WW2 EVENTS

  • Germany troops invade Poland.

    Germang and Soviet Union invade Poland, the next day France an Britian declare war on Germany.
  • Canada declares war on Germany

    After Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the United Kingdom and France declared war on September 3.[2][3] To assert Canada's independence from the UK, as already established by the Statute of Westminster 1931. The House of Commons approved a declaration of war on September 9.
  • British troops flee from Dunkirk in massive evacuation.

    The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. The evacuation last 7 days, and uses more than 2000 ships and boats to evacuat allies troops from Dunkirk, France to Britian.
  • France surrenders to Germany

    The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. Beginning on 10 May 1940, the battle defeated primarily French forces. It ends with result of France surrender to Germany on 22th June, 1940
  • Battle of Britian

    The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940.
  • Germany invade Soviet union.

    Germany invade Soviet exactaly a year after the surrender of France, make Soviet turned to allies side, because enemy's enemy is allies.
  • Japanese attack U.S.A fleet at Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • U.S.A inter the war (declares war on Japan, three days later on Germany)

    On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan in response to its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day, three days later US declare wars on Germany. It was formulated an hour after the Infamy Speech of US.
  • Canadian troops arrive in Hong Kong

    on the December the 8th, Janpan empire invaded Hong Kong, which at that time is a colony of UK, In Autumn 1941, the British government accepted an offer by the Canadian Government to send two infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters (1,975 personnel) to reinforce the Hong Kong garrison.
  • Battle of Hong Kong

    The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II. On the same morning as the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked British Hong Kong. The attack was in violation of international law as Japan had not declared war against the British Empire. Japan's unprovoked act of aggression was met with stiff resistance from Hong Ko
  • Dieppe raid ends in disaster for canadian troops.

    A trap set by Britian that use wonded Canadian solider to proof to Stalin that in inpossable to open a second fornt.
  • Allies invade Sicily

    Allies invade Sicily
    the Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island and the Mediterranean sea lanes were opened for Allied merchant ships for the first time since 1941. Benito Mussolini was toppled from power in Italy and the way was opened for the invasion of Italy.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    the turning point of WW2, Allies invade NAZI France, open the second front, drain the German troops from east front to release the pressure.
  • Canadians vote 3 to 1 in favour of conscription

    In June 1940, the government adopted conscription for home service in The National Resources Mobilization Act, 1940 (NRMA), which allowed the government to register men and women and move them into jobs considered necessary for wartime production, but did not allow them to be conscripted for overseas service.
    By the late summer of 1944, the numbers of new recruits were insufficient to replace war casualties in Europe, particularly among the infantry.
  • VE-Day (Victory in Europe): Germany surrender

    Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
  • U.S.A drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (three days later a second bomb falls on Nagasaki)

    The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
  • VJ Day (Victory in Japan): Japan surrenders

    1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day. Japan has surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war. There is joy and celebration around the world and 15 August has been declared Victory in Japan day.