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1
Q

September 1st

1939

A

Germany invaded Poland

2
Q

September 3rd

1939

A

Britain and France declare war in Germany

3
Q

Starting 1940

April

A

Germany invaded Denmark and Norway

4
Q

1940

May

A

Germany invaded Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France

5
Q

1940

May/June

A

Evacuation of Dunkirk

6
Q

1940

June

A

National resource mobilization act allows conscriptions of Canadians for home defence

7
Q

1940

June 22

A

France surrenders to hitler

8
Q

1940

July

A

Germany Air Force begins bombing Britain ( the Battle of Britain )

9
Q

1940-1944

A

Battle of the Atlantic I’d fought

10
Q

1941

June 22

A

Germany invaded USSR

11
Q

1941

December 7

A

Japan bombs pearl harbour

12
Q

1941

December 8th

A

United States declares war on japan.

13
Q

1941

December 25th

A

Canadians soldiers defeated Japan’s invasion of Hong Kong.

14
Q

1942

February

A

Japanese-Canadians sent to internment camps.

15
Q

1942

April

A

Canadians vote in plebiscite to support conscription.

16
Q

19421

August

A

Raid on French port of dieppe by Canadians and other allied forces.

17
Q

1943-1945

A

Allies bomb German cities

18
Q

1943

July

A

Canadian troops participate in invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy.

19
Q

1943

December

A

Canadians win battle of Ortona, Italy.

20
Q

1944

June 6th

A

D-day; Canadian troops join Britain can Americans in allied invasion of Normandy in northern France

21
Q

1945

Spring

A

Canadian troops help liberate the Netherlands from german military control

22
Q

1945

May 7

A

Germany surrenders.

23
Q

1945

August 6th

A

United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

24
Q

1945

August 9th

A

United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

25
Q

1945

August 15th

A

Japan surrenders.