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Germany, under Hitler's reign, invaded Poland and started the war and Britain alongside France subsequently declared war on Germany.
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Germany moves on to attack Denmark and Norway. Soon enough, attacks on Belgium, the Netherlands and France followed, and all these nations were conquered easily. The following day, Canada declares war on Germany.
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Germany made an air attack on Britain but the German air force, Luftwaffe, was not capable of defeating Britain's air forces accompanied by the Royal Canadian Air Forces (RCAF). It was considered Germany's first military failure.
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Germany invades Soviet Union but failed miserably because of Russia's strength and determination, as well as the harsh weather, until they finally retreated in 1943
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Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbour because of being fed up with the restrictions placed on them by America. Japan also declares war on Canada, who declares war on Finland, Hungary, Japan and Romania.
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US troops supported by the Canadian army, defeated the Japanese navy.
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Britain and America attacked the German-occupied France via the Normandy coast. Canada was given a major role; to cover one of the five beaches that allied forces were to land to start the liberation of Europe from Germany. Germany was forced to retreat
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Hitler's successor, Admiral Donitz, offers complete surrender to the allies. German forces on the British and Canadian fronts surrender as well. Germany formally surrenders in Europe
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In the Pacific end, America and Japan were still at war. This was when America dropped 2 huge bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America had designed and built the bombs with the United Kingdom and Canada's help under the code name, "The Manhattan Project".
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Japan's surrender soon followed the 2 American bombs which the US General, Douglas MacArthur, accepted, formally ending World War II.
