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EXERCISE #7 ~ ANSWER KEY
Timeline: Battles of the Second World War
Block ______ Date _________________
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
Refer to the Student Workbook p.96-106
Complete the tables for each “battle” of the Second World War. You will need to consult several
sections of the Student Workbook in order to find all of the information. The battles here are
presented along chronological lines, not according to locale.
BATTLE: THE INVASION OF POLAND
WHEN: September 1st, 1939
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
It started the Second World War.
WHERE: Poland
WHAT: The Germans invaded Poland using
blitzkrieg tactics.
OUTCOME: Britain and France declared war
on Germany. Canada’s declaration followed a
week later.
BATTLE: THE PHONY WAR
Blitzkrieg allowed the Germans to sweep
through Poland with little resistance.
Canada was not automatically obligated
to go to war, but chose to do so a week
after Britain’s declaration.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: October 1939 – April 1940
WHERE: Western Europe
WHAT: It was expected that Germany was
going to invade Western Europe.
Allied troops and Canadians were all
waiting for combat to begin.
OUTCOME: Germany did not invade due to
bad weather and indecision.
BATTLE: EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: 1940
WHERE: The English Channel
WHAT: British and French troops retreated to
the French beaches at Dunkirk and became
trapped.
In spite of this being a defeat, this event
represented a moral victory for the Allies.
A few weeks later, France surrendered to
Germany.
OUTCOME: 900 ships sailed from England
and rescued 340,000 soldiers.
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Timeline: Battles of the Second World War
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BATTLE: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
WHEN: Summer of 1940
WHERE: Britain
WHAT: Air attacks by the Luftwaffe on
Britain’s RAF airfields
OUTCOME: Hitler eventually abandoned air
attacks on the airfields and ordered daylight
bombing raids on London. This allowed
Britain’s forces to regroup and later win the
battle.
BATTLE: THE INVASION OF THE
SOVIET UNION
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
The use of radar and the German cipher
machine (the Engima) contributed to
Britain’s power in the airs.
Hitler’s change in tactics in response to
Churchill’s bombing of Berlin likely cost
him the war.
This battle was the first time that Hitler
was denied conquest.
The battle left the future Allies with a base
from which to attack Hitler in Europe.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: June 22nd, 1941
WHERE: Soviet Union
WHAT: Hitler launched an invasion called
“Operation Barbarossa” with 3 million
German troops.
OUTCOME: The Germans advanced but
were stopped just outside of Moscow for now.
BATTLE: PEARL HARBOUR
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union to fulfill
his vision of Lebensraum and to destroy
communism.
The Soviets reacted with a “scorched
earth” policy
Hitler now had a two front war.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: December 7th, 1941
WHERE: Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
WHAT: The Japanese launched a surprise
attack on the American naval base.
OUTCOME: The United States and Britain
declared war on Japan.
This attack brought the United States into
the war. In Europe this gave Britain a
much-needed ally.
Canada declared war against Japan and
Canadian troops were sent to fight in
Hong Kong.
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Timeline: Battles of the Second World War
Block ______ Date _________________
BATTLE: THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: June, 1942
WHERE: Midway Islands, north and west of
Hawaii
This marked a turning point in the Pacific
Theatre.
WHAT: The Americans intercepted the
Japanese fleet which was preparing to
conquer these islands.
The American fleet sank the best units of
Japanese naval aviation (aircraft carriers).
OUTCOME: The Japanese were soundly
defeated.
BATTLE: DIEPPE
WHEN: August, 1942
The Japanese were on the defensive
after this battle.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHERE: Dieppe – coast of France
More Canadian troops died in these few
hours than on any other day in the war.
WHAT: 5,000 Canadians landed on the
beach with the goal of taking the beach and
the town back from the Germans.
Part of the reason for the failure was that
Britain decided to forgo the much-needed
aerial and naval support.
OUTCOME: The attack failed and many
Canadians were killed and taken prisoner.
Allies learned that heavy air and sea
support would be necessary for any future
invasion of France.
BATTLE: BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN
WHEN: October 1942
WHERE: 60 miles west of Cairo, North Africa
WHAT: The Germans and the Italians sought
control of Egypt.
