WW2

Hitler Comes to Power

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler was bitter towards the allies due to the treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) and so when he came to power over Germany in 1933 he pursued worldwide conquest and the revenge he had waited for.

Mussolini Invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Ethiopia was a very weak country so when Mussolini (Leader of Italy) invaded it, he was condemned by the rest of the world and so Hitler came to Mussolini to help which led to Hitler and Mussolini becoming Allies in 1935 (Rome - Berlin Axis).

Spanish Civil War

Jul 17, 1936

When the Spanish Civil War hit, Hitler and Mussolini helped the fascists while Stalin (Leader of Soviet Union/Russia) helped the communists or leftists. This war lasted 3 years from July 7, 1936, to April 1, 1939.

Policy of Appeasement

1937

Chamberlain, Britain's Prime Minister, decides to give Germany more freedoms in an attempt to appease Hitler.

Japanese conquest of China

Jul 7, 1937

Japan saw their leader as a god and so their mindset was that they should rule all of Asia. So they invaded China and fought with them for 7 years creating 20 million casualties. This war was fought from July 7, 1937, to September 9, 1945.

Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Sep 30, 1938

The leaders of Italy, France, and Brittain met with Hitler in Munich to discuss Czechoslovakia's fate. They created the Munich agreement which states that Hitler could only have Studeland which was only one-third of Czechoslovakia.

Czech Complete Takeover

Mar 15, 1939

The year after the Munich Agreement Hitler decides to completely take over Czechoslovakia regardless of the Munch Agreement.

Nazi - Soviet Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin come to an agreement to not go to war over Poland or against each other.

Invasion of Poland and Beginning of WW2

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler invades Poland which then leads to Brittain, France, and Canada to declare war on Germany. This is the trigger cause to WW2.

Dunkirk and Churchill

May 27, 1940

There were hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers on the beaches of Dunkirk that were cornered by the Germans. But Hitler backed off his troops to let the German Luftwaffe through. During this Churchill, a strong leader, came to power in Brittain and made the decision to send boats to save some of the allies. He estimated that they would save 10,000 but since Germany backed off a bunch of their troops for the Luftwaffe they ended up saving around 340,000 soldiers. (May 5, 1940, - June 4, 1940)

The Fall of France

Jun 14, 1940

After Dunkirk the Nazis marched into France and took over 3 days later, He made France sign the surrender out of vengeance.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Hitler tried to invade England but the RAF was too strong for the Luftwaffe so Hitler bombed London, then Brittain retaliated and bombed Berlin. The battle lasted for three and a half months going from July 10 1940 to October 31, 1940.

Invasion of the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

In June 1941 Hitler decided to turn on the Soviet Union and so they attacked them (code name: Barbarossa). Germany was successful as they started off but the Soviets had so much space that they just kept moving back so they wouldn't have to surrender. The Germans were not prepared for the harsh Russian winter while the Russians were already used to it.

Attack on Pearl Harbour

Dec 7, 1941

Japan secretly planned an attack on the U.S. and then they attacked Pearl Harbour and the American Naval Fleet. They destroyed almost everything. This came as a big shock to America due to the fact that they had no fighting history. Thankfully the U.S. had some Navy that was not in Pearl Harbour at the time. This pulled the U.S.A. into the war.

Canadians at Hong Kong

Dec 8, 1941

Canada sent roughly 2,000 troops to Hong Kong just in case Japan tried to invade. What they didn't know is that there were 50,000 Japanese soldiers that had been trained for 4 years that were 50 km away from Hong Kong. So Japan invaded Hong Kong and absolutely destroyed the allies even though they had fought bravely.

Battle of Dieppe

Aug 19, 1942

5,000 Canadian troops were selected for a raid on the French port of Dieppe (Code Name: Operation Julilee). The Canadians got destroyed with ease and even though they lost they told all of Canada that they had won so that their spirits wouldn't die.

The Italian Campaign

Jul 10, 1943

The allies invades Sicily on July 10, 1943. In December 1943, Canadians face ferocious resistance from Germans during the battle for Ortona. June 4, 1944, two days before D-Day, Rome fell to the allies.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Two days after capturing Rome, the allies invaded France (Code Name: Operation Overlord). Canadian troops landed on Juno beach while the U.S. forces attacked the western end at Omaha and Utah.

Liberation of The Netherlands

Feb 8, 1945

In February 1945, 175,000 Canadian troops started to push the Germans out of the Netherlands. While the Canadians were liberating the Netherlands, allied forces were pushing across the Rhine River. Germany was forced to retreat from the Netherlands.

WW2 End and Hitlers Suicide

Sep 2, 1945

Hitler hid in his underground bunker while carrying out a suicide pact with his long-time companion, Eva Braun on April 30, 1945. Then 4 months later the war had officially ended.