World War II By facebooker_622943408 Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany unvades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, and France May 26, 1940 Evacuation Of Dunkirk Jun 21, 1940 National Resource Mobilization Act allows conscription of Canadians for home defence Jun 22, 1940 Frnace surrenders to Hitler Jul 11, 1940 Germany air force begins bombing Britain ( The Battle Of Britain ) Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades USSR Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbour Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Japan Dec 25, 1941 Canadian soldiers defeated in Japans invasion of Hong Kong Feb 24, 1942 Japenese-Canadians sent to internment camps Apr 27, 1942 Canadian vote in plebisciteto support conscription Aug 19, 1942 Raid on French port of Dieppe to Canadian and other allied forces Jul 10, 1943 Canadians troops participate in the invasion of Silcily and mainland Italy Dec 28, 1943 Canadians win battle of Ortona, Italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day; Canadian troops join British and American in allied invasion of Normandy in northern France May 5, 1945 Canadian troops help liberate the Netherlands from Germany May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders Aug 6, 1945 United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Japan surrenders
