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Gavrilo Princip fired two shots
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. -
Gavrilo Princip is arrested
A Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, had gotten arrested on June, 28, 1914. -
Archduke and Archduchess visit Sarajevo
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. -
Britain declares war on Germany
On August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. Britain, led by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, had given Germany an ultimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight. -
Austria-Hungary sends ultimatum to Serbia
At six o'clock in the evening on July 23, 1914, nearly one month after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a young Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Baron Giesl von Gieslingen, ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Serbia, delivers an ultimatum to the Serbia -
Serbia agrees to two of the three terms of the ultimatum
At six o’clock in the evening on July 23, 1914, nearly one month after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a young Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Baron Giesl von Gieslingen, ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Serbia, delivers an ultimatum to the Serbian foreign ministry. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
One month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
France mobilizes to support its Russian ally
France Mobilizes, Germany Declares War on Russia. When Russia's Tsar Nicholas II agreed to order general mobilization on the afternoon of July 30, 1914, he unwittingly started the clock on German mobilization. -
Canada is automatically at war against Triple Alliance
At this point Canada’s Regular Forces, the Royal Canadian Regiment, were ordered to be ready for mobilization. -
Germany orders France and Russia to stop mobilizing
When Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II agreed to order general mobilization on the afternoon of July 30, 1914, he unwittingly started the clock on German mobilization. The Schlieffen Plan concentrated German forces in the west for an attack on Russia’s ally France. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany had declared war on Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German government made proposals to secure British military support to Belgium should Germany invade. -
Russia mobilizes to defend Serbia
Britain enacts the Defense of the Realm Act granting unprecedented powers to the government to control the economy and daily life. -
1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor
In the thoughts of creating a stronger and much more stable government, President Hindenburg had agreed to make Adolf Hilter chancellor of Germany. -
Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews
The Nuremberg Race Laws:In the Reich's early years, anti-Jewish regulations were drawn up by a Nazi and the law become effective on the day after its promulgation. -
Italy into Ethiopia 1935
A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somali land in December gave Benito Mussolini the chance to reject all arbitration offers and the Italians invaded Ethiopia. -
1937: Italy, Germany & Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
The Anti-Comintern Pact agreement had first taken place between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937), specifically against the Soviet Union. -
1938 Anschluss - Germany takes over Austria with no fighting
Hitler pointed out that Austria was isolated diplomatically and could not halt a Nazi invasion. He was willing to amnesty the jailed Nazis but not to hand over the police, but to capture them instead. -
1939 Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovak army on French territory, yet full recognition was not reached. -
1939 German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact essio
Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, breaking the agreement it had signed with Great Britain and France the year before in Munich, Germany. The invasion jolted British and French leaders and convinced them thatAdolf Hitler, the German chancellor, could not be trusted to honor his agreements and was likely to keep committing aggression until stopped by force or a massive deterrent. -
Sept 3, 1939 Britain and France Declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. -
Battle of the Atlantic - Sept 3, 1939 - Duration of the war
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War and the most important. Canada was a major participant: this country’s enormous effort in the struggle was crucial to Allied victory. -
Sept 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany
On September 7 Parliament met in special session. On September 9 it approved support to Britain and France. On September 10 King George VI announced that Canada had declared war. -
Battle of Britain July 10, 1940
German bombers and fighters struck a British shipping convoy in that very Channel, while 70 more bombers attacked dockyard installations in South Wales. -
Invasion of Soviet Union June 22, 1941
The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s. -
Pearl Harbour Attack Dec 7, 1941
The Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, bombing warships and military targets in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Japanese-Canadian Internment Feb 24th, 1942
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King issued a series of orders-in-council to evacuate all people of Japanese origin to protect the country. -
Battle of El Alamein July 1,1942
On this day in 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for control of North Africa. -
Dieppe Raid Aug 19, 1942
The raid took place on the northern coast of France, it started at 5:00 am and by 10:50am the allied commanders were forced to call retreat. -
Battle of Stalingrad Aug 23, 1942
This was one of the major battles in the second world war in the eastern fronts, in which Germany fought with the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Italian Campaign
this was a 20-month Mediterranean campaign which led to the liberation of Italy during the Second World War, which Canada had a big part towards. -
D-Day June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. Within three months, the northern part of France would be freed and the invasion force would be preparing to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet forces moving in from the east. -
Germany surrenders
On this day in 1945, the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945
The United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese city of Hiroshima that had killed and injured many people of the city. -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Aug 9, 1945
The United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese city of Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
Sept 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea.