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For two thirds of World War II, a large section of western Europe was being occupied by the enemy forces, and on June 6th, 1944, the allies go to release them from the Nazi’s.World War II lasted from 1939-1945, and from 1940-1944, a large part of western Europe was being occupied by the enemy forces. The Allies, which consisted of U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia, had been preparing for a battle to free western Europe from the Nazi rule. The D-Day was on June 6th, 1944, the battle took place in Normandy,France, and it was codenamed Operation Overlord. D-Day was the first day that began the largest air, land and sea operation …show more content…

Other countries, such as Britain, were very close to the battlegrounds so they were unlikely to be able to make room for a safe place to train their air forces. Because of this inconvenience Canada, took in many soldier and trained them on Canadian lands since it was much safer as it was highly unlikely for the Germans to get into Canada.The B.C.A.T.P, stand for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which was an agreement made between Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. This agreement was one that had Canada to train the aircrew of these countries. Though many of the aircrew graduates went to serve the Britain army, that does not take away the fact of what Canada had did to support their allies. At the B.C.A.T.P’s best, Canada had 231 training sites with 10,000+ aircraft and 100,000+ military personnels to maintain them. The B.C.A.T.P. trained pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, radio operators, air gunners, and flight engineers. And as always, Canada’s land being away from the major battlefields, Canada provided many vital supplies for the war and made sure that everyone at home had a job to support the war. Canada sent these supplies to the Allies by boat, and by the end of WWII, Canada had the world’s third largest fleet. The R.C.N. consisted of 100,000 men, 6500 women, 471 warships. Sending the goods across the ocean was not an easy task. When sending materials and food to

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