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

The Royal Canadian Navy was established.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.