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Germany invades poland.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Canada declares war on Germany.
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Battle of Atlantic is fought.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway,
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Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxenbourg, and France.
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National Resource Mobilization Act allow conscription of Canadians for home defence.
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Evacuation of Dunkirk.
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France surrenders to Hitler.
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German air force begins bombing Britain.
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Germany invades USSR.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbour.
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United States declares war on Japan.
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Canadian soilders defeated in Japan's invasion of Hong Kong.
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Japanese-Canadian citizens sent to inernment camps.
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Canadian's vote in pledscite to support conscription.
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Rain on French port of Dieppe by Canadian and other Allied forces.
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Allies bomb German cities.
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Japan Surrenders