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o ruin and Franco declared \\".\r on Gcrmatly. l0~ ‘anaitlo declared wnr on Germany. 28-Gcrmnny' and Russia partitioned Poland.

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April fl l-zrlnilny" imuultd Noruuy and Denmark. l5—~Bl1‘tlSl1 and French troops landed in Norway. May 2~Brltish cvacuatcd southern Norway. Iii-Germany invaded the Low Countries. 30---British cvncuatccl Dunl-zcrnue. Jum- 1 nniuir declared wnr on Italy. ~Llcr1nnn-l"rcnch itrmistice ugrcelnent signed. Aug. G-Itallzlns begun offensive in Egypt. 15-Gcrmany attacked Britain with 1,000 planes. Sept. 15—R. A. F. repelled German air blitz of Britain destroying at least 185 planes in day operations. ' Oct. ilk-British announced R. A. F. foiled German attempt to invade ~ Britain Sept. 16. Dec. ii-British started attack in western Egypt. - 24~Axis forces startcd counter - offensive in Libya.

1941

' ﬂan. 22-—Brltish captured Tobruk. Libya, tolling 25,000 prisoners. March ill-British troops embarked from Alexandria for Greece. April 6—Gormany attackcti Yugoslavia and Grcccc.

April Iii-Axis forces recaptured Bordia, Libya.

May 20—Germans attacked Crete in first airborne action. (ll-British evacuated Crete.

June 22-—Gcrmany, Italy and Romania declared war on Russia.

l July 7-—U. S noval forces lnnded in Iceland.

' 12—-Britnin and Russia signed agreement for Joint action ogainot

Germany. ' llov. IB-Brltish resumed offensive in Libya.

y‘. 19442 Jan. 13 ~ Rctrentintz Axis armies made stand near Gulf of Sirte 2'i—First American troops arrived in Northern Ireland. Zfi-Axis forces recaptured Bcngasl. ' May 50—-Morc than 1,000 Canadians participated in 1,000 plane raid on Cologne. Juno ill-Axis forcest recaptured Tobruk. Sill-Axis forces captured Mersa Matt-uh, Egypt. July b-Gcrmnns captured Scvastopol. Aug, IS-Ccnmdiolts lcd attack on Dieppe. Sept fi-Axla eastward drive stopped at El Alomcln. Oct 24—British 8th Army started offensive at El Alameln. Nov. 7-Amcrlcnn expeditionary force landed in French North Africa ll-Gcrmans occupied nll France. lit-British 8th Army recaptured Tobrulc. Dec. l3—-Axis forccs retreated from El Agheiia.

l 1943

Jan. lti-Sevcntccn-month siege of Stalingrad broken. 23-British 8th Army occupied 'I‘ripoll. March 36—~Bl'ltl5l\ 8th Army crushed Mareth Line in Tunisia. May ‘7-Tunis nnd Bizcrte fell. iii-Axis resistance in Africa ended. p July ltt-Cnnudinn. British and Amcricrm troops inv dcd Sicily. 25-—MllSb‘0lll'1l resigned nnd Marshal Pietro Badogllo installed. _ V as hcnd of military government. Aug. lfi-Conqucst of Sicily completed. Sept. 3—-Cnnndinns landed on Italian mainland. 8--Italy surrendered unconditionally. , 9‘—-Allicd 5th Army established beachhead at Bolerno. ill-Germans abandoned Smolensk. ' ' lllcd 5th Army occupied Naples. (icnernl D. D Eisenhower

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(‘n Army rs hcd ilnzio orachlicncl.

lneut. Allies hog g t new offensive in Italy.

sh Connnotnrcalth prime ministers at London United Nations bod] to stop aggression.

1o, Italy. foil to British and Polish troops.

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ollil] of Europe started with Allied landings in Normandy. 15~Gcrinai ' l1rlcd rocket bombing of England.

aitcd new offensive in White Russia. Eifmncricans captured Chcrhourg.

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German-held Russian city.

iJ-Cunadinn and British tanks and infantry captured Caen. 20—iiitlcr injured in assassination attempt.

Zii-Red Army captured Brest-Lltovsk.

Ill-Americans broke out of Normandy peninsula and into Brit- tam‘.

Aug. 2~~Turkcy| broke (ilplulnilllt: relations with Germany.

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.20-Ct\nndinns entered Boulogne.

l'r—~.'\lllLl'lCﬂll$ iurncti cast toward Paris.

7—Announccd 1st Canadian Army holding eastern end of Nor- mandy line. operating for the first time it's history as separate ar- my formation in the field.

l/i-Cicriuan 7th Army in full retreat in Normandy toward Seine. 15-—Allies invaded southern France.

16—Conadinns entered Falaise.

23~Gcncral clc Gaullc announced liberation of Paril. Romania capitulated.

