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Germany and Italy become alliances
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Germany and The Soviet Union agreed not to invade each other.
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Japan became known as the Axis
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Germany renewed its blitzkrieg("lightening war") attacking Denmark and Norway
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German Wehrmacht (armed forces) began its invasion of the Netherlands
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Evacuation began
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German Luftwaffe (airforce) bombed the port of Dunkirk
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Evacuation finally completed
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France surrendered
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German Luftwaffe started massive bombing aimed at distroying harbours and shipping facilities in Southern England
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Bombing raids targeted air fields and aircraft factories
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German strategy shifted to bombing civilian targets
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Japan was prepared to invade U.S and European colonies in Southeast Asia
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Hitler finally gave up his plans to invade Britain
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Japanese planes bombed U.S Naval base in Pearl Harbour in Hawaii
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Hong Kong fallen to the Japanese
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Germany lanched another offensive in the USSR
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Soviet Union now one of the Allied powers
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Trade war finally began to turn
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Germany surrendered
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Allies cleared North Africa of Axis forces and could turn their attention to invasion of Europe
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Canadian soldiers participated in the Allies invaston of Sicily
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Soviets were advancing into Eastern Europe towards Germany
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Allies finally took over Rome but fighting continued in Italy until spring 1945
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Allies launched "operation Overlord" a full scale invasion of Europe
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Allied forces attacked Germany
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The Canadians defeated German army in the northern city of Groningen.
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Hittler and his wife Eva Braun had committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin rather than submit to the Allies
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German troops in the Netherlands were surrounded, and they surrendered. Even before they surrendered Canada had begun to air drop food over parts of the Netherlands.
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Canadians marched through the streets of Dieppe, where only 2years earlier they had suffered a terrible defeat.