1. World War II
Canadian History

2. THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940

3. THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940

4. THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION

5. THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK – May, 1940 OPERATION DYNAMO – THE EVACUATION
“Wars are not won by evacuations.”
-Winston Churchill

6. FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940
Philippe (Marshal) Petain
Adolf Hitler

7. THE ARMISTICE SIGNED – A SYMBOLIC ACT
ADOLF HITLER

8. FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY – June, 1940

9. Map of Europe in 1935

10. Map of Europe in 1940

11. HITLER SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BRITAIN: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – July, 1940
“‘The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. … Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. …Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’”
-Winston Churchill, in Parliament, June 18, 1940

12. THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion
Coventry area of London, England during the Blitz

13. THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – Operation Sea Lion
Berlin, Germany

14. Emperor Hirohito of Japan
MEANWHILE, IN THE EAST….
Emperor Hirohito of Japan

15. JAPAN AND THE U.S.

16. JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR – December, 1941

17. JAPAN ATTACKS HONG KONG – December, 1941

18. Map of Europe in 1941

19. GERMANY ATTACKS THE SOVIET UNION – June, 1941 OPERATION BARBAROSSA

20. NAZI CAMPS

21. Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp: Poland

22. DELIVERANCE DAY (D-DAY) – June, 1944 OPERATION OVERLORD

23. LIBERATION OF HOLLAND – September, 1944 – April, 1945

24. Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker

25. Hitler’s End - Fuhrerbunker

26. VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY (VE DAY) – May 8, 1945

27. Back to Asia…

28. BRINGING JAPAN TO ITS KNEES

29. Which is Tokyo and which is Hiroshima?

30. Hiroshima 1945

31. Hiroshima Today