World+War+II+Battles


 * Canada in WW II Battles **

** I. General Sites to Use: ** [|The Canadian Encyclopedia] [|World Book Online] [|Encyclopedia Britannica Online] [|Veteran's Affairs Canada] [|Photographs - Canada at War] [|Veteran's Affairs - Historical PDFs]

**SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES/TOPICS : ** **II. BATTLES :** **A. Battle of Britain, 1940: ** [|1940 - Battle of Britain] [|The Battle of Britain - BBC History] [| Jul 10, 1940: The Battle of Britain begins] [|Battle of Britain - History Learning Site] [|The Battle of Britain - Royal Air Force] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Britain - Royal Canadian Air Force] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">B. Battle of Hong Kong 1941: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Hong Kong - Canadians in Hong Kong] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Marks the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Hong Kong - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hong Kong -CanadianSoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|World War II: Battle of Hong Kong] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Hong Kong - Canadians in Hong Kong] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - Canadians in Hong Kong] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - Defense of Hong Kong] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">C. Dieppe Raid, 1942: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 - Canadian War Museum] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Dieppe Raid - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Dieppe Raid, August 1942 - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Dieppe] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Facts about Canada's involvement in the '42 Dieppe raid - CTV News] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|August 19, 1942: The Dieppe Raid - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dieppe - Canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Dieppe - August 1942] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - Dieppe 1942] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - The Dieppe Raid] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">D. Battle of Sicily (Italy 1943): ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Sicily - Canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canadians in Sicily, 1943 - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Invasion of Sicily - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Italy and Sicily - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Operation Husky - the Allied Invasion of Sicily] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Operation Husky - The Allied Invasion of Sicily] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - The Italian Campaign] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">E. Battle of Ortona (Italy 1943): ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Ortona The "Italian Stalingrad" - December 20-28, 1943] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ortona - canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Capture of Ortona - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Ortona - The Canadian Battle - December 1943] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of Ortona] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">F. D-Day and Battle of Normandy (Specifically Juno Beach 1944): ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|D-Day: The allied invasion of Normandy - CBC News] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canadians on D-Day: June 6, 1944] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|D-Day - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canadians on D-Day] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|June 6, 1944: D-Day - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of Normandy - canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Operations - D-Day and the Normandy Campaign] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Normandy Campaign - Juno Beach Centre <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - Normandy 1944] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - D-Day and the Battle of Normandy] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of the Atlantic - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of the Atlantic - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canadians remember Battle of the Atlantic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Atlantic - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|War at Sea – Newfoundland’s Role] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Royal Canadian Navy >> 1939 - 1942 - Battle of the Atlantic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Convoy Battles of the Atlantic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Merchant Mariners] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|"Miserable, rotten, hopeless life"] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of the Atlantic - Parks Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Merchant Navy of Canada - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - Battle of the Atlantic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - Battle of the Atlantic] **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">H.Battle of the Bulge 1944/1945: **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">G. Battle of the Atlantic (Royal Canadian Navy and the Merchant Marines): **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of the Bulge] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of the Bulge Timeline] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Canadians in Belgium - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|World War II - Battle of the Bulge]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of the Scheldt - Canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of the Scheldt - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Battle of the Scheldt - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|September-November 1944: The Battle of the Scheldt - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - The Scheldt]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I. Battle of Scheldt 1944: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|A Bridge too Far: The Canadian Role in the Evacuation of the British 1st Airborne Division . . .] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Operation Market Garden Timeline] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Operation Market Garden, 17-27 September 1944]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">J. Operation Market Garden 1944: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Battle of the Rhineland - canadiansoldiers.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|February-March 1945: The Rhineland Campaign - Canadian Battlefields Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Capitulation of Germany - The Battle of the Rhineland] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Liberation of the Netherlands and capitulation of Germany - Juno Beach Centre] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the Rhineland]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">K. Battle of the Rhineland 1945: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Liberation of the Netherlands, 1944-1945] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Liberation of the Netherlands - Canada at War] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Liberation of the Netherlands - Archived Backgrounder] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Netherlands - Canada History - WWII] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Remembering Canada's role in WW II] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Canada Remembers - The Liberation of the Netherlands]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">L. Liberation of the Netherlands: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">[|Nuclear Weapons Programs - Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Manhattan Project] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|World War II: The Manhattan Project] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Manhattan Project] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Manhattan Project - Nuclearfiles.org] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Mining for a Bomb]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">M. Manhattan Project & the Use of the Atomic Bomb in Japan (Canadian Involvement): **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Canadian Women’s Army Corps, 1941-1946] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Canadian Women’s Army Corps] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Canadian Women’s Corps - virtualmuseum.ca]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">N. Women's Role Overseas in the Canadian Women's Army Corps: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Aboriginal Peoples and the World Wars - The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military Chapter Five: The World Wars] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Forgotten Heroes: The Sto:Lo Nation World War II Veteran Experience] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Chinese-Canadians in World War II (1939-1945)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Veteran's Affairs - Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">O. Minorities Who Fought for Canada **