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Battle of Hong Kong
Date: December 8-25, 1941
Participating Countries: Canada, UK,Britain, Hong Kong
Causalities: 2,000 canadians 1,500 Japanese
Who won/lost: Japanese won, Canadians, UK, Britain lost.
Fact: This was the first battle the Canadians fought in WWII -
The Dieppe Raid
Date: August 19, 1942
Participating Countries: Canada, UK, USA, Nazi Germany
Causalities: 3,000 Canadians, 311 Germans
Who won/lost: Nazi Germany won, Canadians, UK, USA lost.
Fact: The allies made lots of mistakes which lead to the canadians loosing this battle. -
Battle Of Sicily
Date: July 9-12, 1943
Participating Countries: Nazi Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, USA and Canada
Causalities: United Kingdom+ USA + Canada had 24,820 causalities. Germany had 20,000 causalities and Italy had 147,000 causalities.
Who won/lost: United Kingdom, Canada, USA all won.
Germany, Italy lost.
Fact: When this battle begun the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini lost power of Italy. This opened up a way for the allies to take over Italy, -
Battle of Reggio
Date: Sep 3, 1943
Participating countries: Canada, USA, Nazi Germany
Causalities: No Causalities
Who won/lost: Canada, USA
Fact: There were no causalities what so every in this battle. -
Gustav Line
Date: May 11-18, 1944
Participating Countries: Canada, Nazi Germany, Italy
Causalities: 100,000 Canadians, 40,000 Germans
Who won/lost: Canada
Fact: The Germans and Italians held the Gustav Line from May 11th-17th until the Canadians caught them. -
Hitler Line
Date: May 18-24 1944
Participating Countries: Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Nazi Germany.
Causalities: 542 Canadians
Who won/lost: Canada and UK won, Germany and Italy retreated.
Fact: Hitler Line was later renamed to Senger line, after General von Senger. -
Normandy (D-day)
Date: June 6, 1944
Participating Countries: Canada, UK, USA, Poland, France, Nazi Germany.
Causalities: 12,000 Allies, 9,000 Germans
Who won/lost: Allies won, Germany lost.
Fact: Normandy nick named D-Day was used for the actual landing date. -
Rimini Line
Date: September 14-21 1944
Participating Countries: Canada, UK, USA etc. Nazi Germany, Italy
Causalities: 40,000 Canadians,UK, USA, etc.. 30,000 Germans, Italians.
Who won/lost: Canada, UK, USA etc.., Germany and Italy lost.
Fact: The Rimini Line was one of the hardest fought battles for the eights army of Canada. -
Dunkirk 1944
Date: September 15, 1944
Participating Countries: Canada, UK, Czechslovakia, France, Nazi Germany
Causalities: 68,000 Allies, 51,000 Germans
Who won/lost: Allies won, Germans lost
Fact: Germans were forced to surrender to the allies. -
Rhineland battle
Date: Feb 8-Mar 10, 1945
Participating Countries: Canada, UK, USA, Nazi Germany
Causalities: 23,000 Allies, 90,000 Germans
Who won/lost: Allies won, Germany lost
Fact: The battle lasted just over 1 month
