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Hitler invades the Rhineland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. this was a land taken away from the german people during the Treaty of Versailles which hitler wanted to break to make germany great again -
Hitler seizes all of Czechoslovakia
On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. Although the agreement was to give into Hitler’s hands only the Sudentenland, that part of Czechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived. Without those resources, the Czech nation was left vulnerable to complete German domination. -
start of wwII in atlantic/european theater
the war started on September 1st, 1939 with the invasion of Poland. Hitler invaded Poland so Hitler could get back land from the treaty of Versailles and connect greater germany and make it whole once again -
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. It was at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the German navy and aircraft of the German Air Force against the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, the United States Navy, and Allied merchant shipping -
Canada declares war on germany
Britain’s declaration of war did not automatically commit Canada, as had been the case in 1914. But there was never serious doubt about Canada’s response. The government and people were united in support of Britain and France. After Parliament debated the matter, Canada declared war on Germany on 10 September 1939 (2 days after britain declared war on germany) . Prime Minister William Lyon, Mackenzie King promised that only volunteers would serve overseas. -
fall of france
The Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. In six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France. -
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Miracle at Dunkirk
the Miracle of Dunkirk was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940. It is described as the first major campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognize its duration as from 10 July until 31 October 1940. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Hawaii which caused outrage in America causing them to join the war -
battle of ortona
The Battle of Ortona (20–28 December 1943) was a battle fought between 2 battalions of elite German paratroops from the German 1st Parachute Division under Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich, and assaulting Canadian troops from the Canadian 1st Infantry Division most of which were fresh recruits whose It was the culmination of the fighting on the Adriatic front in Italy during Bloody December. The battle took place in the small Adriatic Sea town of Ortona, with a peacetime population of 10,000. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on June 6th1944 known as D-Day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of Germany occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. -
Canada liberates the Netherlands
In the final months of the Second World War, Canadian forces were given the important and deadly task of liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. From September 1944 to May 1945, the First Canadian Army fought German forces on the Scheldt estuary opening the port of Antwerp for Allied use and then cleared northern and western Netherlands of Germans. Today, Canada is fondly remembered by the Dutch for ending their oppression under the Nazis. -
Operation Barbarossa Begins
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which was launched on Sunday 22 June 1941. The operation was driven by an ideological desire to conquer the Western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans, to use Slavs as a slave labor force for the Axis war effort, to seize the oil reserves in the Caucasus and the agricultural resources throughout the Soviet territories. This caused Russia to join the allied forces. -
Hiroshima
The United States of America bombed Hiroshima Japan using the first atomic bomb ever and starting the nuclear age -
Nagasaski
the Americans bombed Nagasaki japan in 1945 using the nuclear warhead code named the "fat man". the Americans bombed japan because they would surrender with no condition and after the Hiroshima bomb it would not happen so they bombed nagasaski and they then surrenderd with no cinditions.
