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-Germany invades Oland Canada delcares war on Germany
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-Germany invades Denmark and Norway Canada sends two fighter squadrons to Britain
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Italy attacks invades British Comaliland (North Africa)
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-Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis 1,975 Canadian soldiers were sent to Hong Kong
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Japanese troops invade Burma and the Philippines
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Canadian troops make a disastrous raid on the French port of Dieppe
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-Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies
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-US forces invades Japan Canadian troops take part in the bloody battle for Ortona, Itlay
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-US troops in Pacific begin drive on Japan
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Canadian troops begin the liberation of Holland
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-Japan surrenders
-war ends Over 167,000 students (including 50,000+ pilots) trained in Canada
