Nov. 11th, Remembrance Day is coming up. I thought I'd make a thread about Canada's contribution in WWII.
The following link has stuff about what Canada did.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.c...tory/secondwar
I've noticed a bit of ignorance on this board regarding Canada's involvement in past wars.
By September 1939, over 58,000 Canadian men and women had volunteered to serve in the Canadian Forces.
Canadian soldiers formed the main assault force for the raid on Dieppe, where over 900 Canadians were killed and almost 2,000 more were taken prisoner.
Approximately 14,000 Canadians landed at Normandy on D-day.
The 1st Canadian Army was instrumental in the liberation of Holland in May 1945.
Over one million Canadians served in the Second World War and approximately 45,000 gave their lives.
Canada's navy was the third largest in the allied forces, and its airforce was the fourth largest.
By the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy with more than 113,000 personnel, included over 7,000 women.
In WWII Canadian forces managed to capture Vimy Ridge. No other allied force could capture the ridge from the Germans even though they had a much larger attacking force. It was also the first victory of the allied forces in WWI.
People with more historical points about WWII are welcome to add them.
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