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Title: Canada's CF 18s - Canadians in Combat in the Gulf War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Canadian forces are in combat for the first time in decades. Four Canadian fighter jets flew into Iraqi airspace, escorting allied attack planes in Operation Desert Storm.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Battle of Britain - Second World War- Military Might
 
Type: Document
Description: Synopsis of television episode on the role of Canadian pilots in the Battle of Britain, the first decisive clash of the Second World War and the first battle in history to be fought exclusively in the air. Includes personal accounts of pilots' experiences. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Canada and the Second World War - Bomber Command. 1943-1945
 
Type: Document
Description: Canada's contribution to Britain's Bomber Command was an extremely powerful aerial striking force known as No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Group. Organized in January 1943, the majority of their targets were cities with military and industrial facilities.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Invasion of the Balkans: Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 1940-1941 - Ope...
 
Type: Document Image
Description: On October 28, 1940, the Italian Duce, Benito Mussolini, invaded northern Greece from Albania, which was at that time under Italian control. Although greatly outnumbered, within a month the Greek army had pushed the Italians back into Albania. Adolf Hitler was unwilling to allow Italy, his major ally, to be humiliated and he prepared to attack Greece, Britain's last European ally.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Liberation of the Netherlands, 1944-1945 - Operations - Democracy at W...
 
Type: Document Image
Description: Canadian involvement in the battle of the Netherlands was appreciated both by allied governments and the Dutch people. The actions of Canadian troops during combat and afterwards, assisting the population, were preserved in the archives of the "Hamilton Spectator."
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Canada and the Second World War - Canada at D-Day. 1944
 
Type: Document
Description: On 6 June 1944, Allied forces invaded Western Europe along an 80-kilometre front in Normandy, France. Of the nearly 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into the invasion area on D-Day, 14,000 were Canadians.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Burma Campaigns, 1941-1945 - Operations - Democracy at War
 
Type: Document Image
Description: Japan used Burma as a stepping stone to invade India. This proved costly for Japanese forces as British-led Indian Army troops held them off for 80 days. Neither side seemed to have the upper hand in this battle as was reflected in newspaper accounts of the conflict.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: War in China, 1937-1945 - Operations - Democracy at War
 
Type: Document Image
Description: In 1937 the Japanese army took charge of much of eastern China. Although China was a Second World War backwater, the largest part of the Japanese army was tied down in China, maintaining internal order, and this limited what Japan could do in its war against the Allies. The conflict between China and Japan affected Canada both socially and militarily.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Aleutians Campaign, 1942-1943 - Operations - Democracy at War
 
Type: Document Image
Description: In June 1942, some 8,500 Japanese personnel, supported by naval forces, occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, American parts of Alaska at the western end of the Aleutian island chain. Their aim, which was successful, was to distract the Allies and cause them to take resources away from more significant areas in the central Pacific. When the landings finally went ashore, the troops found that the Japanese soldiers had slipped away. Newspaper articles of the day discussed the battles of the far north.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Bomber Offensive - Operations - Democracy at War
 
Type: Document Image
Description: After the fall of France, the British were left with few ways to strike back at Germany. One was the bombing of German cities, workers, and industry. This method of attack was blunt and brutal. It cost the lives of many German civilians as well as Canadian air crew.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
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