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Hitler invades and attacks Poland
The September campaign, also known as the 1939 defensive war or the Poland campaign, was a Nazi Germany and Soviet Union onslaught on the Republic of Poland that marked the start of World War II. Duration= September 1, 1939 – October 6, 1939 -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest war campaigned in WW2 history. This battle took a majority of the naval warfare in WW2. Duration= September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945 -
Miracle at Dunkirk
The Dunkirk evacuation, often known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940, and was dubbed Operation Dynamo. Duration= May 27, 1940 – June 4, 1940 -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the start and beginning of Britain using their royal air force. The Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom from large-scale Luftwaffe raids by Nazi Germany. Durations= July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940 -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United States by Japan on the naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This had started the mass amounts of racial discrimination that was applied among many Japanese-Canadians. -
Canadian soldiers defeated at Hong Kong
After many days of fierce combat, the defenders of Hong Kong surrendered on Christmas Day 1941. 290 Canadian troops were killed and another 493 were injured during the conflict. [2] The remaining 1,685 troops were seized as prisoners of war (POWs). -
Battle of Dieppe
During World War II, Operation Jubilee, also known as the Dieppe Raid, was an Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France. And was a battle that caused the loss of pride in many Canadians. None of the mainly predominant Canadian forces objectives were reached. Duration= 9 hours -
German and Italian troops surrender in Africa
The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered six days later, on May 13, 1943, after suffering 40,000 losses in Tunisia alone; 267,000 German and Italian men became prisoners of war. -
Italian Campaign
The Italian campaign, also known as the Liberation of Italy, lasted from 1943 to 1945 and involved Allied and Axis engagements in and around Italy. Duartion=July 10, 1943 – May 8, 1945 -
D- day
The Normandy landings took place on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, as part of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was the world's greatest seaborne assault, codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day. There was mass death across all 5 beaches as the Nazis rained hell on the allied forces as they stormed the beaches. Duration= 6 .une.1944-30.June.1944 -
Liberation of the Netherlands
The Netherlands celebrates Liberation Day every year on May 5th to commemorate the end of Nazi Germany's occupation during World War II. It takes place on May 4th, which is the National Day of Remembrance. Duration=September.5.1944 to April 1945 -
End of the War in Europe (Germany surrenders)
Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies at Reims, France, on May 7, 1945, ending World War II and the Third Reich. He quickly enlisted Alfred Jodl, the chief of operations staff for the Armed Troops High Command, to negotiate with General Dwight D. Eisenhower the surrender of all German forces. -
End of the War in the Pacific (Japan surrenders)
On August 15, Japanese Emperor Hirohito proclaimed Imperial Japan's surrender, which was subsequently signed on September 2, 1945, bringing World War II's hostilities to a conclusion. ... The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m. local time.