24—Gcrmans repudiated Paris armistice: resistance continued. 25-Gcneral de Gaulle entered Paris as resistance virtually en-

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‘ st toward Rouon. Mirrnc Rivcr reaching Citateau-

29-A crlcans crossed First Great War battlefields in Ardcnnes to points 50 miles from Belgian border; Russians captured Con- stanta, Romanlan Black Sea post. lib-Canadians captured Rouen. 1—Cnnndiuns captured Disppc and British took Arrls and Vimy Ridge. finding Cznisdinn war memorial practically unscathed. Americans crossed Meuse River. z-Amcrlcan forces reached German frontier. Btudono rocolml Bulgarian border. . Ji-Fronch and American troops captured Lyon. 4-—~Brlllsh captured Brussels and Antwerp and pierced Hohld frontier". Hostlliiics bctwccit Russia nncl Finland ended. 8——C.\n.ldl:\ns captured Ostcndc, Belgium. 9~Amcrlcnns ruptured Lingo, Belgium. - ~ ' - il-Churchill arrived 1n Quebec for conferencel with Roolovelt U. S. 1st Army invaded Germany north of ‘Prior. Announced Canadian corvette Alberni loot; b9 . I'd-British troops of 1st Canadian Army took Le Havre. 13-Cilllll(llClI‘l forces deployed on Channel coast for attacks on Dunkcrquc, Calais and Doulogne. lo-Churchill and Roosevelt ended Quebec conference. i7-Allletl airborne division landed near Arnhem. Holland. liL-Amcrlcan 9th Army completed capture of German troop! in southern France. ‘ Amer-loam took Brest. British captured bridge across Rhino at Nijmegan. zi-sth Anny cracked Nazis’ Gothic Line in Italy; Rlmlni oop- turcd. Bil-Airborne division survivors withdrawn from Arnlwn oroo. to south bank of Rhine. .. iii-First contingent of Canadian troops arrived in Aultrllil. Lia-Churchill reviewed war boforo British Conlmonl. 30—-Canacllans captured Calais. 2—Rtissians. Yugoslav Partisans link in drive on Belgrade. Poles in Warsnw gave up fight after 63-day struggle. 3~Temporary armistice declared at Dunkerque for civlllm evacu- ntlon. rt-British invasion of Greece disclosed. ff-Canadians cross Leopold Canal in Belgium. L 8—Russians scored dfi-mllp breakthrough on 175-mlle front in Lithuania. Americans penetrated Aachen, Germany. 0—Prlme Minister Churchill and Foreign secretory Eldon arrived in Moscow for conferences. Canadians made aumhlblouo land- ings in rein" of Gel-mm in scheldo area.

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l4-—Russians captured Petsamo. Finland. 15—I-fungary asked Russians for armistice and peace terms. Rom- mel died. i 16~Brltisl\ landed on Island of Lemnoc off Greece. _ 19—Churchill left Moscow following war talks with Stalin. ZO-Rod Army took Belgrade. Canadians established bridgehead across Savlo River in Italy. iii-Aachen surrendered unconditionally. inn coastal town of Cesanatico. 22-Canadians took Breskena in suite-hie Pocket- 23—Britaln, Russia, United states recognized do Gaulle as presi- dent of provisional government of France. lid-Canadians captured‘ Oostburg on Scheldo Estuary- zis-U. s. troops disclosed fighting in 1st Canadian Army.

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fill-Canadian destroyer Athabaskan sunk in Bngltsh Channel: 10'! missing.

May IO-Red Army captured Sevastopoi.

l1—?rime Minister Mackenzie King addressed British Plflll-

‘f-Bioid Marshal y announced “G M1106 ll"! sealed off." lm-Gomians in general retreat from western tip of Belgian built. 12—Eussian winter offensive opened in southern Poland. 14—Greek civil war ended. ilk-U, 5. 1st Army captured Houfflaize. German anchor position '- in Belgium. ‘ -'

16—A1iled Armies renewed winter offensive on Western Pront- I" Russians captured Warsaw. Iii-Russians took Krakow and Lodz, Poland. 20—Arrival of 8,300 Canadian Home Defence troops in U. K. ll-

