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Rape of Nanjing
Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
The beginning of WWII
After Hitler came to power in 1933, a war broke out 6 years later with, (main fighters) Germany, Italy, and Japan. All the other countries were, Britain, Canada, France, USA. The amount of the people who came to war was, 70-85 million perished which at the time was 3% of the world population. -
Dunkirk evacuation
Hundreds of thousands of troops were rescued from the German advance in the nick of time. The troops were desperately needed back on the home shores to help defend against a Nazi invasion. Over 26,000 French soldiers were evacuated on that last day, but between 30,000 and 40,000 more were left behind and captured by the Germans. Around 16,000 French soldiers and 1,000 British soldiers died during the evacuation. 90% of Dunkirk was destroyed during the battle. -
Battle of Britain
This battle was, military campaign of the second World War, which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the UK against large-scale attacks from Germany Nazi air force. The Canadian air force pilots fought with the British military. More than 100 Canadians went to the Battle of Britain. 23 lives were lost. -
Invasion of Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cELG5c3jo34
In August of 1939, Stalin accepted Hitler's proposal into a non-aggression pact with Germany, negotiated by the foreign ministers Vyacheslav Molotov for the Soviets and Joachim von Ribbentrop for the Germans Officially a non-aggression treaty only, an appended secret protocol also reached on the 23 of August, the whole of eastern Europe was divided into German and Soviet spheres of influence. -
Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Force upon the United States against the army base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place between 4 and 7 of June 1942. Only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. Canada was a big help on causing permanent damage to the Japanese Navy. Jobs that Canadians did during the Battle of Midway included flying aircrafts, shooting down on enemy aircrafts, and helping abord on ships. -
Diepppe Raid
Operation Jubilee, more commonly referred to as the Dieppe Raid, was an allied assault on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on August 19th 1942, during the second World War. Some people thought that this battle was unneeded and some people thought that it was a good thing that happened because of the lead up to D-Day. This battle had 5000 Canadians, of which about 900 dead, about 500 injured, and over 2000 were put in prison camps. -
Battle of Ortona
The Germans had started preparing to defend Ortona on December 12th 1943, by using explosives to blow many houses apart to create piles of rubble into which they dug deep fighting positions. Canadian soldiers evacuate wounded comrades during the Battle of Ortona, in 1943 during the second World War. More than 2,300 Canadian casualties, but eventually won Ortona for the allies. -
Liberation of the Netherlands
The liberation of the Netherlands, from September 1944 to April 1945, played a key role of the second World War, as the allied forces closed in on Germany from all sides. The first Canadian army pushed rapidly eastward through France towards Belgium. September began with the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division being welcomed to Dieppe. -
D-Day (Juno Beach)
After the Dieppe raid had ended many people though Dieppe was the moment were the battle lead up to the day of days. (D-Day) The day of days, in World War II, which allied forces invaded northern France beaches landings in Normandy. There were five beaches that were used by USA, UK, Canada. The 5 Beaches of D-Day were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword (All code names) The amount of people who got killed were 4414. The injured amount was at least 10,000. -
V-E day (victory in Europe)
V-E Day, is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II when Germany's Nazi group unconditionally surrenders of its armed forces on May 8th, 1945. -
V-J Day (victory over Japan)
Before Japan surrendered, the USA dropped to bombs in two of their major cities because the didn't want to surrender knowing that the Emperor would die. (They would die for him because he's a "living god") They finally surrendered on the afternoon of August 15th, 1945 unconditionally
