Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after six months on the International Space Station.

The Lucarno Pact was signed by Germany with Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy and which confirmed Germany's western borders with France and Belgium - as was established by the Treaty […]

An RAF Wellington bomber, crewed mainly by Canadians, is badly shot up but still acquires key data on German airborne rader.

1944 Canadian 1st Division captured Ravenna, Italy.

Canada declared war on Finland, Hungary and Romania, the same day as Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

The BAttle of Hong Kong began following the attack on PEarl Harbor.

The Battle of Kong Kong began following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Canadian troops crossed the Moro River and pushed toward Ortona, Italy.

RCAF Pilot Officer John Gillespie Jr., composer of the sonnet "High Flight", died when his Spitfire collided with another aircraft during tactical training exercises.

1943 The Canadian 1st Division led off teh attack to dislodge the Germans from Ortona, Italy

An arsonist burned down the Knights of Columbus Hostel in St. John's. 99 died, and 109 were injured. German sabotage was suspected.

The Canadian destroyer HMCS Saquenay (DDH 206) was commissioned.

Germany launched the Battle of the Bulge, its final offensive on the Western Front.

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was announced.

Japanese forces landed on Hong Kong Island.

The Newfoundland Regiment was among the last to be evacuated (December 19-20) from Suvla Bay after the disastrous Battle of Gallipoli, Turkey.

The Royal Canadian Dragoons and the Royal Canadian Regiment were formed.

As Christmas approached, soldiers of the Canadian Corps suffered through a cold, wet winter in Flanders.

U-806 was torpedoed HMCS Clayoquot off Halifax. Eight hands were lost.

Britain's Constitutional Act created Upper and Lower Canada and set the stage for rebellion.

1943, About December 27th: The German 1st Parachute Division quietly left Ortona, Italy to the Canadians. Canadian battle losses for December exceeded 2,300, including 500 dead.

Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, England.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was created.

The RCAF reached its peak strength with 215,000 personnel, including 15,000 members of the Women's Division.

French and Belgian troops began the occupation of the Ruhr following German failure to maintain reparation payments.

Japan withdrew from the Second London Naval Conference after its request that its fleet be granted parity with the fleets of Britaain and the U.S. was refused.

President Hindenburg appointed HItler as chancellor.

1943 Convoy SC-118, which sailed from Halifax, was attacked in mid-Atlantic (February 4 - 7) by 20 U-boats. 13 merchantmen were sunk.

1945 In 1945 the Allies were driving eastward into the Rhineland, west of the Rhine River, and east of the Maas River, toward Germany's centre. Operation Veritable started on February […]

1941 The RAF raided oil-storage facilities in Rotterdam.

1945 Dresden was a site of German wartime production. On February 13, 1945, 796 bombers, including 67 from the RCAF No. 6 Group, bombed Dresden, Germany. Thousands died. It was […]

The Nazi Party secured 44% of the national vote.

Hitler adopted "Plan Sickle" for the invasion west, with the main thrust made through Ardennes (Belgium. Luxembourg, France).

Germany reoccupied the Rhineland.

German troops marched into Austria and Anschluss (political union) was proclaimed.

Hitler came second to Hindenburg in presidential elections, having gained 30% of the vote.

Mussolini was among those who formed the Fascist Fighting Corps.

Italy, Austria, and Hungary signed the Rome Pact.

The German Workers' Party, with a program drafted by Hitler, was renamed the Nazi Party.

Germany invaded Denmark, and Norway. Copenhagen was occupied within 12 hours.

Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of Rapallo which enabled the Germans to establish arms factories in Russia.

U.S., Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty in which they agreed to restrict tonnages of warships.

No. 415 Maritime Patrol Squadron, RCAF, based in Prince Edward Island was formed on May 1st, 1961.

No. 415 Maritime Patrol Squadron, RCAF, was formed. It was based in Prince Edward Island.

The 27th CIB Group is formed for service in West Germany.

The 27th CIB Group is formed for service in West Germany.

In the Battle of Cut Knife, Chief Poundmaker's Cree warriors dealt Canadian troops their last defeat of the Northwest Rebellion.

Nearly 500 Germans are captured as Canadians attack at Fresnoy, east of Vimy Ridge.

Nearly 500 Germans were captured as Canadians attacked at Fresnoy, east of Vimy Ridge.

The Royal Canadian Navy is established.

The Royal Canadian Navy was established.

Canadian General Charles Foukes accepts the German surrender in the Netherlands.

