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Chapter 5 Timeline
Canada and WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Germany invades Poland | Sept 1,1939 |
| Britain and France declare war on Germany | Sept 3,1939 |
| Canada declares war on Germany | Sept 10,1939 |
| Germany invades Denmark and Norway | April,1940 |
| Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France | May,1940 |
| Evacuation of Dunkrik | May~June,1940 |
| National Resource Mobilization Act allows conscription of Canadians for home defence | June,1940 |
| France surrenders to Hitler | June 22,1940 |
| German air Force begins bombing Britain (the Battle of Britain) | July,1940 |
| Battle of Atlantic | 1940~1944 |
| Germany invades USSR | June 22,1941 |
| Japan bombs Pearl Harbour | Dec 7,1941 |
| US declares war on Japan | Dec 8,1941 |
| Canadian soldiers defeated in Japan's invasion of HK | Dec 25,1941 |
| Japanese-Canadians sent to internment camps | Feb, 1942 |
| Canadians vote in plebiscite to support conscription | April,1942 |
| Raid on French port of Dieppe by Canadian and other Allied forces | August,1942 |
| Allies bomb German cities | 1943~1945 |
| Canadian troops participate in invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy | July,1943 |
| Canadians win battle or Ortona, Italy | Dec,1943 |
| D-Day | June 6,1944 |
| Canadian troops help liberate the Netherlands form German military control | Spring,1945 |
| Germany surrenders | May 7,1945 |
| US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima | Aug 6,1945 |
| US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki | Aug 9,1945 |
| Japan surrenders | August 15,1945 |