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On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The goverment established the Department of Munitions and Supplies, and King appointed C.D. Howe as it's minister.
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German panzers crash through enemy lines, war planes bombed enemy lines, parachuted in and destroyed communication and transportation links that belonged to the allies.
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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.
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Frence surrenders to Germany because they were no match for German army.
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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.
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Hilter finally gave up on his plans to invade Britain.
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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.
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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
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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
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Germany had slow advances, mixed with the terrible weather. Germany eventually withdrew. They fought for a month and lost 1372.
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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.
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The French capital Paris Is liberated under the command of Charles de Gaulle.
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The German leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bombproof shelter
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Hitler's successor, Admiral Donitz offers an unconditional surrender to the allies.
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The Allies created a lethal atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima because Japanese admirals wouldn't surrender.
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United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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The Japanese unconditionally surrender to the allies, marking the end of the war. Japan surrenders
