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On September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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On April 9, 1940: Germany launched the blitzkrieg (“lightening war”) on Denmark and Norway. The attacks involved with tanks, war planes and bombs which destroyed the territory in a lightening speed.
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On May 10, 1940: Germany began to invade (Western Europe) the Netherlands with Wehrmacht (armed forces). They moved through Belgium and finally got into France.
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On May 26, 1940: The evacuation began in Dunkirk of France by navigating the English Channel.
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On June 4, 1940: The evacuation was completed and got a successful rescue--nearly 340 000 soldiers been saved.
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On June 22, 1940: France surrendered and Germany occupied Northern France.
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On July 10, 1940: Germany started a massive bombing campaign to destroy the harbours and shipping facilities in southern England.
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On August 1-25, 1940: The German bombing raided targeted air fields and aircraft factories.
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On September 7, 1940: The “Blitz” began in London, bombing, terrifying and killing civilians and destroying buildings and streets.
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On May 15, 1941: German lost the battle of Britain. 23 000 British Civilians were killed. Hitler finally gave up invading Britain.
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On June 22, 1941: Hitler launched “Operation Barbarossa”, the invasion of the Soviet Union by the campaign in Balkans. It’s the largest Germany military operation in WWII.
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On December7, 1941: Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Then the U.S. declared war on Japan.
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On December 25, 1941: Hong Kong had fallen to the Japanese. Canada had sent troops to protect Hong Kong but failed.
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On August 19, 1942: The Dieppe raid had occurred on the northern coast of France. The casualties were high and results were terrible.
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On February 2, 1943: German Army surrendered to the Soviets due to the quantities of casualties and ill-equipped troops. Soviets were advancing into Eastern Europe.
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On July 10, 1943: Canadian participated into the invasion of Sicily. The Allies took two weeks to take over it.
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On September 3, 1943: The Allies invaded the mainland of Italy. The battles conditions of soldiers are difficult especially the battles of Ortona.
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On June 6, 1944: The Allies launched “Operation Overland”—a full-scale invasion of Europe, called “D-Day”. This invasion had been planned in detail, inferred to the Dieppe raids. The landing points were in the beaches in Normandy in northern France.
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On August 25, 1944: The Allies liberated France and got a great victory in Europe.
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On March 26, 1945: Allies Forces attacked Germany and requested to liberate the Netherlands. American and Montgomery also involved into the battles.
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On May 4, 1945: German troops surrendered and the Netherlands had been successful liberated. Canadians were hailed as heroes by the Dutch resulted in the quantity of food and fuel dropped into the Netherlands.
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On May 7, 1945: By the attacks from the east of the Allies and the west of the Soviet Union, Germany finally surrendered. Hitler and his wife had suicide in a bunker in Berlin.
