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The Declaration of War
The Allies(Britain, France and Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australlia and New Zealand) declared war to Germany and Italy -
Blitzkrieg(lightning war)
Germany attacked Denmark and Norway first, after they defeated them, Germany then attacked Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium within weeks. -
The Desert War
The war in North Africa between Axis and Allies, was a struggle for the control of valuable resources and strategic positions. Over the 3 years, neither side won decisive victory -
France surrendered to Germany
France surrendered. The rest of the Allies troops escaped to Britain. Britain and the Commonwealth now stood alone against Germany. -
Operation Sea Lion
Hitler launched Operation Sea Lion, the plan to invade Britain. They started a massibe boming campaign -
The End of Battle of Britain
Hitler gave up on his plan to invade Britan and turned his target to U.S.S.R. -
Operation Barbarossa
After Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler began to attack Soviet Union which broke the non-aggression pact. -
United Staes Joined WW2
United Stated declared the war to Axis and joined Allies which made the tide of the war began to turn to Allies's favor -
The Dieppe Raid
A raid that many people concidering as one of the greatest tragedy for Canadian soldiers. It was a total defeat for Allies, but also a learning experience for the wars later on. -
The End of Desert War
Finally Aliied won the war in North Africa -
Battle of Sicily
Allied forces invaded Sicily. A battle that Canadian soldiers were heavily involved. They fought Italian and German soldiers through 240 km and eventually Italian surrendered. -
Battle of Ortona
After Italian surrendered, German was still fighting with Allied forces, finally they captured Italy. Nearly 6006 Canadian were killed in Italy -
D-Day
The Allies launched a full-scale invasion of Europe called Operation Overload after their success in Italy. It was the biggest invasion in the history and it was so successful. Allied forces attacked on 5 beaches and Canadian forces was attacking Juno which's one of the beach. -
Battle of the Scheldt
Canadian forces attacked the Scheldt River in Belgium and achived their gold ater a month, allowing the Allies to bring in supplies for their final advance into Germany. -
Battle of the Rhineland
The Allies began to invade the Germans' back over the Rhine River and out of the Netherlands. Allies forces won the battle and continue heading north to liberate Holland. -
Victory in Europe
Germany surrendered to the Allies. Hitler committed suicide in a bunker, The war in Europe was over and the Allies declared May 8 as Victory in Europe Day.
