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Germany Invades Poland
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Britain Declares War on Germany
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Phoney War
The Allies waited for the Germans to make the first move. They waited for a span of seven months. Nothing happend until May 10, 1940. -
Canada Declares War on Germany
Canada was given the decision whether or not to delcare war against Germany after King said there would be no conscription. They made this decision all on their own. -
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Canada hosts BCATP to train pilots and other flight personnel. Our skies were the safest. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
The Germans bombed the port of Dunkirk, where the Allies were forced to escape by sea from. (Having being surrounded by the Germans) The Allies ended up escaping by boats towards the English Channel. -
Blitzkrieg
German panzers crashed through, bombed, and destroyed communication and transportation links which belonged to the Allies. -
France Surrenders
France was no match for Germany's powerful army. -
Operation Sea Lion
Germany's intense bombing campaign on harbours. -
Hitler Ends Bombing Britain
Hilter gives up on bombing Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
Despite agreeing with the USSR that they wouldn't invade eachother, Hitler invades them. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbour
The Japanese Army bombs Pearl Harbour, in result to America declaring war on Japan and Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. -
Cracking Codes
The British cracked the German naval code. This meant that they could now track German submarine moves. -
The Battle of Dieppe
Originally a trial run to test out weapons and techniques, the battle of Dieppe ended up becoming a brutal fight. There were four pre-drawn attacks and one major attack in town. -
Cracking Codes Again
The British cracked another German code! -
German Army Surrenders to Soviet Army
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Invasion of Sicily
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D - Day
The full-scale invasion of Europe-- starting with four beaches, Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah. -
Battle for Paris
Paris is liberated under the command of Charles de Gaulle. -
Hitler's Death
Hitler commits suicide. -
Germany's Unconditional Surrender
Admiral Donitz offers an unconditional surrender to the Allies. -
Hiroshima
Because Japanese admiral's would not surrednder, the Allies dropped a lethal atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki Bomb
The generals had not surrended after the bombing of Hiroshima, so the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. -
End of the War
The Japanese surrendered to the Allies unconditonally, marking the end of the war.