HIS263Y1 Lecture : The Fate of the Empire
Document Summary
september 1st, 1939, adolf hitler"s troops entered poland. France and england declare war on september 3rd. Two things to notice about this time line: canada"s declaration of war signalled an important change (canada didn"t issue a declaration of war to enter wwi) the purpose of this lecture: to explore what changed between wwi and. Wwii, enabling canada to make its own declaration of war: canada declares war one week later than britain. previously we have explored canada"s relationship with britain in terms of institutions and ideas. traditional institutions formally tied canada to the empire, but the ideas of. Canadians themselves tied them to the british empire. we"ll look at the way institutions and ideas shaped canada"s ties to the empire and the world between 1914-39 to explain why they waited a week. during wwi, robert borden was prime minster.