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Britain , France and Commonwealth counrties including Canada, Austrailia and New Zeland raced to get their forces organized.
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When many people started to believe there might not be a war
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Germany renewed its 'blitzkrieg', attacking Denmark and Norway.
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The French armie proved to be no match for the Greman troops.
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The Luftwaffe started a massive Bombing Campagne aimed at destroying harbours and shipping faculties in southern England.
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German planes bombed several areas of London. In retaliation, the RAF bombed the German city of Berlin, wich enraged Hitler.
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The RAF shot down more German Bombers, Hitler finally gave upon his plans to invade Britain. During the Battle of Britain, more than 23 000people, mostly civilians, were killed
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The British Commonwealth forces had all but destroyed the Italian army.
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Japan was prepared to invade American and European coloniesin southeast asia to gain controlof valuable resources such as oil, rubber, and tin.
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Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa (Red Beard). This massive attackt on the soviet union broke the non-aggression pact that Hitler had signed with Stalin in 1939.
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Japanese planes bombed the US naval base in Pearl Harbor as a surprise attackt, on the island of Hawaii. More than 2400 people were killed and much of the American fleet were destroyed.
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The U.S. joined the Allies and declared war on Japan.
Japan's allies -Germany and Italy- then Declared war on the United States.
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Hong Kong fell into the Hands of the Japanese. 20 000 allied soldiers were no match for the skilled Japanese. Dec 5 1941 was marked the Black Christmas. Every canadian was either killed or taken prisoner. Nearly 1700 Canadian prisoners of war faced brutal conditions and were later used as slave labour.
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Germany launched another offensive in the soviet Union, this time was focused on the rich oil fields in the south
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Allied forces became stronger when the U.S. entered the conflict in Dec 1941
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After suffering more than 300 000 casualties, the German army surendered.after the German army surrendered , the Soviet Union went on the offensive, retaking much of the territory it had lost.Hitler's agression also assured that the soviets joined the war on the Allies' side.
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a final allied victory in North Africa
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The biggest Allied invasion of the war
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175 000 canadians begun their attackt to drive the Germans back to Rhine River and out of the Netherlands.
The fighting was slow and horrible. Nearly 23 000 Allied soldiers were killed , including more than 5200 Canadians.
The Germans lost 90 000 of their men including 52 000 who were taken prisoner.
On march 10, the Greman army withdrew to the east bank of the Rhine River, allowing the Canadians to continue north to liberate Holland. -
The Canadians were given a separate task, it was to Liberate the Netherlands.
An earlier Allied attempt to free Holland had failed and German troops had already destroyed the port cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam and flooded much of the countryside. Food and fuel supplies to the Dutch had been cut off and many were starving to death. The bitter winter of 1944-1945 made difficult conditions even worse.