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The SS St.Louis
The SS St.Louie was a ship filled with jewish refugees sent by their parents to migrate to other counrties and Canada took the least amount of jewish people compared to other countries -
Canada Declares war on Germany
The Second World War began at dawn on September 1, 1939, as the German Armies swept into Poland. With the full fury of the blitzkrieg— lightning war—the German armoured (Panzer) divisions destroyed Polish defences in the west. The Soviet troops, as previously agreed with Germany, crossed the eastern frontier. Trapped between two advancing armies Polish resistance ended. Poland surrendered. -
Wartime industries Control board Established
The government took full control of the economy, and turned it into a war-winning weapon. It established C. D. Howe's Department of Munitions and Supply and the Wartime Industries Control Board, both in the spring of 1940, and applied tough wage and price controls in 1941. It lent money to Britain interest-free, gave it a gift of war supplies in January 1942 and then donated surplus production to Canada's allies through the Canadian Mutual Aid Board. -
Battle Of Britan
Cite In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
Women allowed to the formation of CWAC
The formation of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during the Second World War is a milestone in the history of women’s participation in the Canadian military.There were few precedents. Prior to 1939, Canadian women served as nurses in the Northwest Rebellion (1885), the South African War (1899-1902) and the First World War (1914-1918). In 1918, military headquarters in Ottawa considered organizing a “Canadian Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps” to provide administrative and clerical support to the fo -
Government imposed Rationing
On this date the government decided to ration food and resources so they can send some to the boys fighting the war. when you went shopping you had a list of thing you could buy. -
The Battle of Dieppe
This battle was very unsuccesful the canadian forces were walking into a deadly shaughter house. they had little to no sucess and lost 900 men in one morning. most people say that this helped plan D-Day but most say it was a waste of good mens lives. -
D-Day
On this date Aliied forces took the fight to germany and attacked the normandy beach in france. upon this victory people knew it was the begining of the end of the war and Hitler knew it too
