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The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy, [1] Northwestern Europe, [2] and the North Atlantic. In all, some 1.1 million Canadians served in the Canadian Army ...
The July Crisis was a series of interrelated diplomatic and military escalations among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914, which led to the unexpected outbreak of World War I (1914–1918). At the time, Canadians were more concerned with events within their own country than European affairs.
Tommy Prince. Thomas George Prince, Military Medal (MM) (October 25, 1915 – November 25, 1977) was an Indigenous Canadian war hero and the most decorated soldier in the First Special Service Force or Devil's Brigade, an elite American-Canadian commando unit, during World War II. He was Canada's most decorated First Nations soldier, serving in ...
John Jamieson (curler) Joan Kennedy (soldier) Arnold Johnson (physician) George Johnson (Manitoba politician) Allister Johnston. Gordon Johnston (politician) Archibald Johnstone. William M. Jones. Warner Jorgenson.
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD (April 23, 1903 – May 15, 1974) was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. Acknowledged by many military historians and senior commanders, among them Sir Max Hastings and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, as one of the best Canadian ...
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe, Landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945.
M. Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer) Andrew McNaughton. Percival John Montague. John Carl Murchie.
Canadian collaborators with Imperial Japan (1 C) Canadian collaborators with Nazi Germany (3 P) Canadian military personnel of World War II (7 C, 319 P) Canadian women in World War II (21 P) Canadian people who died in the Holocaust (1 C) Canadian civilians killed in World War II (1 C, 3 P)