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The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy, [ 1] Northwestern Europe, [ 2] and the North Atlantic. In all, some 1.1 million Canadians served in the Canadian Army ...
The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was defined by the Allied powers ' Pacific Ocean Area command, which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, while mainland Asia was excluded, as were the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo ...
26th Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe Foresters) 31 Canadian Brigade Group. 32 Canadian Brigade Group. 32 Service Battalion. 32 Signal Regiment (Canada) 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron. 402 Squadron. 412 Transport Squadron. 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron.
Valerian Frolov. Arctic naval operations of World War II were the World War II naval operations that took place in the Arctic Ocean, and can be considered part of the Battle of the Atlantic and/or of the European Theatre of World War II. [ 1][ note 1] Pre-war navigation in the region focused on fishing and the international ore-trade from ...
Weather Station Kurt ( Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26) was an automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew of the Kriegsmarine in northern Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland, in October 1943. Installing the equipment for the station was the only known armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War.
Civilian deaths. 1,000,000+ [ nb 7] The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [ 48] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater, the South West ...
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign .
History of Canada. During the World Wars and Interwar Years, 1914–1947, Canada experienced economic gain, more freedom for women, and new technological advancements. There were severe political tensions over issues of war and ethnicity, and heavy military casualties.