Ilblllwed. . '1" Bunions captured Tannenberg. in East Prussia. ﬂ-Belgian bulge collapsed into German rout. Ih-Goviet forces entered Oppeln. Silesia. 25—Germans reported East Prussia isolated by Russians. 26-Gll German resistance on Western Front west of Roer River - collapsed, Red Army captured Hindenburg City. Silesll. 3—~Riilllnn! entered Baltic poi-t of Memel. 29--Red Army invaded northeastern Germany on ﬁll-mile front reaching point 93 miles from Berlin. U. S. 3rd Army umuhl! into Germany forcing crossings of Our River from Belgium- 30—1st Canadian Corps completed first year in Italy u P!" °l British 0th Army. 1—Russians roughed Oder River, 30 miles from Berlin. Zi-French and merlcan forces liberated Colour. sulthom AW" k-Churchill-Roosovelt-Stnlin conference opened at Ylltl. 01'1"";- li-Red Anny captured Zellin. 30 miles northeast of Berlin. U. - 1st Army entirely inside Germany. of tt-Moscow announced Russians across Oder River southeast Brcslau. 'i—Ber1in announced seven Soviet brlclgeheade across Oder. t 8—1st Canadian Army opened offensive on Nlimegcn sector 0 Western Front. 0—Gen. Crerarb 1st Canadian Army captured Biol, Germ"!- Russians surrounded Elbing. East Prussia harbor city- ll-dst Canadian Army entered Kieve suburbs. Weotwall fol-ml town. Big Three Conference at Yolto bndcd. M n-nt Canadian Army took Kleve and us. 8rd Army we!" Prum. - - ia-ned Army occupied Budapest lftl!‘ 4o days street ttthtlll- 14—Chumhill addraascdtﬂhwﬂ Greeks in Athena. cw 16—Eussian Anny crossed Boberkhgbstbuw Qveil 1'4"“ 50mm 1d. rwu an run e . "' gumbgumed ecanxan Army 1'5 PBIFWM 5mm‘ "w Bunions encircled Bunion. IL-Churohill Cﬁﬁlzgﬁpxﬂlla mating‘ igmtuoi Arlbll. Kin: I'm‘. Egypt and o en - 1c " ‘ , in interview ma Canadian; and British will

Nov. 3—Flushing cleared of all but snipers. 3—Canodlans cleared Zeebruggo and relt of Belgium. 4—Greece reported clear of Germnna. ‘F-Cunudians took Middloburg on Wnlchoren llllnd in ﬂcholde. ll-llmerlcans opened offensive along Mots-Norway front. All!“

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124a. A. F. sank German battleship Tlrpltz in ‘Fromm Fiord. N “ .

l4-Dlub‘.lf‘.\lgsstyid Norwegian tronpl landed in Norway to aid lluasums on Arctic front. Mai-Gen. Charles Poulkes of Victoria dis- closed commanding Canadian 2nd division.

16—-Al1icd armies launched big Rhineland offensive. Indicated Canadians out of fighting line.

lr-Amerlcans took Geilenklrchen, Sielfrled Ivrtrﬂl WWII- Dioclosed British troops from Italy now aiding Yugoslav Partisans.

m-Jvletz fell. French tanlu tool: Muihouu on tho Rhine.

QS-JPrench tanlu entered Strasbourg. Americans captured Ober- lukcn, Germany. .

aa-Wolsweiler. Germany captured by Americans. Italian govern- ment o! Premier Ivanoc Bonomi resigned.

Tk-Mojor David Vivian Currie, 82 of Moose Jaw. 555K" "V! 0W9" Sound. Ont, awarded V.C. for action in Fllaiu Pocket in‘ August.

N-Disclosed Canadians back in line; some holding strip of Ger-

m???’ troops captured Iilndern, Lammondorf and Grouhau in Germany. h“ a“ m o! '

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a-Athonc police fired on ILLAB. demonstrate who refused to disarm. Britain's Home Guard disbanded.

4—Prinous Louln Dragoon Gourds coutpleted tho culture 0! Ravenna. Italy. <

s-o. s. am Anny troops crossed the saar River at n: winte-

t-uuos. Otﬂlgvlﬂtq shalvgguannznm loot inoiudlnl lull comp amen seven o ere o .

ill-France and tho Soviet union aimed out o! M11111" l“ “ﬁuili-dwlmh tered eastern ‘ * " ‘

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Iii-German major offensive opened against U. s. 1st Anny. driv- ing info Belgium and Luxemburg. British forces lifted ll. h A5. siege of Athens. ~

lkPtl. Ernest Alvin (smokey) smith. 90. New Woounuutu. B. 0., awarded v.o. for gallant in Italy In October. _

20-—Gex=man offensive on Western Front checked l0 ml!!! l"!!! French border. Field Mambo! NOMINIM‘! Mounted oom- mmd of U. B. 1st and 0th Armies in addition to own com- mand of British 2nd and Canadian 1st Armies. -

ﬂb-Arrlvll in Athens of Churchill 13,4 Eden announced.

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goqgmhbuhop mmukinoo appointed regent of Greece.

1M6 Jon. 1—-Germum lost M1 planes in effort to cripple Allied air superior-

lty on wnotom front. Promo m!» country to who" H W" ted Natlonl infarction.- 3—Gon. Nlcholll Plutirns oruniled Cruel: cabinet.

mm, zo_1.t,-qm. H, n. G. Ora-or succeeded Lt-Gou. A‘ 0. b. McNaughton u commander of int Conldian Anny. ﬂ—llus escape and execution of M It. A. I. and 6 It. C. A

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