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Birth Of A Canadian Officer
Peter Wright was a Senior officer in the Canadian Army. -
Start Of WWII
World War Two started when Adolf Hilter sent the Germany Army into Poland -
Germans Storms Poland
Adolf Hitler sent the German to invade Poland using the warfare known as "Blitskrieg" -
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
This board was made to control inflation and to make sure there was no social unrest. -
Britain and France Declares War
Britain wanted to send Hitler a ultimatum to withdraw from Poland. -
Canada Declares War
Canada did not enter the war until a week after Britain and France did, but the first Canadian troops did not leave to go to war until December. -
First Troops
The first Canadian troops sailed to Britian. -
Air Forces
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was established. -
The Dieppe Raid
Canada wanted to invade Germans quickly, because they already took over France, but it did not go as planned. -
The Battle of Ortona
Canada started a fight in Italy by easily driving up the peninsula from the southern tip of Sicily which was a attempt to drive German soldiers back to Germany. -
D-Day Invasion
The invasion was named "Overload", and it was a surprise attack. Canada's 3rd Division, successfully captures Juno Beach. -
The Liberation of Northern Europe
Once the Nazis were forced out of France, they occupied countries of Europe needed to be liberated. The Canadian's were assigned the Netherlands and Belgium.