1. Canada’s Challenges During World War II

2. Training an army, navy air Force Like in WW I, Canada had no large army Even Britain and France had reduced their armed forces between the wars Everyone was more worried about the Great Depression than defence Canada did not feel threatened

3. This became a crisis when Germany invaded Poland

4. Canada declared war after Britain and France, on September 10, 1939......now, Canada had to go to war. Because Germany succeeded so quickly, Canada did not send troops to Europe. However, very soon, Canada sent troops to Britain

5. How did Canada help once war broke out?

6. Most importantly, Canada supplied Britain via the sea with: FOOD FUEL WEAPONRY

7. Convoy leaving Halifax

8. Canadian Corvette---convoy naval escort

9. The Battle of the Atlantic lasted for most of WW II......and the Germans almost won it

10. The largest training area for Allied airmen was Canada The BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Program)

11. The first fighting that Canadian forces engaged in was the Battle of Britain

12. Canadian Soldiers first fought in Hong Kong It was hopeless cause, but Britain and Canada decidedthat to give up without a fight would damage morale. British and Canadian soldiers paid the price Canadian survivors of Japanese POW camp

13. Canadian soldiers landed on D-Day...

14. ...liberated the Netherlands

15. ... And fought into Germany

16. Canada had its problems: There was another debate about conscription, just like WW I This time, most Quebeckers thought WLM King had waited as long as possible before enacting the draft and protests were not prolonged

17. “Conscription if necessary......but not necessarily conscription.”

18. There were always pressures on the Canadian from allies government to do more

19. By the end of the war, Canada had been an important contributor to allied victory, but that came with a cost...