Did Canada play a crucial role in the allied victory of World War 2?

Answer 1

For the size of it's population in 1939, Canada made a huge contribution to the Allied victory.

The population of Canada in 1939 was about 12 million people, with about 4 million men of service age. By the end of the war, Canada had One Million, One Hundred Thousand men in uniform.

Canada built it's own military forces from a very small beginning of only 12,000 men in total, to over a million men.

Canada armed it's own forces and then exported all kinds of military arms to Great Britain, including over one million rifles and machine guns.

Canada ran the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, which trained 135,000 pilots and air crew in three years. These men came from 19 foreign countries, as well as from Canada. Canada built over 300 air fields and 65 training schools in less than a year, and fully equipped them with air craft and instructors, and also housed fed and clothed those students. In addition, Canada built thousands of fighters, and bomber aircraft and flew them across the Atlantic, to bases in England.

The Royal Canadian Navy grew from just 6 ships to over 400 at war's end, the third largest navy in the world, at that time. The RCN became the acknowledged best at anti-submaribe warfare, and they were the main escort group for all eastbound Atlantic ship convoys to the U.K. The largest single class of ships in WW2 was the Canadian designed and built Corvette class, with 237 ships.

The Canadian Army became the best all round at attack and especially at night, when they owned the night with their active patrolling, and snatch parties that took prisoners back for interrogation to gain intelligence information. The co-operation between the infantry and the tankers was renowned, and the ability to call in concentrations of accurate artillery fire saved many situations. The Germans respected the Canadians as worthy opponents, who adapted quickly to change and refused to retreat once they were established on an objective.

Finally, the Canadian 1st Infantry Division set a WW2 record for the longest time in combat, from July 1943, to May 1945, first in Italy, then Belgium, Holland, and finally in Germany. BY the way, that Division was made up of "Day One" men who had voluntered in September, 1939, and those who survived to the end of the war in Europe, in May 1945, didn't get home until late fall of that year, having been away from Canada for over SIX YEARS.

So Yes, Canada made a huge contribution, in so many ways, to the final Allied Victory in World war Two.

Answer 2

Despite what everyone says, Canada actually won WWII for the allies. Canada has many special forces that went undercover into Germany. Documents show that Canada's ops gave double the ammount of correct information than the U.S. and England combined. For example, without Canada we would not know the position of many Panzer tank units and beach defense for our D-Day invasion. The "peaceful Canada" was a huge and successful cover-up by the allies to decieve the Axis powers. Some information was released on Canada's involvement recently in 1997 during the NATO committe meeting. Canada is still perceived as a peaceful nation to be able to play the same role in later inevitable wars. Answer No, Canada's role was not critical, in that victory or defeat did not ride on the input of Canada. However it was important. Canada had a large industrial base that provided many weapons and other equipment to the Allied cause. Canadian soldiers were sacrificed by the British in 1942 to test the German defenses in north France. Canadian soldiers had an entire beach to assault in 1944 during D Day. If by some miracle, Germany had invaded and conquered Britain, the contingency plans were for the English government to transfer to Canada. Lastly, the Canadian people opened their homes to thousands of British Isle children during the war, as the British stripped the island of all unproductive persons as part of their total war policy. Answer Canada played a crucial role in winning the war. They were the only allied force to win their D-Day battle. The Germans knew of the strength of the Canadian army and pitted their best soldiers against the Canadian forces. The Allied commanders also knew of this strength and often used Canadians as shock troops, which are usually their best soldiers.

False. The Germans were feared Patton and his Third Army more than any other Allied troops. Canada certainly provided many brave troops, and they fought well, but to say we could not have won without them is ludicrous.

Answer 3

They sent many troops over to fight for the British and French but are best known for their effort at Vimy Ridge. The Allied forces had been trying to take Vimy Ridge since the beginning of the war but wasn't able to. Canadian forces and only Canadian forces came up with a plan of attack and took Vimy Ridge and held it for the rest of the war. It is known as one of the biggest turning points in the war. Canadians also fought in other battles such as Passchendaele, but are best known for Vimy Ridge.