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France surrenders to Hitler
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Germany Invades Poland
On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany which resulted in the beginning of World War II. -
phoney war
The first six months of the war became known as the ‘Phoney War’ because there was almost no fighting and no bombs were dropped.This gave the government more time to protect Britain from an attack. -
Canada declares war on Germany
After a special session in parliament, King promises there will be no conscription, and declares war on Germany. This was a decision Canada was required to make on its own, unlike the first world war where it was automatically at war because of Britain. -
BCATP
Canada Hosts the (BCATP) British Commonwealth air training plan in hopes to train pilots,navigators, bomb aimers, air gunners, and such. This was also an attempt to avoid the issue of conscription. -
Total War
The goverment established the Department of Munitions and Supplies, and King appointed C.D. Howe as it's minister. -
Germany's Blitzkrieg
German panzers crash through enemy lines, war planes bombed enemy lines, parachuted in and destroyed communication and transportation links that belonged to the allies. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
The germans surrounded the allies, forcing them to escape by sea to the port of Dunkirk, Germans bombed the port of Dunkirk making it harder for the allies to escape. The allies rounded up all the boats that could sail the English channel and used them to escape. On June 4th the evacuation was finally complete. -
France surrenders
Frence surrenders to Germany because they were no match for German army. -
Operation Sea Lion
Germany starts massive bombing campaign on harbours and shipping facilities, eventually changed focus to civilians couldn't beat the British air force because they had radars on the Germans. -
Hilter gave up
Hilter finally gave up on his plans to invade Britain. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler decides to invade the USSR even though they agreed not to invade each other. Hitler's army pushed the Soviet army farther and farther back, but they weren't ready for the soviet winter, giving the soviet army an advantage. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbour
Japanese army bombs pearl harbour, America declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the States. The Japanese then took over Hong Kong on Christmas day, In 1975, Canadians were killed or taken as prisoner -
Battle of Dieppe
The Dieppe raid was a trial run to test out techniques but ended in a terrible tragedy. It consisted of 4 pre-dawn attacks and one main attack in town. A ship carrying Canadian soldiers came into combat with a German Convoy and the noises were heard ashore by the Germans, then the Germans started gunning down all the Canadian soldiers who were visible under daylight that was the battle of Dieppe -
Invasion Of Sicily
Germany had slow advances, mixed with the terrible weather. Germany eventually withdrew. They fought for a month and lost 1372. -
D-Day
a full scale invasion of Europe starting at 4 beaches codenamed "Sword", "Juno", "Gold", "Omaha", and "Utah". Germans thought that because of the weather conditions, there would be no attacks made. The British went in with massive air and naval support. Because of this, the allies had a bigger advantage. -
Battle for Paris
The French capital Paris Is liberated under the command of Charles de Gaulle. -
Hitler commits suicide
The German leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter -
Germany's Unconditional Surrender
Hitler's successor, Admiral Donitz offers an unconditional surrender to the allies. -
Hiroshima
The Allies created a lethal atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima because Japanese admirals wouldn't surrender. -
Nagasaki bomb
United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki -
End of War
The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the allies, marking the end of the war. Japan surrenders
