admiral Karl Dönitz, Commander-in-Chief of U-boats (submarines), the German navy employed the "Wolf Pack" strategy of attack. So what is that?They use a lot U-boats.So Canada set up groups of 50-60 supply ships that were protected by corvettes. Royal Canadian Navy warships performed a vital role in protecting convoys during the long voyage across the Atlantic. -
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The Battle of the Atlantic
Germany used submarines (U-boats) to sink supply ships coming to Britain from other countries. Canada set up convoys (groups of 50-60 supply ships) that were protected by corvettes (small fast gun boats). Safely escorted 25,000 merchant ships to Britain and 1000s to Russia. -
Battle of Britain
This war is acctually about United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) which began at the end of June 1940. German want to use the blitz defeat the Britain. 25 % of the pilots in the Royal Air Force (RAF)that defeated the German Air Force。At last German failed. -
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Battle of Britain
25 % of the pilots in the Royal Air Force (RAF)that defeated the German Air Force (Luftwaffe were Canadians. Britain PM Churchill said “never was so much owed by so many to so few” 3000 Nazi planes were shot down, so Germany could not invade Britain. -
Pacific War
The Pacific War start because of the attark on Pearl Harbor and end because the surrender of Japan. It is also help the Chinese from the Second Japanese War. Why Japanese surrender? Because USA dropped 2 atomic bombs it is also the first time nuclear weapon attack in history.
Chinese Canadians had elite commando unit called Force 136. They looks like Chinese because they are also Asian, so they were used to sabotage Japanese war effort by destroying Japanese weapons, bridges and railways. -
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Battle of Hong Kong
Battle of Hong Kong happened almost on the same time of battle of the Pearl Harbour. At first nobody think they will really attacked HongKong and Japan even didn't declare war to HongKong. When wars started. The soilders from Canadian and Britain fighting until the end. They lost about 554 soldiers in the war. Quarter of the Canadian soldier died in the prison camp. -
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Battle of Hong Kong
Japan attacked USA at Pearl Harbor Dec 7 1941. Inexperienced Canadian soldiers were protecting Hong Kong for the British.Canadian troops surrendered to Japanese Dec 25 after 17 days of fighting. Japanese had better weapons(airplanes and battle ships). 290 Canadians died, 500 wounded. 267 Canadians died in Japanese prison camps. -
The Dieppe Raid.
The allied want to scared the German and test the importance and possibility of the D-Day. They move soldiers away from Russia (USSR) and wanted to find out more about German coastal defences in France. A lot of Canadians died in this battle. -
Air War
Air War is always one of the most important parts of the war. So Royal Canadian Air Force act a good character in the war. RCAF was small in 1939 but they developed fast. In 1945 they became the 4th largest in the world. They have allied call 'the United States Army Air Forces' they planed to destory factories, naval bases, shipyards, railroad yards, railroad junctions, power plants, steel mills, airfields all the war supplies in German at night. At last they were not very success. -
The Battle of Ortona(Italy)
Ortona was the bloodiest battle of the Italian Campaign to date for the canadian soilders. Operation Husky was the beginning attack on Italy and it is the key city to the rome.So it is important .Canada lost a lot of soldiers but used “mouse-holing” technique to capture the city. Mouse-holing is a tactic used in urban warfare, in which soldiers create access to adjoining rooms or buildings by blasting or tunneling through a wall. -
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The Battle of Ortona
Operation Husky was beginning of the attack on Italy. Canadian soldiers were the first to take the island of Sicily. 60 Canadians were killed/ injured, but they captured 650 enemy soldiers. After 1 month Sicily was captured, but 2310 Canadian dead/ wounded.
Ortona was key city on the way to capturing Rome. Defended by the best German soldiers. Canada lost over 2300 men, but used “mouse-holing” technique to capture the city. Blasted holes in walls of buildings to avoid being shot by Germans. -
D-Day
Day of Deliverance-Canada’s largest military operation of WW 2.It happened on June.6 1944 .6:30AM.The code name of it is "Operation Overlord". D-day is the beginning of the Normandy landing. it is one of the most important war to World War 2. Normandy landing let the Allies back to the Europe.
Why choose D-Day at that time because there is a lot of obstruction beside the beach.That day was the best day for landing because at that time was low tide. It can reduce the damage to the boats. -
Liberation of the Netherlands
In Europe battlefield.Canadian soldiers free the Netherlands from the German troops.It is a long fight last for 8 monthes.Canadians who landed on D-Day, fought battles through France, Belgium, the Scheldt and in Germany before being dispatched back to the Netherlands with the Canadians who had fought in Italy. Because of the Canada's order they push the Germany soldiers back to German. Netherlands cheered after the freeed and many Dutch people painted "Thank you! Canada"
