WW2

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    The Battle of the Atlantic

    The Allied forces fought the German forces in control over the Atlantic Ocean.
  • The start of WW2

    The start of WW2

  • Wartime Prices and Trade Board created to control inflation

  • Canada declares War on Germany

  • Troops start sailing for Britain

  • Air Training Plan starts in Britain

  • Vancouver starts gearing up for battle in Atlantic

  • Nazis declared illegal in Canada

    Nazi and Communist groups was declared illegal in Canada.

  • National Resources Mobilization Act created

    National Resources Mobilization Act was created for a more effective Canadian war effort.
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    Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was fought between the Royal Air Force against the German Luftwaffe.

  • Ogdensburg Agreement

    Ogdensburg Agreement was signed by PM Makenzie King and President Roosevelt, leading to the creation of the Permanent Joint Board of Defence.

  • Hyde Park Declaration signed

    Hyde Park Declaration signed to unite Canada and the United States economies for war.

  • Census released

    A census reported the population of Canada to be 11,506,655.
  • Women allowed to enlist in army

    Women allowed to enlist in army

  • Women join the Air Force

  • Women join the Army

  • Atlantic Charter signed

    Atlantic Charter signed

    The Atlantic Charter was signed by Roosevelt and British PM Winston Churchill to provide a vision for post-war peace.
  • Canada and British troops raid French port of Dieppe

    Canada and British troops raid French port of Dieppe

  • Vancouver Asahi play their last game

    Vancouver Asahi play their last game as they are banished to farms.

  • Canada declares war on Romania, Hungary, Finland and Japan

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

  • Canada declares War on Japan

  • Japan attacks Hong Kong

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    The Defense against Hong Kong

  • United Nations Term used

  • Japanese bomb BC coast

  • Women's Royal Naval Service established

  • Wartime Information Board created

    Wartime Information Board created

  • Germans surrender at Stalingrad

  • Invasion of Sicily

    The Allied forces invade Sicily, Italy and take control of it from the Axis powers.

  • British-Canadian Nuclear Research merges with American Manhattan Project

  • Battle of Ortona

    The Battle of Ortona was a short battle between Canada and Germany, in the attempt for Canada to liberate Ortona, Italy.
  • Battle of Normandy

    Battle of Normandy

    Also known as D-Day, was an attack by the Allies on the beaches of Normandy, France.

  • Liberation of Dieppe

    A battle in the attempt to capture Dieppe, France.

  • Battle of Schedlt Estuary

    This was an operation that took place in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands.

  • Canadian Casualties reported 78,985 injured and 28 040 killed

  • Operation Veritable

    A joint attack by Canadian Army and British troops launched in Holland.
  • Canada Attends UN Conference

    Canada Attends UN Conference

  • Air Training Plan closes with over 130,000 trained pilots

  • Liberation of Arnhem, Holland

    A liberation in attempt to close in Germany on all sides.

  • Push to the Ijsselmeer

    1st Canadian Crops pushed north to Ijsselmeer, isolating the German forces.

  • Germany surrender

  • End of WW2 in Europe

  • VE riots broke out in Halifax

  • Canada joins UN at its founding

  • Bedford Magazine Explosion in Halifax

  • Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japanese surrenders, marking end of WW2