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World War II
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Canada Declares War
Canada's Role
This is an important event to World War II because if Canada just decided to stay away from the war and not help assisit Britain then Britain would have surrendered to the Germans and it would be only a matter of time before they'd would attempt to take over Canada. So this was an honourable decision for the Canadians. -
The Fall of Hong Kong
Canada's Exprience
This is a signifiance event of World War II because in this war, Canadians who fought in the defence of Hong Kong sacrificed much in their efforts to help bring peace and freedom to the people of Asia and the Pacific. -
French Port of Dieppe
The Raid
This is a signifiane event for World War II because this is an event where Canada contributed alot and helped his allies by making a great victory. Although they had won, the allies, especially Canada, lost many lives for no reason. This event is also known for the accident that had happen over the beach. If this acciedent didn't occur then half of the Canadian solidiers would be alive and not dead or taken away. It was a lesson. -
Sicily Invasion
Summary and Canadians role<a href='http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/invasion-of-sicily/videos' >Video of Invasion </a> This is a significance event to World War II because it opened a second front on the continent of Europe to help take some pressure off the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which had been the only country left fighting Germany since 1940. This event was also a practice for the D-Day landings. -
Battle of Altantic
The Battle<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2GdWgzXrys' >Video of the Battle</a> This is a significance to World War II because in this battle, the allies helped from starvation in their countries. Germany's goal was to block shipping into England and America, the countires needed their import supplies to survive. It almost broke until the Allies stopped effectiveness of the German U-boats. -
D-day (Normandy)
D-Day <a This is an important date to World War II because the Allies had been making steady progress against German forces for more than a year and this event is probably the best victory they've done. The presence of the allie's troops served both to stop Germany from its goal of world domination and to keep Russia from gaining more of Eu
