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Hitler Occupies Czechoslovakia
Hitler had claimed the Sudetenland was his last demand for territory, but in March 1939 Nazi troops occupy sll of Czechoslovakia -
Spanish Civil war ends
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Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy
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Germany and Soviet Union Sign Non-aggression Pact
Germany signs a pact with the Soviet Union. The two countries promise not to fight each other in the event of a war. They also secretly agree to divide Poland between them. Hitler is now free to plan his moves against France and Britain in the west. He no longer has to fear an attack from the Soviet Union on the east. -
Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty
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British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London
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Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler demands that the Polish Corridor (award to Poland after the Treatyt of Versailles) be handed back to Germany. Poland refuses. The Nazis launch a Blitzkrieg (lightning war) on Poalnd. Poalnd falls to the Nazis attack. -
Britain and France Declare War
Britain and France realize there can be no more appeasement. They declare war on Germany, World War II begins. -
British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
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United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
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Canada Declare War on Germany
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Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.
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Soviets invade Poland.
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Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office
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Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.
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Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.
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Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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Soviets attack Finland.
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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Rationing begins in Britain.
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Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
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Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
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Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
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Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
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Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
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Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins.
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Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.
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Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends.
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Germans bomb Paris; Dunkirk evacuation ends.
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Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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Germans enter Paris.
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Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.
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Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich; Soviets begin occupation of the Baltic States.
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France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany.
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Hitler tours Paris.
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Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader.
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German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic.
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French Vichy government breaks off relations with Britain.
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Battle of Britain begins.
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Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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German bombing offensive against airfields and factories in England.
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Germany makes a Blitzkrieg to Britrain
The Luffwaffe attacks southern England and London night after night. Air battles and daylight raids over Britain. -
Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.
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Italians occupy British Somaliland in East Africa.
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First German air raids on Central London.
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First British air raid on Berlin.
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Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).
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German Blitz against Britain begins.
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Italians invade Egypt.
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Massive German air raids on London, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.
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United States military conscription bill passed.
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
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German troops enter Romania.
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Germans postpone Operation Sea Lion until Spring of 1941.
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Italy invades Greece.
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Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president.
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Torpedo bomber raid cripples the Italian fleet at Taranto, Italy.
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Germans bomb Coventry, England.
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Hungary joins the Axis Powers.
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Greeks defeat the Italian 9th Army.
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Romania joins the Axis Powers.
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British begin a western desert offensive in North Africa against the Italians.
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Massive German air raid on London.
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Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians.
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British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in East Africa.
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German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.
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First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa.
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A coup in Yugoslavia overthrows the pro-Axis government.
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British forces arrive in Greece.
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President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act.
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Pro-Axis regime set up in Iraq.
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Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Rommel attacks Tobruk.
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Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis.
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Greece surrenders to the Nazis.
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German attack on Tobruk is repulsed.
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Canadian Troops Arrive Hong Kong
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Canadian Troops Surrendered in Hong Kong
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Canadians in the Air
1941 - 1942 the Allies carried out a series of bombing raids on Germany. On the first of January 1944 the RCAF reached its peak wartime strength of 215,200 all ranks (including 15,153) women, 104,000 were in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 64,928 were serving at home and 46,272 were serving overseas. There were 78 squadrons in service: 35 overseas, 43 at home (of which six had been ordered overseas).
Other RCAF crews served on anti - submarine patrols.Altogether about 250 000 men a -
The Dieppe Raid
Canadian and British troops were sent to Dieppe Raid to test German forces along the French coast. -
Canadians at Sea
1940-1943 As the demands for escort protection increased, shipyards in Canada and Britain turned out additional escorts at an astounding rate. -
The Italian Campaign
July 1943 , the canadian took a part in the invasion of sicily. Later year Canadian soldiers landed on mainland Italy. ( Out of 93 000 Canadian served in Italy and more than 5700 died. ) 1945 Allies won control of Italy.
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D-Day
Day of Deliverance was fixed for 5th June 1944. It was Canada’s largest military operation. Parachutists were dropped behind enemy lines.Canadian soldiers landed at Juno Beach, they faced underwater obstacles, land mines, barbed wire and heavy machine-guns fire from Germans. They had 335 dead and 739 other casualties. -
Commandos in the Pacific
Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian served behind enemy lines, their missions included sabotage operation deep in the jungle, and Japanese Canadian translated to help interrogating Japanese prisoners, wrote and broadcasted propaganda to isolated Japanese units, and monitored Japanese radio broadcasts
