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Nazis Party
The National Socialist German Workers' Party abbreviated commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that practised Nazism. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust is an annihilation of the Jews and other groups of people of Europe under the Nazi regime during World War II. -
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World WAR 2 started
In sep 3 1939, The Treaty of Versailles makes German angre and let Germany could not develop. After Hitler controled Germany, it promised people he will took back the land that they losed. So Germany invaded Poland and break the control of Treaty of Versailles let more countries joined this war. -
Britain and France declares war on German
After Germany invaded Poland 3 days, Britain and France declares war on German. Britain and France had sworn to defend Poland. Honoring these obligations, the two countries sent ultimatums to Hitler demanding his withdrawal from Poland. Hitler declined to respond. -
The Battle of Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany. Canada set up convoys that were protected by corvettes. Safety escorted 25,000 merchant ships to Britain and 1000s to Russia -
Canada declares war on German
This is the first time that Canada declared war by itself. Mnay Canadian died in World War 2 for protect land and people or helped other countries to fight. -
The Battle of Britain
In the battle of Britain, almost 25% of the pilots in the Royal Air Force (RAF) that defeated the German Air Force were Canadians. The effect of Canada helped Britain to defeat Germany was large. About 3000 Nazi planes were shot down, so Germany could not invade Britain. -
The Battle of Pacific
Chinese Canadians had elite commando unit called Force 136. They were used to sabotage Japanese war effort by destroying Japanese weapons, bridges and railways.Japanese Canadians became helped create propaganda and serve as translators. -
The Battle of Hong Kong
On the same morning as the attack on the Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked Hong Kong. The attack was in violation of international law as Japan had not declared war against the Britain. Japan's attack was met with stiff resistance from Hong Kong's garrison, composed of local troops as well as British, Canadian and Indian units. The duration of war was 17 days.(Dec 8 ~25) 290 Canadians died. 500 wounded. 267 died in Japanese prison camps. -
Canadians in the Air
On the night of 30 May, a thousand bombers raised the city of Cologne. From 24 to 31 July. Hamburg was attacked eight times. Sixty per cent of the city was destroyed by fire bombs and 80000 civilians were killed -
the Battle of Dieppe
The Allies wanted to scare the Germans so they would move soldiers away from Russia (USSR) and wanted to find out more about German coastal defences in France. They decided to have a short raid of France coastal town of Dieppe. During the battle, 907 Canadian killed, 586 wounded, 1,946 captured. -
The Battle of Ortona（Italy）
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. -
Canadians on D-Day
Day of Deliverance- This battle was Canada’s largest military operation of WW 2. On 6 June 1944, Allied forces invaded Western Europe along an 80-kilometre front in Normandy, France. Almost 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area, 14,000 were Canadians. The code-name of beachfront that they assaulted was "Juno" -
Liberation of the Netherlands
Canada emancipated Netherlands from Nazis. And almost 7600 Canadians dead or wounded for the war of liberation. On May 7,1945 Germany signed an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands.
