The War in Europe

By samr

  • Germany and Italy

    Germany and Italy become alliances

  • Germany and Soviet Union

    Germany and The Soviet Union agreed not to invade each other.

  • Japan

    Japan became known as the Axis

  • Germany renewed its blitzkrieg("lightening war")

    Germany renewed its blitzkrieg("lightening war") attacking Denmark and Norway

  • German Wehrmacht (armed forces)

    German Wehrmacht (armed forces) began its invasion of the Netherlands

  • Evacuation

    Evacuation began

  • Bomb in Dunkirk

    German Luftwaffe (airforce) bombed the port of Dunkirk

  • Evacuation completed

    Evacuation finally completed

  • France surrendered

    France surrendered

  • German massive bombing

    German Luftwaffe started massive bombing aimed at distroying harbours and shipping facilities in Southern England

  • Bombing raids

    Bombing raids targeted air fields and aircraft factories

  • German strategy shift

    German strategy shifted to bombing civilian targets

  • Japan invasion

    Japan was prepared to invade U.S and European colonies in Southeast Asia

  • Hitlers plans

    Hitler finally gave up his plans to invade Britain

  • Japanese bomb Pear Harbour

    Japanese planes bombed U.S Naval base in Pearl Harbour in Hawaii

  • Fall of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong fallen to the Japanese

  • USSR

    Germany lanched another offensive in the USSR

  • Soviet Union Allied powers

    Soviet Union now one of the Allied powers

  • Trade war

    Trade war finally began to turn

  • Germany Surrendered

    Germany surrendered

  • Allies cleared North Africa

    Allies cleared North Africa of Axis forces and could turn their attention to invasion of Europe

  • Canadian soldiers invade Sicily

    Canadian soldiers participated in the Allies invaston of Sicily

  • Soviets advancing

    Soviets were advancing into Eastern Europe towards Germany

  • Took over Italy

    Allies finally took over Rome but fighting continued in Italy until spring 1945

  • D-Day

    Allies launched "operation Overlord" a full scale invasion of Europe

  • Allied forces attacked Germany

    Allied forces attacked Germany

  • Canadians defeated German army

    The Canadians defeated German army in the northern city of Groningen.

  • Hitler committed suicide

    Hittler and his wife Eva Braun had committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin rather than submit to the Allies

  • German troops surrounded

    German troops in the Netherlands were surrounded, and they surrendered. Even before they surrendered Canada had begun to air drop food over parts of the Netherlands.

  • Germany surrendered

  • Canadian march

    Canadians marched through the streets of Dieppe, where only 2years earlier they had suffered a terrible defeat.