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Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe -
Allies Declare War on Germany
Britain and France Declare war on Germany -
Canada Declares War
Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies -
Blitzkrieg
Germany invades Denmark and Norway -
Invasion of France
Germany invades France, including Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Crushing Victory -
Evacuation at Dunkirk
With Germany fast approaching the English Channel, the Allies decided to try an evacuation by Sea. Nearly 340 000 Allied soldiers were brought to safety in Britain -
Battle of Britain
"Operation Sealion". Massive air war between Britain and Germany for control of Britain. Germany bombed London and other cities for 55 nights, killing 23 000 people. Eventually the British won. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades USSR. Initially successful, due to the Russians were unprepared, but as the war went on and the cold winter came, Germany lost -
Pearl Harbour
Japan bombes U.S naval base in Pearl Harbour, destroying half the fleet. The next day, United States declares war on Japan, and Japans allies-Germany and Italy- declare war on the United States. -
Invasion of Sicily
Winston Churchill felt that the best way to recapture Europe was through the "soft underbelly", Italy and Sicily. Canadian soldiers participated in the invasion of Sicily and were successful. -
Invasion of Italy
" Battle of Anzio". The Allies advance through Italy was difficult, but eventually they took Rome and fighting continued in Italy until the spring of 1945 where the Allies won -
D-Day
The Allies launched "Operation Overlord", a full-scale invasion of Europe. It took the Allies weeks of constant fighting, an 11 month advance through France and Belgium, and eventually, Germany -
Invasion of Germany
Allied forces attack Germany, giving Canadian forces a seperate task, the Liberation of the Netherlands, which Canada would succeed on April 17 -
Germany Surrenders
Germany Surrenders. Earlier, Hitler with his wife, had committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin, rather than submit to the Allies -
Hiroshima
After the Germans surrendered, Japan vowed to "fight to the last person". So on August 6th, 1945, the U.S dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city, Hiroshima, killing 70 000 civilians and wounding 130 000 -
Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the U.S dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40 000 people -
End of World War II
After realizing that they could not withstand the power of the Atomic Bomb, Japan surrendered, making World War II over.
