Would Britain and France have lost WW2 if Canada never entered the war?

Question

Did having them their with military and supplies buy them enough time until the Americans entered?

Curtis, you are clearly ignorant and your attempt at a joke clearly underscores your stupidity. Britain would have been overrun until the Americans finally joined

Answer 1

Canada's early entry in World War Two had very little bearing upon the Nazi's sucesses or failures prior to the American entry. We had an air force of less than a dozen planes, an outdated and ignored navy, and an army that understaffed even for our "fire proof house" military planning of the day. We had to build all of our capacity to fight from scratch AND get it over to Europe. The capture of France and the Blitz of England was said and done by the point that happened.

THAT SAID through the rapid development of our capacity to mass produce Corvette class warships, additional merchant marine, and develop crews to sail them, the Royal Canadian Navy played a crucial role in the Allies success at defeating the submarine blockade of Britain. just prior and immediately after the American entry into the war. Historians can tend to focus on the fights of the great capital ships and their mass engagements of which the RCN had no part. Ultimately though those fights were not what won the war. That was done everytime some little two or three gun ship ran off yet another U-boat and allowed another convoy to reach Liverpool or London. In that respect Canada played a valuable and disporportionate role in the fight.

This of course says nothing of the other crucial contributions made by Canada with the Commonwealth Air Training Service, all the Canadian pilots that were incorporated in the RAF, or the efforts of Five Wing later in the strategic bombing campaign. Nor does it say anything about the First Canadian Army taking on the inglorious task of fighting the Nazis all along the French coast and into the Low Countries in the hopes they could secure a port to support the American and British thrust to Berlin. Nor does it say anything about being the first to engage Nazi forces in the Italian campaign. Nor does it say anything about the fact AT ONE TENTH THE POPULATION OF THE US, CANADA PROVIDED A FIFTH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TROOPS FOR D-DAY.

Lest we forget.....

PS: As 1932 the British Parliament relinquished all authority over its former dominions. This meant that seven years later Canada was left to formally declare war, all on it's own, on 7 September, 1939. There was still a huge attachment to the British of course, but the choice to fight was made in Ottawa and Ottawa alone.

Answer 2

Ah, Canada helped Britain, but then Canada was still part of the British Empire in WW ll.

France lost in WW ll, so Canada obviously didn't have much an impact there. Of course France lost before Canada joined the fight.

At no time in WW ll did the Germans actually have the ability to take Britain by force.

Of course if the United States had never entered the war, the Normandy invasion would never have happened.

That would have given Germany time to consolidate their position on mainland Europe.

Then Germany could have probably successfully invaded Britain around 1946 or so.

Answer 3

Since the US stayed out of the beginning of the war keeping their shorts clean (again), Canada did a lot of the early heavy lifting. Esp Dieppe, Normandy & Italy. At the end of WWII they had the 3rd largest navy in the world.

Answer 4

France hasn't won anything in over a hundred years...We had to save their ungrateful butts several times.....

No I don't think Canada. had that big a part in the war. The US saved England and liberated France,,,,,again

Answer 5

Oh yeah, Britain, France, Russia, and the US were all in trouble until Johnny Maple-Syrup showed up. Praise the lord, and pass the hockey pucks!

Answer 6

hey garbage, stop answering my questions... got it... GARBAGE!

Answer 7

not to insult the people up north,however you have to be shitting us!