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Re: Hitler's U-Boat war
Posted by:
Ken Dunn
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Date: January 24, 2004 12:38AM
<HTML>Hi Feargal,
Here’s what Andrew Williams has to say about the Canadian contribution to the allied war effort:
“At no point did Britain stand alone in this battle, the empire rallied round, and Canada in particular played a vital role. By the end of the war more than 400 ships, almost half the North Atlantic escort force, were Canadian; an extraordinary contribution from a country that could boast only sis warships in 1939.†Source: Williams, Andrew. The Battle of the Atlantic – Hitler’s Gray Wolves of the Sea and the Allies’ Desperate Struggle to Defeat Them. Basic Books, 2003. ISBN: 0-456-09153-9. Copyright: Andrew Williams, 2003.
Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg. Canada provided all kinds of support for the war at sea including their merchant ships and merchant seamen, their navy men served on British warships as well as their own, their shipbuilding program produced both warships and merchant ships, they produced and shipped all manner of food and war materials, etc., not to mention the lives of their men killed in the battles. The list is quite long. A truly outstanding contribution they can be proud of forever.
We each tend to see the war in terms of our own countries’ contribution but it took all of the allies pulling together to defeat the axis war machine.
Regards,
Ken Dunn</HTML>
Here’s what Andrew Williams has to say about the Canadian contribution to the allied war effort:
“At no point did Britain stand alone in this battle, the empire rallied round, and Canada in particular played a vital role. By the end of the war more than 400 ships, almost half the North Atlantic escort force, were Canadian; an extraordinary contribution from a country that could boast only sis warships in 1939.†Source: Williams, Andrew. The Battle of the Atlantic – Hitler’s Gray Wolves of the Sea and the Allies’ Desperate Struggle to Defeat Them. Basic Books, 2003. ISBN: 0-456-09153-9. Copyright: Andrew Williams, 2003.
Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg. Canada provided all kinds of support for the war at sea including their merchant ships and merchant seamen, their navy men served on British warships as well as their own, their shipbuilding program produced both warships and merchant ships, they produced and shipped all manner of food and war materials, etc., not to mention the lives of their men killed in the battles. The list is quite long. A truly outstanding contribution they can be proud of forever.
We each tend to see the war in terms of our own countries’ contribution but it took all of the allies pulling together to defeat the axis war machine.
Regards,
Ken Dunn</HTML>