Canada and World War 2

By dobini
  • Axis Organization Created

    Axis Organization Created

    -Germany and Italy united to fight against the Allies
    -Later, Japan joined
  • Allies Organization Created

    Allies Organization Created

    -Britain, France, and Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
  • Evacuation at Dunkirk

    Evacuation at Dunkirk

    -Dunkirk was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk
  • The RAF

    The RAF

    -The RAF shot down more and more German bombers, Hitler finally gave up on his plans to invade Britain.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    -The massive attack on the Soviet Union broke the non-aggression pact that Hitler had signed with Stalin in 1939
  • The Dieppe Raid

    The Dieppe Raid

    -The Dieppe Raid was a Second World War Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe.
  • Battle of Sicily

    Battle of Sicily

    -Allied forces invaded Sicily
    -The Canadians proved themselves to be fierce opponents
  • Battle of Ortona

    Battle of Ortona

    -The Allies followed the Germans as they retreated to mainland Italy
    -Canadians were given the task of capturing the medieval town of Ortona on the Adriatic Sea
  • D-day

    D-day

    -The allies immediately followed their success in Italy with the biggest Allied invasion of the war
    -The allies launched their attack by landing their troops on five beaches along an 80-kilometre stretch of the Normandy coast in northern France
  • Juno Beach

    Juno Beach

    -14,400 Canadian soldiers arrived at Juno Beach as part of the first wave of the attack
  • Battle of the Scheldt

    Battle of the Scheldt

    -Canadians marched triumphantly through Dieppe where only two years earlier they had suffered a terrible defeat
  • Battle of the Rhineland

    Battle of the Rhineland

    -the Allies began their attack to drive the Germans back over the Rhine River and out of the Netherlands