1939... Sept. 1- Germany invades Poland Sept. 3- Britain declares war on Germany Sept. 10- Canada and France declare war on Germany 1940... June 10- Italy joins Germany, attacks France. Canada declares war on Italy June 25- France surrenders June-Sept. Battle of britain air war 1941... June 22- Germany invades the Soviet Union Aug. 9-12- Churchill, Roosevelt meet aboad ship at Argentia, NFLD, produce the Atlantic Charter endorsing self-determination for all people. Nov. 16- Two Canadian Battalions (1,975 Soliders) arrive in Hong Kong. Of those, 557 later killed or die in P.O.W. Camps after Hong Kong falls to Japan Dec.25 Dec. 7- Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor. United States Join the Allies 1942... June 4- Americans sink four Japanese Aircraft Carriers at the Battle of Midway halting the Japanese offensive. Aug. 7- Americans land on Guadalcanal, beginning three year long island hopping offensive against Japan. 1943... Feb. 2- Last Germans surrender at Stalingrad. May 13- Last remnants of German-Italin armies in North Africa Surrender. Sept. 24- Gen. Dwight Eisenhower appointed to lead Allied Invasion of Europe From West. 1944... June 4- Allied Armies enter Rome June 6- D-DAY begins in Normandy, France July 20- German dissidents attempt assasssinate Hitler with a bomb. Aug. 24- Paris Liberated Sept. 1- Canadians Capture Dieppe, France. Nov. 30- Canadians cross German border. 1945... Feb. 4- Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin meet at Yalten to discuss post-war plans. Feb. 8- Canadians spearhead assault on the Rhineland. Feb. 13-14- British and Canadian planes bomb Dresden Germany; tens of thousands killed in firestorm. March 23- 1st Canadian army crosses the Rhine, begins to liberate much of the Netherlands. April 12- Roosevelt dies, Truman sworn in as President of the United States of America. April 28- Italian partisans execute Mussolini. April 30- Hitler Commits Suicide. May 7- Germans Surrender May 8- VE-Day Aug. 6- Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Aug. 9- Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Aug.15- Japan Surrenders!!!!!!