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Battle of the Atlantic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_AtlanticAlthough Canadian navy was a small force at the beginning of WW2. A group of ship as convoys, every convoys just only have three or four corvettes. And Canada’s other contribution has often been overlooked, civilian sailor of the Merchant Marine. -
Battle of Britain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_BritainCanadian fighter pilot helped seal the Allied victory. Canadian pilots in the Royal Canadian Air and the Royal Air Force fought alongside other Allied pilots in the air. At sea, Canadian ships helped to ensure that vital supplies crossed the Atlantic. -
Battle of Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_KongSmall Canadian contingent had been assigned to its defence,along with Britain and Indian troops. The Canadian troops in Hong Kong were the first to see active battle in the war. -
Italy
July 1942,Canadian forces made an assault on Sicily from the sea. The first Canadian division spearheaded the attack, known as Operation Husky. September, 1943. Canadians found little resistance at the “toe” of Italy. Canadians fought bravely at Ortona and defeated the Germans using mouse-holing. Fighting building to building. -
Dieppe Raid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_RaidAugust 1942 At Dieppe, 907 Canadians, including 56 officers, lost their lives in a battle that lasted for only nine hours. A total of 3,369 men were killed or wounded. At Dieppe, the Canadian Army lost more prisoners than in the whole eleven months of the later campaign in North-West Europe, or the twenty months during which Canadians fought in Italy. -
Pacific
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Pacific+WW2&title=Special%3ASearch&go=GoThe allies needed soldiers who could speak Japanese and Chinese to serve behind enemy lines. Most of the regions seized by the Japanese had large Chinese-speaking populations. Canadians politicians and military officials had tried to discourage Asian Canadians from enlisting. However, British and Australian forces pressured the Canadian government to recruit Chinese Canadians. The first Chinese Canadian to go behind enemy lines was Henry Fung. After the war, their contribution couldn’t be ignore -
Air War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_warfare_of_World_War_IIEngaged in the dangerous job of bombing enemy targets at night. On 17 May 1943, Canadian bombers took part in the daring raid on hydroelectric installations in the Ruhr valley of Germany. The goal was to cripple German industry and shorten the war -
D-Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings30000 Canadians joined British and Commonwealth troop during the 1944. The soldier landed at Juno Beach, and they faced underwater obstacles, land mines, barbed wire, and heavy machine- gun fire from the Germans. -
Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Europe+WW2&title=Special%3ASearch&go=GoAfter the D-Day, fighting continue for 11 months after the landing at Normandy. Canadian forces continued to press forward in Italy and Western Europe. Some of the toughest fighting fell to Canadian soldiers, who lost 1000 men for each of the remaining months of the war. Canadian units had to clear German forces from the channel ports. These include Dieppe, where the Canadians paraded in victory before the townspeople who had seen them slaughters two years before.
