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Manchuria Invaded
Japan has invaded Manchuria. Which is followed by Italy's swift annexation of Ethiopia, after which both Italy and Japan are joined with Germany in an agreement direcred against the communist USSR. -
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Word-War 2
Arguably, Japan's invasion of Manchuria can also be included in the time-fram of world war two due to its relevance as an even that caused more agitation and eventually contributed towards progression into WW2. -
Eithiopia Annexed
Fascist Italy, has invaded and annexed Ethiopia. Which was followed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy signing a treaty of cooperation, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
Brittan Declares War
Brittain has declared war on Germany two days after the integrity of the Polish border is broken. -
Canada's Response To the Threat
Thegovernment did not want another war ,Canada was just coming out of the depression at this time, and the government did not want the country plunged back into wartime debt. Nor did the government wish to re-heat the conflict over conscription because this time around, people were already aware of the true face of war and it's horrors. Yet, it was inevitable, Canada joined the war on September 10th 1939 to support its Allies. -
Dunkirk
Allied soldiers were trapped in the advancing German blitzkrieg. The only way to evacuate was by boat via the english channel, which was being bombed. Dunkirk was miraculously lucky to be uncaught due to the immense fog on the english channel which prevented it from being bombed and gave enough time to evacuate over 300,000 soldiers over the english channel. -
Battle of the Atlantic
This battle was fought by the navies, where german u-boat submarine packs sank cargo and passenger vessels headed for Brittain. To counter the u-boats, before sonar was invented, Canada produced fast corvette boats (which turned out to not be very sea-worthy.) -
Invasion of the USSR
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners (except Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union. Finland, seeking redress for the territorial losses in the armistice concluding the Winter War, joins the Axis just before the invasion. The Germans quickly overrun the Baltic States and, joined by the Finns, lay siege to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by September. In the center, the Germans capture Smolensk in early August and drive on Moscow by October. In the south, German and Romanian troops capture Kiev (Kyiv) in Sep -
USSR on the offensive!
A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat. The Red Army starts advancing on regaining lost land from the Germans. -
Pearl Harbor Bombings.
Japanese bombers bomb the U.S naval base - Pearl Harbor, forcing the U.S.A to fully join in the all-out war. -
The Battle Of Hong-Kong
50,000 Japanese soldiers attack Hong-Kong, outnumbering the defending allies 5:1 After seventeen and a half days of fighting, the defence of Hong Kong was over. On Christmas Day, General Maltby advised the Governor that further resistance was futile. The white flag waved over Hong-Kong. -
Dieppe
The Battle of Dieppe was a test for the full-scale invasion of western Europe. The plan was to make a frontal assault on the town of Dieppe, across the English Channel on the coast of France. The raid on Dieppe would give the Allies a chance to test techniques and equipment for landing troops from the sea. The Battle of Dieppe was a disaster for the Canadians. Nearly 1000 Canadians died and nearly 2000 were taken prisoner. -
Operation Husky
Over 25,000 soldiers of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division stormed the beaches at Pachino on July 10, 1943, marking the beginning of the Sicilian Campaign, “Operation Husky” The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island, and opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy. -
Kiska Landing
The invasion force landed only to find the island abandoned. Under the cover of fog, the Japanese had successfully removed their troops on July 28 without the Allies noticing. Allied casualties during the operation nevertheless numbered 313. All of these casualties were the result of friendly fire, booby traps set out by the Japanese, disease, or frostbite. -
Battle of Ortona
As part of the general advance of Gen Montgomery's Eighth Army up the Italian Adriatic coast, Maj-Gen Christopher VOKES's 1st Canadian Division was ordered to take the medieval seaport of Ortona, perched on a high promontory and impregnable from 3 sides - flanked by sea cliffs on the north and east, and by a deep ravine on the west. Supported by their own armoured brigade, Canadian troops attacked from the south on December 20. Infantry from the Loyal Edmonton Reg and the Seaforth Highlanders o -
The Scheldt
The Battle of the Scheldt was a military operation in northern Belgium and the southwestern Netherlands that took place during the Second World War. On September 12, 1944, the First Canadian Army was given the task of clearing the Scheldt of German occupiers. The first attacks began on September 13, with little success. The canadian army, opened the canal leading to port of Antwerp. -
Operation Vitality
The third major operation of the battle opened on October 24 when the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division began its bridgeheads against South Beveland. The Canadians hoped to advance rapidly, by-passing opposition and seizing operations over the Beveland Canal, but they too were slowed by mines, mud and strong enemy defences. An amphibious attack was made across the West Scheldt by the 52nd (Lowland) Division to get in behind the German's Beveland Canal defensive positions. Thus, this formidable d -
Capture of Walcheren Island
As the fourth phase of the battle opened, only the island of Walcheren at the mouth of the West Scheldt remained in enemy hands. The island's defences were extremely strong and the only land approach was the long narrow causeway from South Beveland. To make matters worse, the flats that surrounded this causeway were too saturated with sea water for movement on foot, but had too little water for an assault in storm boats. -
USSR, Full Offensive
The Soviets launch a new offensive, liberating Warsaw and Krakow in January, capturing Budapest after a two-month siege on February 13, driving the Germans and their Hungarian collaborators out of Hungary in early April, forcing the surrender of Slovakia with the capture of Bratislava on April 4, and capturing Vienna on April 13. -
First atomic bomb dropped on Japan - Hiroshima.
Following the events of the pearl-harbor bombing, and development of the atomic bombs, the U.S decided to utilize their new terror-weapon. -
Second atomic bomb dropped on Japan - Nagasaki.
Following the events of the pearl-harbor bombing, and development of the atomic bombs, the U.S decided to utilize their new terror-weapon. -
Japan Surrenders - WW2 Over
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
