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It was a quick victory for the Germans, but took them nearly 2 months. They used tanks etc
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It took the Germans hours to take over Denmark with their new Blitzkrieg tactic, and their main purpose was iron
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The main purpose of the invasion of Holland was to lure British & French forces deeper into Belgium
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The Germans invaded both Holland and Belgium at the same time it was the start of German offensive in the west.
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Once they started going through Belgium German troops started going into France, they got a good victory once Paris was taken over on the 14th of June.
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France was being overwhelmed with German troops, so soldiers retreated to beach of dunkirk to be rescured.
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German Luftwaffe airforce bombed the port of Dunkirk making it difficult to evacuate the soldiers.
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Over 340,000 allie troops were rescued and brought to Britain.
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Germans started bombing on British soil destroying factories and air fields
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Hitler decided not to take over Britain but over 23K civilians were killed during the blitz
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The jap bombed Pearl Harbor and made their way to the Philipines.
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After the Pearl Harbor bombing the US declared war on Japan.
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All Canadian troops sent to Hong Kong were either killed or held as prisoners. Huge loss for the Canadians.
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This was to take over France port Dieppe to start pushing german troops out of France. Once they got to the shore many men died because they thought they had everything figured out but they really didn't.
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The Germans tried taking over Russia again and failed due to poor weather conditions and 300K causualties.
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The Russians got back all of their territories that were lost to the Germans and were making their way into eastern Europe.
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Canadian troops were headed to Italy along with allies.
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The Germans cleared all troops from Africa.
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Italy finally surrenders and allies took over Rome.
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Canadians were sent to Juno beach which was one part of a massive invasion of 5 beaches at the same time, over 30K troops were at Juno beach.
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Allies were attacking Germany. Canada's job was to liberate netherlands from german troops.
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Germany surrenders and Hitler and his wife commit suicide in Berlin bunker. This day was also known as VE day.
