Timeline: Battles, Industry, and Allies

Period: 1938 to Sep 5, 1945

planes are produced in canada and shiped to the USA and GB

Larry Milberry, Canadian Car and Foundry and the Curtiss SBW Helldiver, (Word Press, November 12, 2019)
https://canavbooks.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/canadian-car-foundry-and-the-curtiss-sbw-helldiver/#:~:text=CCF%20and%20the%20Helldiver&text=The%20prototype%20flew%20at%20Fort,was%20delivered%20in%20June%201943.
Noakes, Taylor. Hawker Hurricane. (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 September 2021, Historica Canada.)
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hawker-hurricane.

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War 2

History.com Editors, Germany invades Poland, (A&E Television Networks March 29, 2022)
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland

Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain and France join the war

History.com Editors, Germany invades Poland, (A&E Television Networks March 29, 2022)
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
How Europe Went To War In 1939, (Imperial war Museums)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-europe-went-to-war-in-1939#:~:text=Britain%20went%20to%20war%20in,Britain's%20position%20in%20the%20world.&text=The%20Prime%20Minister%2C%20Neville%20Chamberlain,on%20Germany%2C%203%20September%201939.

Period: Sep 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945

Battle of the Atlantic

Dubreuil, Brian , and W.A.B. Douglas. Battle of the Atlantic. (The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published April 25, 2010; Last Edited November 22, 2020.)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-the-atlantic

Sep 10, 1939

Canada declares war

Canada and the Second World War, (Canadian War Museum)
https://www.warmuseum.ca/learn/canada-and-the-second-world-war/#:~:text=France%20and%20Britain%20went%20to,the%20world%20has%20ever%20known.

Jun 4, 1940

Evacuation at Dunkirk

What you Need to Know about the Dunkirk Evacuations, (Imperial war Museums)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dunkirk-evacuations

Period: Jun 4, 1940 to Sep 2, 1945

Canada land vehicle production ramps up

Canadian Production of War Materials, (Government of Canada, 2017-11-27)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/material

Dec 8, 1941

USA declares war

The Great Debate (The National WWII Museum)
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/great-debate#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20attack%20on%20Pearl%20Harbor%20on%20December%207%2C%201941,only%20a%20single%20dissenting%20vote.

Period: Dec 8, 1941 to Dec 25, 1941

The Battle of Hong Kong

Greenhous, Brereton and Richard Foot. Canada and the Battle of Hong Kong. The Canadian Encyclopedia (25 January 2019, Historica Canada) www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-hong-kong. Accessed 01 May 2023.

Jan 1, 1942

Declaration by United Nations

History of the United Nations, (United Nations)
https://www.un.org/fr/node/44721

Aug 19, 1942

Dieppe Raid

Herd, Alex. Dieppe Raid. (The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published August 25, 2013; Last Edited August 15, 2017.)
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dieppe-raid

1943

Canada ceases production of hurricanes

Noakes, Taylor. Hawker Hurricane. (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 September 2021, Historica Canada.)
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hawker-hurricane.

Period: Jul 10, 1943 to May 2, 1945

The Italian Campaign

Zuehlke, Mark . Canada and the Italian Campaign. (The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published April 23, 2015; Last Edited September 23, 2020.)