Greatest Canadian Battles of WWII

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    Battle of the Atlantic

    Participating Countries:
    United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Newfoundland, Norway, Poland, Free French Forces, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Vichy France
    Casualties:
    Allies: 36,200 sailors killed, 36,000 merchant seamen killed,
    3,500 merchant vessels, 175 warships
    Axis: 30,000 sailors killed, 783 submarines
    Alies won, Axis Lost
    Battle lasted from the beggining to the end of the war with the defeat of Germany. Longest military Campaign.
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    Battle of Britain

    Participating Countries
    United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy
    Casualties
    Allies: 544 aircrew killed, 422 aircrew wounded, 1,547 aircraft destroyed
    Axis: 2,698 aircrew killed, 967 captured, 638 missing bodies identified by British Authorities, 1,887 aircraft destroyed
    Allies won, Axis lost
    The objective was to gain command over the RAF. The battle lasted approximately 4 months.
  • Dieppe Raid

    Participating Countries:
    Canada, US, UK, Polish Forces in the West, Germany
    Casualties:
    Canada: 367 dead, wounded or captured
    United Kingdom: 275 commandos
    Royal Navy: One destroyer,
    33 landing craft,
    550 dead and wounded,
    Royal Air Force: 100 aircrafts
    62 killed, 30 wounded, 17 captured
    Germany: 311 dead, 280 wounded
    Luftwaffe: 23 Fw 190, 25 Dornier Do 217
    Germany Won, Allies lost
    Battle of Dieppe lasted 5 hours 50 minutes. Almost 60% of men who made it ashore were killed, wounded, or captured.
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    Conquest of Sicily

    Participating Countries:
    United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Italy, Germany
    Casualties:
    Allies: 24,820 casualties (5,837 killed, 15,683 wounded, 3,326 captured)
    Germany: 20,000 casualties
    Italy: 147,000 casualties
    Allies won, Axis lost
    Objective was to take Sicily from Axis. Started with air and water attacks, then 6 weeks of land combat.
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    Moro River Campaign

    Participating Countries:
    United Kingdom, Canada, India, New Zealand, Germany
    Casualties:
    Alies: Canada 2,339 casualties, New Zealand 1,600 casualties, India 3,400 casualties
    UK and German Casualties are Unknown
    Niether side won. Allies gained land but never reached their set objective.
    The objective of the campaign was to breach the German winter line. The Allies hoped to use this line to advance to Pascera, and even Rome.
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    Battle of Ortona

    Participating Countries:
    Canada: 1st Canadian Infantry Division, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
    Germany: 3rd battalion, 3rd Regt, German 1st Parachute Division
    Casualties:
    Canada: 650 casualties
    Germany: Unknown casualties
    Canada won, Germany lost
    The battle was held during "Bloody December." Ortona, the city where the battle was fought, usually had a population of 10,000 people.
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    Battle of Monte Cassino

    Participating Countries:
    United Kingdom, United States, Free French Forces, Poland, Canada, British India, New Zealand, Italian Royalist Army, Germany, Italian Social Republic
    Casualties:
    Allies: 55,000 casualties
    Axis: 20,000 casualties
    Allies won, Axis lost
    Series of battles to break through Germany's Winter LIne and get to Rome.
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    Battle of the St. Lawrence

    Participating Countries:
    Canada, Germany
    Casualties:
    Canada: 23 ships sunk, 3 ships damaged, 340 killed
    Canada won, Germany lost
    German U-Boats sank a number of merchant ships and 3 Canadian warships. Although Germany had no casualties, the country lost the battle as their objective was not met.
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    Battle of the Scheldt

    Participating Countries:
    Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Poland
    Casualties:
    Allies: 6,367 canadian casualties, 12,873 total casualties
    Axis: Roughly 10-12,000, 41,043 captured
    After 5 weeks the Canadians were successful in clearing Scheldt. Necessary to build port for Allied shipping.
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    Battle of Walcheren Causeway

    Participating Countries:
    Canada, United Kindom, Germany
    Casualties:
    Canada: 64 Casualties
    Germany: Unknown casualties
    Niether side one
    One operation in the Battle of the Sheldt. First of many conflicts around Walcheren island.