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Right after Canada entered the war some of their troops were sent over to participate in the Dunkirk rescue. They helped to rescue over 330,000 troops from that beach.

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This is the first battle that Canada was ever involved in after they entered the war. Canada had to fend off the Japanese from invading the British colony of Hong Kong. They would lose this battle and many would endure torture in Japanese work camps.

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The Battle of Britain was a long term defense of the U.K. throughout the war. Nazis were attacking and bombing the major cities in Britain. To retaliate the British brought in the Royal Canadian Air Force and they defended Britain and shot down dozens of Nazis before they were even close to Britain.

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The Dieppe Raid was designed to finally get Canadians to experience battle and they did. It was also so the Allies could test new equipment and tactics so they could plan an amphibious attack in 1944 that would end the war. This Raid was a failure. The eastern flank had to climb over a cliff covered in barb wire and they also encountered a German convoy of ships on the way to the beach landing. In the end 2753 were killed or injured.

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The Allies had to get to Germany somehow and by invading Italy they could get rid of one major enemy. The troops landed in Sicily and took control rather easily. Taking control of the mainland however, was an extremely grueling task. The Nazis were not going to let the mainland get invaded and they had it heavily protected with mines, barb wire and machine gun nests in the mountainous landscape. It took 20 months and nearly 26,000 Canadian casualties to take Italy.

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Canada's main job as a navy was to hunt U-Boats in the Atlantic and patrol the coasts near Britain. The Canadians had to keep the mother country safe. This is one extended battle that just kept on going from Sep 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945 which is the whole war. In total the Canadians sunk 29 U-Boats plus they sank three Italian submarines.