September 1st
1939
Germany invaded Poland
September 3rd
1939
Britain and France declare war in Germany
Starting 1940
April
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway
1940
May
Germany invaded Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France
1940
May/June
Evacuation of Dunkirk
1940
June
National resource mobilization act allows conscriptions of Canadians for home defence
1940
June 22
France surrenders to hitler
1940
July
Germany Air Force begins bombing Britain ( the Battle of Britain )
1940-1944
Battle of the Atlantic I’d fought
1941
June 22
Germany invaded USSR
1941
December 7
Japan bombs pearl harbour
1941
December 8th
United States declares war on japan.
1941
December 25th
Canadians soldiers defeated Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong.
1942
February
Japanese-Canadians sent to internment camps.
1942
April
Canadians vote in plebiscite to support conscription.
19421
August
Raid on French port of dieppe by Canadians and other allied forces.
1943-1945
Allies bomb German cities
1943
July
Canadian troops participate in invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy.
1943
December
Canadians win battle of Ortona, Italy.
1944
June 6th
D-day; Canadian troops join Britain can Americans in allied invasion of Normandy in northern France
1945
Spring
Canadian troops help liberate the Netherlands from german military control
1945
May 7
Germany surrenders.
1945
August 6th
United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
1945
August 9th
United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
1945
August 15th
Japan surrenders.
