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The battle of the Atlantic lasted from 1939 to 1945. The core of the war was the naval blockade of Germany by the British, Canadian, and other Allied forces. The Canadian Navy, Merchant Marine, and Air Force were immediately pushed into the Atlantic Sea battle. Canada has dozens of ships called corvettes that do most of the escort missions.
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The Battle of Britain ran from 10 July to 31 October 1940. It was the first battle of the Second World War to be fought primarily from the air. Germany chose to control the British Isles through an air invasion. The Royal Air Force (RAF) prevented the German invasion. Hundreds of Canadian airmen and ground crews were involved in the fighting in the RAF.
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The invasion and Defence of Hong Kong happen on December 7th. It is three weeks after the Canadians arrived in Hong Kong and six hours after the Japan bombing at Pearl Harbor. Almost 2,000 troops from Canada were sent to Hong Kong to fight bravely against the overwhelming power of an invading Japanese force. On 25 December the British colony Hong Kong surrendered.
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The United States was drawn into World War II after Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941. The Japanese were on the defensive as the United States began to establish strategic bases in the central and southwestern Pacific. Japan surrendered after the US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force was heavily influenced by the British. A large number of Canadians served in the RAF, and the development of the Canadian National Aviation Organization overseas was delayed. The Canadian Air Force bombed Germany at night, an extremely dangerous job "nearly 10,000 Canadians were killed under this command. By 1945, it was the fourth-largest air force in the world.
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On August 19, 1942,the Allies made a massive attack on the French port of Dieppe. The raid was a disaster in which more than 900 Canadian soldiers were killed and thousands wounded and captured. Although the raid failed, it still provided valuable experience for the Allies and subsequent campaigns.
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Canadian and Allied forces fought in Sicily and the Italian peninsula for nearly two years. On December 20, Canada and Germany were involved in vicious house-to-house fighting in Ortona. The Canadians used a technique called mouse-holing to break through the interconnecting walls of the buildings. In the end, the Battle of Ortona ended with the German retreat.
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On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Western Europe, which had been under Nazi occupation for four years. The Allies had hoped that the new Western European front would accelerate the defeat of Germany. During the attack on Juneau Beach, the Canadian Air Force patrolled the air and attacked enemy targets ashore.
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From September 1944 to April 1945, Canadian troops finally liberated the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Food and other relief for millions of desperate Dutch people. The Dutch fondly remember Canadians as liberators and saviors. After the war, the Netherlands sent tulips to Canada.
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