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Canada’s Early Contribution in World War 2. By Jazmin Badasha . The British Commonwealth air training plan 1939, Canada agreed to host and run the British Common Wealth Air Training Plan also known as BCATP The BCATP was a major contribution to the war effort
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Canada’s Early Contribution in World War 2.By Jazmin Badasha
The British Commonwealth air training plan 1939, Canada agreed to host and run the British Common Wealth Air Training Plan also known as BCATP The BCATP was a major contribution to the war effort The BCATP trained more than 130 000 people to be, navigators, flight engineers and ground engineers. Canada’s role in the war went for beyond its involvement in the BACTP by contributing and giving Britain food and Supplies. Mackenzie King hoped that Canada’s contribution to the war effort would be mostly supplies and training, rather than troops, so that he could avoid the issue of Conscription.
Battle of the Atlantic By 1941, the battle of the Atlantic was in full swing and Canada’s contribution was much needed. Again like in the first world war Britain was almost completely dependent on the food and military supplies of Canada. The allied supplies ships bond for England were being attacked by the “wolf packs” of German U-boats.
The allies gaining momentum The first 3 years the Germans dominated, sinking hundreds of ships and killing millions of troops Then the war turned around and the British had cracked the German naval code Canada’s war at sea Canada also helped turn the war around The women’s royal Canadian navel service was created in 1942 Most “WREN’S” were limited to shore based jobs, and worked as wireless operators, coders and driver as well as operational plotters German U-boats destroyed hundreds of supply ships, sinking millions of tons of cargo. In response, Canada started building small warships, called corvettes to escort the supply ships. The corvettes were everything thing Canada needed to win the war.
War at Sea More than 215 000 people enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force The women’s division of the RCAF was created in 1941. They were trained to be clerks, cooks, hospital assistants, drivers, telephone operators, welders, instrument mechanics and engine mechanics. Bomber Command The RCAF participated in one of the most controversial missions of the war; night bombs on German cities like Dresden and Cologne. Tens of thousands of civilians were killed because of these air raids The attack on the city of Hamburg in July 1943 was one of the worst bombings ever recorded at that time. It created a firestorm and the entire city was lit on fire.
