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WWII
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Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, breaking his agreement of peace with both British and French leaders. -
Hitler invades poland
German troops enter and invade poland. British and French leaders see this as a threat and order Hitler to retract his troops by the 3rd -
Britain and France declare war
When Hitler does not retract his troops, Britan and France both declare war on Germany. -
Phoney war
Allied troops are stationed in France, but do nothing except await Hitler's next move. Which he makes in April of 1940, this period is known as the phony war. -
Phoney war ends
Germany makes use of it’s blitzkrieg tactics to invade Denmark and Norway, breaking the phoney war. Once Hitler saw how easily they were captured, he moved on to the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium conquering all three within a matter of weeks. -
Hitler invades France
Hitler invades France and has allied troops surrounded at the port of Dunkirk within a matter of days. -
Britain begins evacuations
recognizing that if he port was captured the majority of its troops would be lost, Britain desperately organized every ship military or otherwise that could navigate down the English channel to do so and meet at Dunkirk for an immediate evacuation. -
German Luftwaffe bomb Dunkirk
German Luftwaffe bomb the port of Dunkirk. As well as firing rifles and throwing explosives in an attempt to dislodge defensive positions in order to kill as many fleeing soldiers as possible. This continued until evacuations were complete -
Evacuation of Dunkirk complete
Evacuation is completed and German forces stop their bombings. 338,226 men were rescued including 139,997 French, Polish, and Belgian troops. -
French surrender
: After the bombing of Dunkirk, the French still reeling from its losses in ww1, and with a population so divided were left with little choice but to surrender to Germany. Leaving only Britain and the commonwealth to stand against them. -
Germany attacks Britain
Hitler launches “operation Sea lion”, his plan to conquer Britain. Hitler determined that in order for this to be done he must first eliminate the RAF. So he had his Luftwaffe begin massive bombing raids specifically targeting Harbours and shipping facilities then moved on to airfields. -
civilian bombing
Several German bombers drift off course during a night raid, bombing and killing many civilians in their homes. This leads to Churchill’s immediate response of bombing Berlin and ultimately, the battle of Britain a 37 week long process in which Britain was attacked 71 times -
Hitler withdraws troops from Britain
After the Brits began using their advanced radar systems they were destroying the Germans in the air. Leading Hitler to re-evalute the wisdom in invading Britain and eventually withdraws his troops. -
Hitler launches operation Barbarossa
This attack against the Soviet union violated Hitler's non-aggression pact with Stalin. -
U.S. officialy enters conflict
FDR officially signs the U.S. into the war for many reasons, a dprimary one neing the attack on pearl harbour. This greatly helped the allies and possibly turned the war in their favor. -
Dieppe raid
Canadian forces are sent on an amphibious raid to Dippe, where they were massacered. 3367 of the neraly 5,000 canadian soldiers sent over were slaughtered on the beach. -
Allies invade Sicily
Combined allied forces invade sicily and capture the island after 38 days. Canadians fought German and italian soldiers through 240 km, losing 562 soldiers in order to take the island. -
Ortona captured
Canadian troops follow retreating Germans through many small towns, sweeping and fighting street to street in order to claer the villages leading to Ortona. Once there, Canadians lost 1372 soldiers but forced th Germans to withdraw. -
Operation overlord/D-day
A full scale assault on Europe is launched. Beginning with an amphibious assault on five beaches on the Normandy coast code named Sword,Juno,Omaha,Gold,and Utah. The allies sent paratroopers in behind enemy lines, and were able to bring in extra troops, vehicles and supplies thanks to their navy. This was a major part in winning them the day. -
Battle of the Rhineland
nearly 175,000 canadian troops are sent to drive the Germans from the Rhine river, and from the netherlands. Nearly 23,00 allied and 5300 canadian troops were were killed. But that was little compared to the 90,000 German casualties forcing Germany to withdraw. -
Germans withdraw
German army withdraws to the east bank of the Rhine river. Allowing canadian troops to liberate Holland and the Netherlands -
Germans withdraw
After their defeat at the Rhine, the germans were beaten out of the Netherlands, signing a truce with the allies allowing them to bring supplies to starving Dutch civilians. -
Hitler dies
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker alongside his wife Eva, effectively ending the war.
