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Air War
Canadian achievements in the air during the Second World War were remarkable. RCAF units took part in every major air operation overseas, from the Battle of Britain to the bombing of Germany, and, in addition, played an important role in air training and in the protection of shipping and transportation.
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The Battle of the Atlantic
The war against the U-boats from 1939 to 1945 was the formative experience for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in the twentieth century. Fought largely by reservists in small ships built in Canada and operating from Canadian bases, the defense of North Atlantic trade against the submarine menace defined a naval role for Canada within a much larger alliance.
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Battle of Britain
More than 100 Canadians are deemed to have participated in the Battle of Britain, and 23 lost their lives. A Royal Canadian Air Force squadron fought during the Battle. Three members of No. 1 (RCAF) Squadron received the Distinguished Flying Cross for their efforts during the Battle of Britain.
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Battle of the Pacific
After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 1, 1941, the United States was involved in World War II. America’s first major victory was on Midway Island, north of Pearl Harbor. Once the Japanese aircraft carrier is destroyed, the United States can use its island-hopping strategy to approach the Japanese mainland and bomb its cities. -
Battle of Hong Kong
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Dieppe Raid
During the Second World War, on 19 August 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on the French coastal port of Dieppe. Operation Jubilee was the first Canadian Army engagement in the European theatre of the war, designed to test the Allies' ability to launch amphibious assaults against Adolf Hitler's "Fortress Europe."
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Battle of Ortona
In December 1943, as part of the Allied advance through Italy during the Second World War, Canadian forces fought one of their toughest battles of the war in a bid to capture the town of Ortona. The month-long campaign — first at the Moro River outside Ortona, then with vicious street fighting in the town itself — cost more than 2,300 Canadian casualties, but eventually won Ortona for the Allies.
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D-Day
By dawn on June 6, thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads. The amphibious invasions began at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno, and Sword.
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Liberation of the Netherlands
From the fall of 1944 to the spring of 1945, the First Canadian Army played a major role in the liberation of the Netherlands and its people who had suffered terrible hunger and hardship under the increasingly desperate German occupiers.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/liberation-netherlands
