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World War II Canadian History
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION
“Wars are not won by evacuations.” -Winston Churchill
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FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940
Philippe (Marshal) Petain Adolf Hitler
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THE ARMISTICE SIGNED – A SYMBOLIC ACT
ADOLF HITLER
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FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940
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Map of Europe in 1935
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Map of Europe in 1940
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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
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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion
Coventry area of London, England during the Blitz
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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion
Berlin, Germany
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Emperor Hirohito of Japan
MEANWHILE, IN THE EAST…. Emperor Hirohito of Japan
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JAPAN AND THE U.S.
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JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR – December, 1941
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JAPAN ATTACKS HONG KONG – December, 1941
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Map of Europe in 1941
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GERMANY ATTACKS THE SOVIET UNION – June, 1941 OPERATION BARBAROSSA
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NAZI CAMPS
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Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp: Poland
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DELIVERANCE DAY (D-DAY) – June, 1944 OPERATION OVERLORD
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LIBERATION OF HOLLAND – September, 1944 – April, 1945
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Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker
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Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker
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VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY (VE DAY) – May 8, 1945
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Back to Asia…
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BRINGING JAPAN TO ITS KNEES
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Which is Tokyo and which is Hiroshima?
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Hiroshima 1945
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Hiroshima Today
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