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Invasion of Poland
September 1st, 1939, Germany invades Warsaw, Poland. After the news was heared, France and Britain declared war on Germany. Shortly after, the Canadian government was advised and following that, Canada declared war on Germany. Nations were shocked -
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Events of WWII
This is a Timeline of Canada's involvement in WWII. Things like Auschwitz, U.S.S.R and Battles located in the East Front aren't as influential in here as Canada had little to no involvement in those. Canada Mostly fought in the Southeast Asian theatre of the war, and in the Battle of the Pacific, with some Canadians also fighting in the Italian Theatre and liberating Countries like Belgium, Holland and parts of France. Canada was there In deciding the Dooms-Day and after the war, in the UN. -
Battle of the Atlantic stars
The Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Navy were key players in the battle. their job was to defend and protect shipmeny routs that convoys took between the U.S.A and Britain. -
Canada and Italy
Canada Declares war on Mussolini and the Italian Army. -
Hong Kong
2000 Canadian soldiers were sent to defend the port of Hong Kong. 290 Canadians died while 493 were wounded. The soldiers who weren't killed were taken prisoners, and about 260 of those never made it back to canada. -
Canada and Japan
Canada declares war on Japan. Canada is now opposing to all the Axis Powers -
Pearl Harbour
Japanese forces Bomb Pearl Harbour, causing the United States to join the war and fight alongside the Allies, like Canada -
Southeast Asia Theater
War broke out in areas of Asia such as Burma, Java, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Around 3000 men fought in the RCAF defending and attacking Japanese positions. 20 Canadians fought in the British force, which fought behind Japanese lines. Hundreds of Canadian radio men also served in this battle, and the veteran gaurds of Canada were deployed to fight. -
Caputered & Awared
Two Canadain radar techicians were taken as prisoners. The next day, a lad from British-Colombia by the name of Charles Hoey won the Victoria Cross, one of the highest Honnors awarded from Britain. This is still in our Canadian Heritage today -
Dieppe
Many Canadians of the RCF fought and raided Dieppe. Some RCF aircrafts were lost and of the almost 4400 men, 907 were killed while some were taken as hosteges. Only some returned back to England -
Sicily
1st Candian infantry division is lead my an american general to fight in Sicily. The plan was to Capture Sicily from the Axis and hopefully liberate the Italian peninsula. This was one of Canadas many battles. Also, Around 600 canadian soldiers had died. -
Quebec Conference
Canada hosted a confrence with King, Churchill, and Rosevelt. In the confrence they discussed the D-Day that would later occur in Japan. This is important as they discussed dooms day. -
Ortona
Many Canadians helped their allies in this close quarters battle in the streets Ortona, Italy. Many Canadians lost their lives. Around 1374 were killed. -
Quebec Conference 2
This was the second meeting held in Quebec. the leaders spoke about what they would do after D-day and when the german nation fell. -
Canada's Task
The Canadain army was given the task of clearing the Sheldt in Belgium.This ment clearing ares in Antwerp so that they could open the port, allowing the allies to bring supplies and troops to go defeat the Germans. Many Candians died and taken as prisoners. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler commits suicide by gunfire. He is then succeded by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz. -
End of the Third Reich
on April 30th, the allied forces (including Canada) captured the Reichstag. This signified the defeat of the third Reich -
The United Nations
Canada and 44 other countries adopt the united nations charter.Together, they discuss the Surrender of Germany. This is known as V-E Day. This is importnant as Canada helped put an end to Germanys army in the war. -
Nuclear Bomb: "Little Boy'
American soldiers bomb Japanese town of Hiroshima, killing 80,000 people. The Japanese town of Nagasaki was also bombed -
Japan Surrenders
The Americans and the Canadian forces make it so the Japanese finally surrender. -
The End of WWII
This is the day that the war had offically ended, meaning that all Axis armies had surrended. This is important as it marked the end of WWII
