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| 1942 August 19 |
| | Canadian troops provide most of the assault force in a disastrous raid on Dieppe | |
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| 1942 December 2 |
| | The loss of merchant shipping to U-boats reaches a peak in the Battle of the Atlantic, with 1.5 million tons sunk in the last quarter of the year | |
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| 1943 April 19 |
| | New Allied successes against the German U-boats provide a turning point in the battle of the Atlantic | |
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| 1944 September 8 |
| | The first of many thousands of war brides arrive in Canada, mainly from Great Britain | |
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| 1945 |
| | Maurice 'Rocket' Richard is the first to score 50 goals in a Canadian National Hockey League season | |
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| 1945 August 15 |
| | TheAllies celebrate V-J Day – victory over Japan and the end of the war | |
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| 1948 |
| | In their manifesto Refus global fifteen artists and authors attack the values of conservative Quebec | |
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| 1948 |
| | Louis St-Laurent succeeds Mackenzie King as Liberal leader and prime minister of Canada | |
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| 1949 |
| | Newfoundland joins Canada as its tenth province, completing the Confederation | |
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| 1949 |
| | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set up by the USA and Canada, together with Britain and other European countries, for purposes of collective security | |
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