OUTCOME: The British won in a decisive
victory.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
This victory was a turning point in the war.
It was the first time the Allies had
defeated the forces of the fascist
countries.
This victory prevented the Germans from
seizing the Suez Canal.
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Timeline: Battles of the Second World War
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BATTLE: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: The duration of the war
WHERE: Between North America and Britain
The Royal Canadian Navy provided much
of the protection for merchant ships.
WHAT: Germany wanted to cut off all Allied
supplies to Britain; British and Canadian
navies wanted to put an end to the German
submarine threat.
By the end of the war the Royal Canadian
Navy had expanded to include 370 ships
and 100,000 personnel.
TECHNOLOGY USED: U-Boats; the convoy
system (merchant ships surrounded by
destroyers for protection); long-range
bombers; sonar
OUTCOME: The Allies beat the German
submarines, “wolfpacks”, by dropping bombs
and depth charges.
BATTLE: THE BATTLE OF
STALINGRAD
2,000 members of the Canadian Navy
lost their lives in combat.
Canada’s involvement was crucial to the
Allied victory.
Many Canadians also served by manning
the freighters that transported material to
Europe.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: September 1942 – January 1943
WHERE: Stalingrad
WHAT: Hitler attacked Stalingrad because of
its name, and to go past it to the Caucasus oil
fields.
This victory was an enormous boost in
morale for the Allied forces.
After this battle, the Germans suffered
defeat after defeat on the eastern front as
Stalin’s forces moved closer to Berlin.
OUTCOME: The Soviets captured or killed
the entire German army.
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BATTLE: THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
WHEN: 1943 - 1945
WHERE: A landing on Sicily and then onto
the peninsula of Italy.
WHAT: Allied forces, including Canadians,
landed on Sicily using an amphibious attack,
and then moved onto the mainland.
OUTCOME: The Germans were finally driven
back by a French-Canadian unit which then
pushed through to free northern Italy in the
fall of 1944.
BATTLE: THE NORMANDY LANDING
WHEN: June 6th, 1944
WHERE: The shores of Normandy
WHAT: “Operation Overlord” was the Allied
invasion of German-held Europe.
OUTCOME: The Allied forces gained a
foothold in Europe to begin pushing back the
German army.
BATTLE: BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
The “Vandoos”, a French-Canadian unit,
played a big part in liberating Rome from
German control.
Mussolini was captured and hung in
public in 1945.
The capture of Italy was an important
step towards the liberation of Europe,
and it kept many German troops
occupied.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
This was the largest Canadian military
operation of the Second World War.
Canadian forces were assigned the target
called Juno; over 5,000 Canadians were
killed.
There were more than 200,000 Allied
casualties.
Allies gained the much-needed
beachhead in Europe.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: October 1944
WHERE: The Philippines
WHAT: The Americans took on virtually the
whole Japanese fleet.
The Japanese introduced the kamikaze
suicide technique: planes loaded with
explosives would deliberately crash into
an American ship.
OUTCOME: The Americans sank one half of
the Japanese fleet.
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EXERCISE #7 ~ ANSWER KEY
Timeline: Battles of the Second World War
Block ______ Date _________________
BATTLE: THE LIBERATION OF
HOLLAND
CHAPTER FOUR
Name __________________________
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: May 1945
WHERE: Holland
WHAT: Canadian forces drove the NAZIS to
retreat from Holland and surrender.
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OUTCOME: On May 8 1945 the last
German troops surrendered.
BATTLE: HIROSHIMA
This Canadian victory allowed Allied
troops to continue forward towards
Germany.
Canadians have been much respected in
Holland ever since.
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: August 6th, 1945
WHERE: Hiroshima, Japan
WHAT: Truman decided to drop an atomic
bomb on the city.
This was the first atomic bomb used in
warfare.
OUTCOME: 100, 000 people were killed.
BATTLE: NAGASAKI
SO WHAT?
(Canadian Involvement / Significance)
WHEN: August 9th, 1945
WHERE: Nagasaki, Japan
WHAT: Truman dropped another atomic
bomb since Japan did not surrender
immediately
A total of 170,000 people died due to both
atomic bombs.
This Introduced the nuclear era in modern
international affairs.
OUTCOME: 35,000 people were killed.
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