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World War2: Timeline

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WORLD WAR 2: TIMELINE

Nicholas Macleod Block:E
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German invasion of Poland

  • Began October 6th 1939
  • Germans and Soviets prevailed
  • Polish territory divided between to two
  • Resulted in 82,394 deaths
  • 694,000 Polish captured
  • Marked the start of WW2

EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK

  • Began May 27th 1940
  • was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk
  • 338,226 men escaped, including 139,997 French, Polish, and Belgian troops
  • Over 80,000 casualties

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

  • The longest continuous military campaign in World War II
  • Over 60,000 died
  • And over 4500 ships
  • Winston Churchill first called it “The Battle of the Atlantic” in 1941

FRANCE SURRENDERS TO HITLER

  • On June 22, 1940, the French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe
  • Northern France spent four years under German occupation.
  • Over 360,000 died and 1,900,000 were captured

JAPAN BOMBS PEARL HARBOR

  • A surprise military attack on December 7th 1941
  • 2403 deaths
  • The attack lead to the United States formal entry into WW2
  • The attack was for japan to eliminate the U.S potential attack on Asia

CANADIEN SOLDIERS DEFEATED IN JAPANS INVASION OF HONG KONG

  • December 1941
  • 290 Canadiens killed with 783 injured
  • Another 264 died in Japanese POW camps
  • Canadiens we’re defending the British colony of Hong Kong
  • Most Canadien soldiers had limited military training

JAPANESE CANADIENS SENT TO INTERNMENT CAMPS

  • Began after the attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Lasted from 1941-1949
  • Japanese canadiens stripped of their homes and businesses
  • Sent to camps in the interior of B.C to work
  • 90% of Japanese canadiens we’re forced to go
  • Many did not have Holmes and businesses to return to after the war

D-DAY

  • One of the most pivotal events of the second world war
  • Began the battle of Normandy
  • Canadiens sailors, soldiers and airmen played a critical role
  • Nearly 150,000 Allied troops landed or parachutes into the invasion area
  • Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed
  • Lead to the inevitable fall of the Axis

GERMANY OFFICIALY SURRENDERS

  • On May 7, 1945 Germany officially surrendered to the Allies
  • General Alfred Jodl, signed unconditional surrender of east and west forces
  • Known as the beginning of the end of the war
  • The date of the announcement of surrender in Moscow, May 9th ended the war in the Soviet Union

UNITED STATES DROPS ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

  • On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds 1st atomic bomb
  • Over 80,000 people died at Hiroshima
  • A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki Aug. 9th
  • Over 40,000 people died at Nagasaki
  • Resulted in Japan finally surrendering and ending the war