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Canada At War

Canada At War. By Alex Layton. Canada at War?. Canada entered the 1939-1945 War on 10th September 1939 . Canada wanted to remain out of war and appease the Nazi's like all the other governments did at that time realized reluctantly that they had to defeat Hitler at war

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Canada At War

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  1. Canada At War By Alex Layton

  2. Canada at War? • Canada entered the 1939-1945 War on 10th September 1939. • Canada wanted to remain out of war and appease the Nazi's like all the other governments did at that time realized reluctantly that they had to defeat Hitler at war • Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

  3. Canada’s commitment • When Britain was at war, Canada was also at war automatically. But Canadians would determine the extent of their own commitment. • In the war 619,000 Canadians in the Expeditionary Force • before Pearl Harbor, apparently a lot of US men went north to join up with the Canadians

  4. Canada War On Sea and land • the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) • grew to a strength of nearly 100,000 personnel and nearly 400 vessels • Canada’s land force • The Cost of Battle • Some Canadian units played a prominent part in the liberation of the Netherlands while others went on to participate in the Battle of Germany

  5. Canada’s Air Force • Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ran the Commonwealth Air Training Plan • based at home was the hunting of U-Boats in the North Atlantic, its most important area of operations was Europe • U-boat, a German submarine.

  6. Canada’s Involvement • •The 1st Canadian Army was instrumental in the Liberation of Holland in May 1945 • •More than one million Canadians served in the Second World War and approximately 45,000 gave their lives. • Video on WW2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ew20QbPvOE

  7. Sources • http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/canada-at-war-e.aspx • http://www.mta.ca/library/courage/canadasroleinwwii.html • youtube.com

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