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Phony War
Phony War was when people thought that there will be no war going on. French allies stayed at the border in order to protect themselves from Germans. During 7 months there was no war going on. -
Blitzkrieg
German used this technique to take over much of Western Europe such as Netherlands, Northern France and Belgium. Both Netherlands and Belgium were defeated leaving Northern France. Blitzkrieg was based on speed, coordination and movement. It was an extremely successful war tactic.Soldiers also parachute into enemy territory which destroyed important communications and transportation links. After Germany conqured Demark and Norway they attacked Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. -
Evacuation at Dunkrik
Battle of Dunkrik was known for the second major battle in world war II. The main purpose of this battle was for Britain, France and Belgium to try to defeat the Germans for evacuation and as well defence of the Allied forces in Europe. Around 340,000 Allied soldiers were able to evacuate at the end on the battle. -
Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain occured between German Air Forces and British Air Forces. During the war Germany main purpose was to bomb London and take over the skies. The Royal Canadian Air Force helped the Royal Air Force to shoot and bomb Berlin. This battle was one of the bloodest battle in the history. As a result of the battle the Allies won but at the same time 43,000 civilian, 1,922 German and 1,065 Allies died. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was known for the most powerful invasion in history of warefare. Hitler's plan was to attack the following cities: Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad and to conquer the Soviet Union. During the war, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircrafts and 7,000 artillery pieces were launched across a thousand mile front. The Germans surrendered in 1943 and the Soviet army was able to reclaim most of the land as they were stopped after reaching Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad due to winter weather. -
Dieppe Raid
This battle was an attack on the German occupied port by Canada, UK and Poland. This raid occured to hold possession of a major port for a short period of time and to test new tecniques and equipments, "reconaissance" for future missions. During the Dieppe Raid Battle, Canadians helped in the air and the ground but failed as they were not as prepared as the Germans who were very well equipped. In this battle, 907 Canadians were killed in only 9 hours and 2,000 were captured. -
Battle of Sicily
The objective of the Battle Sicily was to take the Sicily city away from the Axis. At first it started out in the air and as well water attack but later on, after 6 weeks there was land combat going on. As a result 24,820 Allies, 20,000 Germany and 147,000 Italy were dead and injured. At the end of the Battle the Allies won and the Axis lost. -
D-day
D-day was the Normandy invasion during World War II. It started by storming the beaches where the axis had many defenses set up.This invasion helped to prevent the Soviet Union from taking over European mainland and to establish a foothold in the mainland of Europe. Germany thought that the attack was going to happen in Calais but instead it was in Normandy Germany. So it was considered as a suprised attack. This war was significant because Germany was defeated. -
Battle of the Scheldt
Canadians were given the task to take the Scheldt River away from the Germans as it was connected Antwerp to the North Sea. The deal was if the Canadians won, the Allies would be allowed to bring in supplies for there final advance into Germany. About 12,873 Allies and 12,000 Axis were dead, injured or missing and about half of the casualties of the Allies were Canadians. -
Battle Of Rhineland
The Allies attacked the Germans to drive them away from the Rhine River and out of the Netherlands. There were 175,000 Canadians who helped during the battle. 23,000 Allied soliders were killed including 5,300 Canadians, 9,000 Germans and 52,000 were taken as prisoners. At that time many people were starving to death as Germans cut off all foods and fuel shipments to the Dutch. The extreme winter weather also caused more exhaustion, cold and diseases. Finally, Germans withdrew on March 10.
