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WWII in Canada

WWII in Canada. The Home Front. The BCATP. British Commonwealth Air Training Program Announced on Dec 17, 1939 Air Crews and Pilots from all over the commonwealth were brought to Canada to train

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WWII in Canada

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  1. WWII in Canada The Home Front

  2. The BCATP • British Commonwealth Air Training Program • Announced on Dec 17, 1939 • Air Crews and Pilots from all over the commonwealth were brought to Canada to train • The Canadian Prairies were the perfect spot because of the distance from conflict and the wide open, flat spaces • The Program produced 50,000 pilots and 130,000 total graduates • One of Canada’s largest contributions to the war

  3. Total War • Canada once again became a war machine in WW2 • The massive unemployment of the depression disappeared • The Government took control of industries and created new crown corporations • N.S.S (National Selective Service) put workers were they were needed most • By 1944, Canada was producing 450 armored vehicles a week (not to mention massive amounts of food, guns, shells, ships and aircraft) • The entire war effort was run by C.D. Howe (the Minister of Everything)

  4. Women’s contributions • Labour shortages as thousands of men went to war • Government set up public day-care centers to free up more women to join the workforce • Women working:25,000 in the Aircraft industry260,000 making munitions4,000 ship building4,000 in construction800,000 worked on Farms • Thousands of women became nurses and went overseas • For the first time, women could join the army (in non-combat roles: flying cargo planes, driving transports, de-coding messages etc.)

  5. BREN GIRL

  6. ROSIE RIVITER

  7. CWAC The Canadian Women’s Army Corps

  8. Relations with the USA • During WW2, Canada developed a close relationship with the USA • Canadian and US forces fought along side each other throughout the war and in one case, they were part of the same unit (the Devil’s Brigade) • The Hyde-Park declaration: The US agrees to buy $1 billion in Canadian products to help support our economy in during the war

  9. The 2nd Conscription Crisis • In 1940, Mackenzie King promised no conscription but created the “National Resources Mobilization Act” • This allowed him to conscript Canadians for “home defense” • These soldiers were given the nickname “Zombies” • However, in 1942, the Army advised King that Conscription might be necessary

  10. Conscription again • King decided to hold a plebiscite (national vote) on the issue • Results 64% in favor, 36% against (72% against in Quebec) • King said “conscription if necessary but not necessarily conscription” • 1944, King sends 16,000 Zombies overseas to war • Quebec is upset again but violence was avoided • King did his best to play both sides during the conflict and was able to maintain some sense of national unity

  11. Key Points • BCATP: Pilots trained in Canada • Canadian industry contributes vast amounts to the war effort • Canadian women contribute to the war effort and join the army for the first time • Canada’s relationship with the USA becomes closer with the Hyde Park Declaration • Mackenzie King sends conscripts (Zombies) to war but is much smarter about it, barely holds the country together

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