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DavidKong,December14,2006

Event: Description: Significance

Denmark, 1940,crushedquicklybyHitler PrinceEdwardCountyRegimenttriedtolaunchacounterattackforthe
Norway,The allies
Netherlands, Canadawasunsuccessfulandlearnedwhattheywereupagainst
Belgiumand
Francefall
toHitlerand
Germany
(1940)
Evacuation invasionofFrancebyGermany,BritainandCanadiantroops rescuedtroopsinanarmadaofallkindsofboats
ofDunkirk wenttohelp Allieshadtoleaveheavywarequipment(Alliesdestroyeditsoit
(1940) GermanypushedbackAlliestoDunkirkbeach,trapped350,000 wouldn’tendupinthehandsoftheGermans
soldiers terribledefeat,Francefellin6weeks

Battleof HitlerwantedtodestroyAirForcebeforeinvasion GermansexpectedtodemoralizeBritainandallies
Britain attackatnightwithwavesofbombers,killedthousands Thoughtwouldeliminateairthreatforaneasyconquer
(1940) BritainAirForceoutnumberedbutshotdown3000Naziplanes GermanslosttoomanyplanesandendedBlitzkrieg
 
Germany HitlerbreakstreatywithSovietUnionandinvadesRussia heavyfighting,20millionRussianswoulddie(7,000,000military)
attacksthe Russiakeptthrowingsoldierstofight,stallGermanyat putdentinGermanmilitary
SovietUnion Stalingrad Modern(Germany)vs.OldStyle(Russia)
(1941) Germanytrappedbycoldandsnow 

Japan December7,1941,(Hawaii) UnitedStatesenterWar
attacksPearl wellplannedinvasionofJapanAirForceonUnitedStates devastatedU.S.navy
Harbor U.S.thoughttheywerenotunderthreat 
(1941 destroyedlargepartofPacificfleet 

Japan HongKongpartofBritishcolony Japanesewarcamps,slavelabourincoalandiron,torture
attacks Canadaforcedtodefend 300Canadianskilled,257diedincampsasPOW’s
HongKong illequipped,surrenderedafter17days Skeletonsbywarend
(1941)  
Battleof Canadaplannedtobeaquickpunch,dressrehearsalforfull estimated9001400Canadianskilled,586wounded,1874prisonersof
Dieppe scaleAlliesinvasion war(POW),2200returned
(1942) CanadaattackDieppe,Germanswaitingoncliffs,overlooking totaldisaster,CanadaandAllieslearnthattheymustplanattackspiece
assault bypiece,divertedGermanattentionfromEasternFront
didnothaveenoughair/seasupport,tanksbogged lackedartillerysupport,outgunned,tanksnotsuitedforbeach,vessels
 sunk

Battleofthe RoyalCanadianNavygrewin1939from13ships,with1819 AlliescreatedCorvettes=smallfastshipsthatwereequippedwith
Atlantic sailorsto400vessels,with100,000soldiersby1945 depthchargesthatexplodedunderwater
(1942) Alliesdependedonshipstotaketroops,warsuppliesandfood manyCorvettescreatedinCanada
acrosstheAtlanticOceantoBritain Canadahadnavalshipsforrescuemissions
Convoys=largeAllieshipswithsuppliesthatwerethoughtto 
besittingducksfortheAxis,warshipsescortedtheconvoys

Battleof ItaliansturnedagainstMussolini,GermantroopsinItaly towninrubble
Ortona CanadiansinOrtonavs.Germany Canadalost176Officers,2163men
(1943) boobytrappedtown,Canadiansfoughthousetohouse“mouse missionwasslowbutallieswereabletopushoutGermany
holing” continuedupbootofItaly=keytoAllieseventualvictory
 smashedHitlerline,thelastGermandefensivelinebeforeRome

DDay: AllieslearnedfromDieppe(U.S.1,250,000troops,Britain JunoBeach,underwaterbarbwire,machineguns
Allied 1,250,000troops, Only359Canadianswerekilled,ledtoLiberationofNetherlands
Invasionof Canada/Britain30,000troopsatJunoBeach) AlliestookbeachandbeganinvasionofEurope,NaziGermanyinretreat
Europe 4000landingaircraft,700warships,11,000planes 
(1944) bomberspoundGermandefence,warships,thenlanding

VE:Victory endofWar,GermansurrenderedMay8th,1945 Italy,Mussolinicapturedandhunginpublicsquare
inEurope CanadaclearGermansfromEnglishchannelports(Dieppe) Hitlercommitssuicide
(1945) CanadaliberatesNetherlands(flowerstulips),6300killed 
advanceonBerlin

Hiroshima July,1945,U.S.PresidentTrumanwarnedJapantosurrenderor Hiroshima=60%ofcitydestroyed,71,000killed,68,000injured
and bedestroyed(TheManhattanProject) Nagasaki=35,000killed,60,000injured
Nagasaki Japaneserefused,ATOMICBOMBusedbyU.S.,“EnolaGay”= Radiationpoisoningbegins,killedanother200,000peopleby1950
(1945) bomber 
August6,1945Americansdropped“LittleBoy”onHiroshima,
nosurrender
August9,1945Americansdrooped“FatMan”onNagasaki

VJDay: Japansurrenders War’sover
Victoryover
Japan(1945)