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British Air Training agreement signed
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was an agreement that Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand signed. It was a plan to train Allied aircrews in Canada, more than 130,000 people were trained under this program. Lens: Industry/Allies https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/british-commonwealth-air-training-plan -
Canada declares war on Germany
Both the Government and the Canadian people were in favor of supporting their European Allies. Even though Canada was unprepared for war, they declared war on September 10 after debating it in parliament. Lens: Allies https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931goes_to_e.html#:~:text=Canada%20declared%20war%20on%20Germany%20in%20September%201939.&text=But%20there%20was%20never%20serious,on%20Germany%20on%2010%20September. -
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The Battle of the Atlantic
The battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle in WW2, from 1939 to 1945. Canada had a huge role in the battle to control the North Atlantic, Germany tried its best with submarines to shut off the shipping lines. Lens: Battle/Industry https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-atlantic -
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Expansion of Canadian wartime production
At the end of the War almost 4000 aircraft were being made per year. In the beginning of the war there was only 500,000 sq ft of factory for the making of planes, at the end there was 14,000,000 sq ft of factories, just for making planes. They also made all kinds of guns, ammunition, vehicles and tanks. Lens: Industry https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/material -
The Dieppe Raid
On August 19, 1942 the Allies launched a raid on the port of Dieppe, right on the French coast. The Canadians made up the majority of the support as 5000 out of the 6100 soldiers were Canadian. Lens: Battle https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/second-world-war/battle-of-dieppe -
Battle of Ortona
The Canadian forces fought one of their toughest battles ever in December 1943. Their objective was to capture the town of Ortona, Italy. All though they were victorious in the end they had 2300 casualties. Lens: Battle https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-ortona -
Allied invasion of Sicily
The invasion of Sicily, also know as operation Husky was when the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily, which is right underneath Italy. It started with a amphibious and air operation which was later followed by a six week land campaign. Lens: Battle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily -
D-Day
Juno beach was one of the five beaches of the Normandy landings. The Canadian army was responsible for capturing Juno, and it was a huge step in finally liberating Europe from the Nazis Lens: Battle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings -
Battle of the Scheldt
The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of attacks carried out by the Canadians, with help from polish and British units. The goal of the mission was to open up the Scheldt river so the Allies could use it for shipping. Lens: Battle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt -
Victory in Europe
Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945 marks the end of WW2 in Europe. Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces, and celebrations broke out worldwide.