Canadian General Charles Foulkes accepted the German surrender in the Netherlands.

Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael becomes the first female commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.

Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael became the first female commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.

A U-boat sinks HMCS Valleyfield in teh Atlantic Ocean. 125 perish.

A U-boat sank HMCS Valleyfield in the Atlantic Ocean; 125 perished.

The Princess Patricia;s Canadian Light Infantry helps prevent a German breakout in the Ypres salient.

The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry helped prevent a German break-through in the Ypres Salient.

Maj. General Henry Procter and Tecumseh are forced to end a 10 day siege at Fort Meigs in Ohio.

Maj.-Gen. Henry Procter and Tecumseh were forced to end a 10-day siege at Fort Meigs in Ohio.

1941 The British captured an Enigma cipher machine and codebooks after it boarded U-110 south of Iceland.

1945 The Allies were denied access to the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium, and thus the ability to move equipment, supplies and men into northwestern Europe so as to push […]

The Canadian Space Agency was created.

Germans launched the invasion of the Low Countries and France.

Canadian tanks supported the attack on German lines in Italy's Liri Valley.

The Battle of the St. Lawrence began with a U-boat sinking two streamers off the Gaspé coast.

Queen Victoria asked her subjects to remain neutral in the U.S. Civil War.

Trainee navigator Kenneth Spooner took over for an unconscious pilot, saving three lives, but crashed. He is posthumously awarded the George Cross.

1940 A German bombing raid caused massive damage in Rotterdam.

Canadian air force pilot training, in hiatus since 1918, resumed at Camp Borden, near Barrie, Ontario.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited Ottawa.

Work began on the first Canadian military hydrofoil, HMCS Bras d'Or.

Canadians launched initial attacks at Festubert, France.

1944 May 18th: After 4 major assaults on the Monte Cassino abbey, the Germans were pushed out and forced back to the Hitler Line, by the Poles and 1st Canadian […]

John Franklin departed England in search of the Northwest Passage.

Quebec voted against negotiating sovereignty-assocation with Canada.

Lucien Bouchard resigned (May 21 - 22) from Cabinet over Meech Lake Accord constitutional amendments; subsequently formed the Bloc Québécois.

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel which created a military alliance.

S.S. Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver, but 352 Sikh, Muslim and Hindu refugees from India were turned away.

FLQ separatists bombed the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.

The first seven corvettes for the Newfoundland Escort Force arrived in St. John's.

Civilian barges, yachts, motorboats, fishing boats and ferries made possible the rescue (May 26 - June 4) of 340,000 mainly British soldiers being shelled on the beaches of Dunkirk, France.

The British retreated to Burlington Heights Ontario, abandoning Fort Erie on May 27th, 1813.

Operation Dynamo, which was the evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It was executed between May 26th and May 4th, 1940.

The Bismarck was hunted down and sunk on May 26th & 27th, 1941. This ended German warship operations in the Atlantic.

The Dionne quintuplets were born in Callander, Ontario on May 28th, 1934.

On May 29th & 30th, 1951, six Canadian soldiers were killed and 54 wounded in an attack on Kakhul-bong (Hill 467) in Korea.

In Korea, six Canadian soldiers were killed and 54 wounded in an attack (May 29 - 30) on Kakhul-bong (Hill 467).

On May 31st the Boer War ended. Canada's contribution: $3 million and 7,368 troops.

June 3rd, 1940 was the last night of the evacuation from Dunkirk, bringing the total number of men rescued to 220,000 British and 120,000 French and Belgians.

On June 3rd, 1940, Germans launched a 300-bomber raid on Paris.

The first female fighter jet pilots graduated from the CF-18 program.

1944, June 6th: Allied paratroopers, including about 450 Canadians, parachuted from aircraft or landed in gliders behind German coastal defences on D-Day. Click on https://rememberourvets.ca/index.php/leblanc-leopold-paul-charles/

Allied paratroopers, including about 450 Canadians, parachuted from aircraft or landed in gliders behind German coastal defences on D-Day. Click on https://rememberourvets.ca/index.php/leblanc-leopold-paul-charles/

On June 22nd,1940, France signed an armistice with Germany. Did the same with Italy on June 24, 1940.

June 25th 1940  France signed an Armistice after its defeat by Germany. Germany had invaded France 6 weeks earlier.

On June 28th, 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies, which officially ended World War I.

June 29th 1944, Germans began a staged withdrawal to a defensive Gothic Line (completed in the fall).