HIS263Y1 Lecture : lecture note - world war two in ottawa
Document Summary
Canada declares war on germany in september 1939. King had to balance four kinds of forces within the country. Many french canadians were reluctant to get involved in the war. Canada was one of the point in a t riangle involving the united states and great. Canada is in between the other two nations. The war for canada can be divided into 2 phases: before and after december 1941. The united states had not yet entered the war. I t offers two kinds of support to britain: economic and military. Canada slowly begins to build a military machine. 60, 000 canadians enlist by the end of december 1939. Canada also joins britain in some military initiatives. One of them is the british commonwealth air training plan. This is directed on behalf of the dominion by the royal canadian air force. King was afraid that this would say to france canadians that canada was britain"s lapdog.
