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Battles of World War II involving Canada

  • Omaha BeachOmaha Beach was one of five Allied beach landing sectors during the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord on the 6th of June 1944.
  • Operation OverlordIn May 1943, Allied leaders gathered at the Trident Conference in Washington to make a decision that would alter the course of history.
  • Normandy landingsThe decision to invade Normandy in 1943 began a complex web of military deception known as Operation Bodyguard. Allied planners needed to convince Adolf…
  • Operation Market GardenOn the 17th of September 1944, the Allied military operation known as Operation Market Garden began its attempt to create a salient spanning into German…
  • Battle of FranceOn the 10th of May 1940, the Wehrmacht armies invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and parts of France. This campaign marked the end of a period…
  • Allied invasion of ItalyBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill called Italy the soft underbelly of the axis in November 1942. He argued that invading would remove Italy from the…
  • Battle of the BulgeOn the 16th of December 1944, the German army launched a massive offensive through the Ardennes forest. This attack aimed to split Allied forces and capture…
  • Operation TorchThe United States entered the Second World War in December 1941. British and American leaders met at the Arcadia Conference in Washington D.C.
  • Falaise pocketOn the 25th of July 1944, American forces launched Operation Cobra near Saint-Lô. This offensive shattered German defenses and pushed troops south into open…
  • Operation PlunderField Marshal Bernard Montgomery launched Operation Plunder on the night of the 23rd of March 1945. Thousands of tons of supplies moved forward to support…
  • Operation DragoonGeneral George Marshall proposed the invasion of Southern France in 1942. Joseph Stalin supported this plan at the Tehran Conference in late 1943.
  • Battle of BritainWinston Churchill spoke to the House of Commons on the 18th of June, 1940. He declared that the Battle of France was over and that the Battle of Britain was…
  • Battle of AnzioWinston Churchill lay recovering from pneumonia in Marrakesh when he conceived Operation Shingle in December 1943. The British Prime Minister wanted to land…
  • Battle of the AtlanticIn September 1939, the German U-boat fleet numbered only fifty-seven vessels. Most were small Type II boats designed for coastal minelaying rather than deep…
  • Battle of Hong KongBritain first thought of Japan as a threat with the ending of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1921. That threat increased throughout the 1930s with the…
  • Siege of Malta (World War II)In June 1940, the British Crown Colony of Malta held a population of around 250,000 people. Most lived within two miles of Grand Harbour, where density…
  • Dieppe RaidOn the 19th of August 1942, the Allied amphibious attack on Dieppe began as a desperate gamble to satisfy Soviet demands for a second front.