Canadian Battles In WWII

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Canadian Battles In WWII

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The Battle of the North Atlantic

• The goal for the Allies in this war was to ship
  supplies to England (weapons, food, medical
  supplies, etc.) Germany used U-boats to sink
  these ships. Canada used the convoy system to
  protect its merchant ships. The Canadian-made
  Corvette traveled in the convoy of 50-60 ships.
  This battle went on over the duration of the
  war. It was vital to the success of the allies.

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• A convoy of Allied Ships

The Battle of the Atlantic Game
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oy39.html
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August 19, 1942 The Dieppe Raid

• At Dieppe Canada hoped to quickly attack the
  Germans who had taken over France. The raid was
  a failure because they did not arrive under the
  cover of darkness as planned. As a result the
  Germans were ready for the attack and easily
  mowed down soldiers as they landed on the
  beaches. More Canadians died at Dieppe than on
  any other day of the war. Of 5000 troops 1400
  were killed/wounded, while approx. 2000 were
  taken prisoner.

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The Dieppe Beachfront
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Corpses on the beach next to two Churchill tanks
of the 14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary) stuck in
pebbles. Behind them, thick smoke coming from LCT
5. Department of National Defence / National
Archives of Canada C-014160.
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Officer and soldiers examining a Churchill tank
stuck on the beach in front of the boardwalk
after the battle, its left track broken. Wounded
men lying on the ground are about to be
evacuated. Dieppe, August 19th, 1942.
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Canadian prisoners escorted by German guards
marching through Dieppe, August 19th, 1942.
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December, 1943 The Battle of Ortona
Canadian troops began their fight in Italy by
easily driving up the peninsula from the Southern
tip of Sicily in an attempt to drive German
soldiers back to Germany. German forces made a
stand at Ortona to try to protect Rome from
falling. Canadian troops distinguished
themselves at Ortona by defeating elite German
soldiers and capturing the city on December 27.
This was one of Canadas greatest achievements in
the war.
CBC News Interactive Link to Italian Campaign
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The Italian Campaign
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German under fire in Ortona
Tanks Attack Ortona
Germans Defending a Street
Canadian Infantry in Ortona
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Mussolini, after being killed he was hung at a
gas station along with 15 other leading fascists.
People were allowed to desecrate his body in
order to take out their frustrations with his
rule.
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June 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion
Operation Overlord was the name given to the
largest allied surprise attack in WWII. The
purpose was to launch a massive invasion to
regain control of German controlled Europe in
France. Canadian forces joined the British and
Americans and were assigned an Eastern section of
Normandys beaches called Juno beach. Canadian
troops successfully took Juno Beach from German
control. By the end of D-Day more than 155,000
soldiers and 6000 vehicles had landed in France.
The allies successfully destroyed the defending
Germans and began to move inland. This forced
Germany to fight a war on two fronts.
D-Day Footage
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WW2 The D-Day Landings
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Animated Map Operation Overlord
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The Atlantic Wall!
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Mulberry Harbor
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Canadian soldiers land on Juno Beach
Landing craft with Canadian troops approach the
Normandy beach.
German prisoners captured on D-Day
Reinforcements arrive at a Normandy
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Armoured Warrior Game
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British Special Operations Executive (SOE) Tools
and Gadgets Gallery
Gallery of Spy Tools
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Secret Agents and D-Day Success
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1944-1945 The Liberation of Northern Europe
Once the Nazis were forced out of France the
occupied countries of Europe needed to be
liberated. The Canadians were assigned the
Netherlands and Belgium. The Germans resisted
this liberation and were ordered to fiercely
defend their ground by Hitler. Despite this
Canada freed these countries. On May 7, 1945
Germany surrendered to the invading allied
forces, known as VE-Day (victory in Europe).
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Crowd welcoming the Stormont, Dundas and
Glengarry Highlanders of Canada to Leeuwarden,
the Netherlands
Infantry of the South Saskatchewan Regiment lying
down and firing through a hedge near Dutch
farmhouse
German soldiers being disarmed by troops of I
Canadian Corps at a small arms dump in the
Netherlands, May 11th, 1945.