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On September 10, 1939, Canada agreed with the United Kingdom and other Allies that Nazi Germany is a threat to the whole world. A historical perspective is shown here as Canada's response was expected due to how it viewed nations at the time.
https://www.warmuseum.ca/
https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/wwchronol -
In December 1939, This British Air training plan was signed by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This plan was to aimed to produce thousands of pilots, navigators, bomb aimers. This led to the boosting of the Allied air power.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/second-world-war-timeline?utm_source=chatgpt.com -
In 1940, Canada began this program from world war 1 into February of 1940 and continued it throughout the war, hitting their goals within a few days of issuing the Victory Bonds. This shows continuity and change as the Canadian government decided to continue an already successful program, just this time it was in a different war.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victory-loans -
On January 1st, 1942, Churchill, Roosevelt, Litvinov, and Soong signed a short document that made these nations work together. The next day, 22 more nations signed, including Canada. This document was a major step in forming the United Nations.
https://www.un.org/en/ -
The Defense of Hong Kong was Canada's first ground conflict in WW2. Despite losing Hong Kong, it once again showed that Canada was ready to support the Allies in fighting abroad. This helps Canada be better known.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/second-world-war/defence-of-hong-kong -
In 1942, Canada's government decided that women that were born between 1918-1922 would be selected to work during labor shortages. As the war went on, hundreds of thousands of women were working and helping the economy and war efforts.
https://www.warmuseum.ca/ -
On February 20th 1944, 4000 bombers formed up over East Anglia to begin the long flight into Germany. This mission, the first of Operation Argument. They destroyed the Germans air crafts ahead of the D-Day by air offensive strikes.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/stories/big-week-how-operation-argument-changed-tide-air-war-europe -
D-Day or the Invasion of Normandy was the largest and most important battle in World War 2. The sacrifices that occurred in the battle will always be remembered as it was one of the most important steps to winning WW2.
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In 1944, Under Canadian leadership, Allied forces cleared the Scheldt Estuary to open Antwerp’s port, critical for supplying the final push into Germany. units, were tasked with clearing the area. This would strengthen the army, 105,000 to 175,000 Canadian soldiers. -
In 1945 the people saw the opportunity to start over again, and found new homes in Canada. The people who fought in this war would eventually move to Canada from Europe during the period between 1945, when the war ended, until 1951. They did this for a better life/opportunites.
https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/evenement-event/personnes-deplacees-displaced-persons