Why the Allies Needed Canada in World War Two

Canada's contribution to the allied war effort in the Second World War was significant. It aided the Allies in the air by giving them an advantage inaccessible to the Axis Powers. On land, Canadians also engaged in the major battles that accelerated the ending of the War in Europe. At sea, the Navy defended the Allies from one of their greatest hardships in World War Two. Canada's contribution to the allied war effort was a huge deciding factor in the Allies' victory.
Firstly, Canada's contribution to the allied war effort was a huge deciding factor in the Allies' victory because Canada's British Commonwealth Air Training Plan offered the Allies a supremacy in the air. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan had trained pilots for many commonwealth countries. By the end of the war, the BCATP graduated 72,835 pilots from the Royal Canadian Air Force, 9,606 from the Royal Australian Air Force, 7,002 from the Royal New Zealand Air Force and 42,110 from the Royal Air force, that consisted of British as well as Slavic, Dutch and French People.1 Without Canada's British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Allied pilots from many allied countries would have been less experienced and qualified. Furthermore, Britain did not choose Canada as the host of the training plan randomly , rather, Canada was a inimitable location. Canada's proximity to Britain allowed smooth transportation of men and supplies and easy access to airplane parts from the U.S.2 These benefits Canada had made it easier for Allies to train pilots for air missions as well as skyrocketed aircraft production for the Allies. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan called for the construction of flight training schools, which were huge suppliers of pilots for t...

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... The firm defence of the Canadian Navy at that time helped lead to the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Canada salvaged the Allies from Germany's plan to “starve them out of the war” by being part of convoys as well as commonly being a lookout for U-Boats.
In conclusion, without all the Canadians did for the allies throughout the course of the war, the allies may have lost the war. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan allowed for the allied pilots to be better trained and equipped to fight the German Luftwaffe. By assisting in the Normandy and Sicily preparations and finding flaws in the plan, Canadians increased the attainment of the missions that led to the war ending in Europe. Canada saved the Allies from major casualties at sea by protecting their merchant ships from U-Boats. When Canada joined the war, one better believe the Axis were in trouble.