World War II Canadian History

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION “Wars are not won by evacuations.” -Winston Churchill

FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940 Philippe (Marshal) Petain Adolf Hitler

THE ARMISTICE SIGNED – A SYMBOLIC ACT ADOLF HITLER

FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940

Map of Europe in 1935

Map of Europe in 1940

HITLER SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BRITAIN: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – July, 1940 “‘The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. … Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. …Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’” -Winston Churchill, in Parliament, June 18, 1940

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion Coventry area of London, England during the Blitz

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion Berlin, Germany - 1940

Emperor Hirohito of Japan MEANWHILE, IN THE EAST…. Emperor Hirohito of Japan

JAPAN AND THE U.S.

JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR – December, 1941

JAPAN ATTACKS HONG KONG – December, 1941

Map of Europe in 1941

GERMANY ATTACKS THE SOVIET UNION – June, 1941 OPERATION BARBAROSSA

NAZI CAMPS

Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp: Poland

DELIVERANCE DAY (D-DAY) – June, 1944 OPERATION OVERLORD

LIBERATION OF HOLLAND – September, 1944 – April, 1945

Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker

Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker

VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY (VE DAY) – May 8, 1945

Back to Asia…

BRINGING JAPAN TO ITS KNEES

Which is Tokyo and which is Hiroshima?

Hiroshima 1945

Hiroshima Today