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Invades Czechoslovakia
Germany invades the rest of Czechoslovakia, while Italy launches an invasion of Albania . -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ends, as Madrid falls to the forces of Francisco Franco. -
World War Two Began
World War Two began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. -
canada declared war
Canada declared war on Germany seven days after Britain and France. The first Canadian troops left for England in December. -
Royal Canadian Air Force
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was established - a decisive Canadian contribution to victory in WWII. Run by the Royal Canadian Air Force it assured the production of war material and foodstuffs. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter's resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons. -
Hong Kong
On 8 December 1941, a day after the its Air Force had devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour, the Japanese Empire launched an attack on the Britsh Crown Colony of Hong Kong. -
Japan
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. Canada declares war on Japan. -
United nations declararion
Canada and 25 other countries sign the United Nations Declaration. -
United Nations Charter
Canada signs the United Nations Charter -
Nuclear reactor
Canada's first nuclear reactor, the Zero Energy Experimental Pile project or ZEEP, sustains its first reaction at Chalk River, Ontario becoming the first nuclear reactor in the world designed and operated outside the United States -
Hitler Suicided
On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler's dreams of a "1,000-year" Reich. -
End of world war II
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Bretton Woods Agreement Act
Canada signs the Bretton Woods Agreement Act, thereby joining the Intentional Monetary Fund, and later the World Bank -
Belgium
During the Second World War, Belgium was the scene of major fighting by the First Canadian Army from September to November 1944.
