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Atlantic
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the longest continuous military campaign in World War II
Date: September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
Result: Allied victory
Canadian Contributions: Germany used submarines to sink supply ship coming to Britain from other counties. Canada set up convoys that were protected by corvettes against Germany submarines. -
Britain of Battle
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the WWII defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF) against an onslaught by the German Air Force.
Date: 10 July – 31 October 1940
Location: British airspace
Belligerents: United Kingdom & Canada vs.Germany & Italy
Result: Decisive British victory
Canadian Contributions: 25% of the pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) that defeated the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) were Canadians. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the US entry into World War II.
Date: December 7, 1941
Location: Primarily Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, U.S.
Belligerents: US & Japan
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The Battle of Hong Kong
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the first battles of the Pacific War in World.
Date: 8–25 December 1941
Location: Hong Kong and vicinity
Belligerents:United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India &Canada vs.Japan
Result: apanese victory and occupation of Hong Kong
Canadian Contributions: Canadian soldiers were protecting Hong Kong for the British. 290 Canadians died, 500 wounded in the war. 267 Canadians died in Japanese prison camps. -
Dieppe Raid
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an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War.
Date: 19 August 1942
Location: Dieppe, France
Belligerents:Canada, United Kingdom, Poland & Germany
Result: German victory
Canadian Contributions: Canada’s worst defeat ---- 900 Canadians died, 1000 wounded, 1900 became prisoners of Germany and only 2200 returned safely to Britain. -
The Battle of Ortona (mouse-holing)
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a battle fought between German and assaulting Canadian troops.
Date: December 20-28, 1943
Location: Ortona, Italy
Belligerents: Canada vs. Germany
Result: Canadian victory
Canadian Contributions: Ortona was key city on the way to capturing Rome. Canada lost over 2300 men, but used “mouse-holing” technique to capture the city. -
D-Day
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion to take France back from the Germans.
Date: 6 June 1944
Location: Normandy, France
Result: Decisive Allied victory
Canadian Contributions: Canada’s largest military operation of WW2. Canada was most successful at Juno Beach, but had 335 dead and 739 wounded. -
Liberation of the Netherlands
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Date: 5 May, 1945
Location: Netherlands
Canadian Contributions:Canada freed the Netherlands from the Nazis. Canada had 76000 dead/wounded.
Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945(Victory in Europe Day) -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The two nuclear bombings drpped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
Date: August 6 and August 9, 1945
Location: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Empire of Japan
Belligerents: US & UK vs. Japan
Result: Allied victory
