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Netherlands 1940 5.10 surrender
Several Canadian regiments were garrisoned in Newfoundland during the Second World War: the most famous regiment was The Royal Rifles of Canada who were stationed at Cape Spear before being dispatched to British Hong Kong; In July 1941, The Prince Edward Island Highlanders arrived to replace them; In 1941 and 1942, The Lincoln & Welland Regiment was assigned to Gander Airport and then St. John's. -
Britain 1940.7.16
Germany has developed a plan for the British sea lions, to the British landing operations.Hitler and the German supreme command of the operation of The earliest date is scheduled for August 5, code-named "eagle hit." In August 6th, Göring only attack date officially scheduled for August 12th, called "Eagle Day". However, because the weather in southern England is not stable, so The German Air Force was launched on August 13 on the British air offense. -
Hong Kong 1941.11
In Autumn 1941, the British government accepted an offer by the Canadian Government to send two infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters (1,975 personnel) to reinforce British, Indian and Hong Kong personnel garrisoned at Hong Kong. It was known as "C Force" and arrived in Hong Kong in mid-November 1941, but did not have all of its equipment they were initially positioned on south side of the Island to counter any amphibious landing. -
RAF / RCAF 1941.12.7
Germany has developed a plan for the British sea lions, to the British landing operations.Hitler and the German supreme command of the operation of The earliest date is scheduled for August 5, code-named "eagle hit." In August 6th, Göring only attack date officially scheduled for August 12th, called "Eagle Day". However, because the weather in southern England is not stable, so The German Air Force was launched on August 13 on the British air offense. -
Dieppe 1942
The Dieppe Raid (Operation Jubilee) of 19 August 1942, landed nearly 5,000 soldiers of the inexperienced Second Canadian Division and 1,000 British commandos on the coast of occupied France, in the only major combined forces assault on France prior to the Normandy invasion. But naval gunfire was deliberately limited to avoid damage to the town and civilian casualties. As a result, the Canadian forces assaulted a heavily defended coast line with no supportive bombardment. -
Juno Beach 1944.6.6
Juno or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The objectives of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches of Gold and Sword on either side of Juno Beach. -
D-Day（Normandy）1944 6.6
On 6 June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division landed on Juno Beach in the Battle of Normandy and sustained heavy casualties in their first hour of attack. By the end of D-Day, the Canadians had penetrated deeper into France than either the British or the American troops at their landing sites, overcoming stronger resistance than the other beachheads except Omaha Beach.Canadian, British and Polish troops were opposed by some of the strongest and best trained German troops in the theatre。 -
Allies, Atomic Bomb 1945.8.6
The United States And China and Britain published the Potsdam Proclamation on July 26, 1945, demanding that Japan unconditionally surrender, but the Japanese government did not respond. The United States then plans to use the Manhattan project successfully manufactured nuclear weapons, and in August 6 and 9, Respectively, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped the boy and atomic bomb atomic bomb.
