“Our veterans – ordinary Canadians who accomplished extraordinary things – represent the best of Canada, the freedoms that Canadians enjoy today are because of them, and Canadians owe it to them to remember.” Said Minister of Veteran Affairs Greg Thompson on the 65th anniversary of D-day landing. Canadian soldiers fought for freedom in the Second World War and selflessly support for the allies. The contributions that Canada has made in this were essential, and the most significant support was the war at sea. At the beginning of World War Two, Germany has captured most of Europe and the Allies wouldn’t get any supplies directly anymore. The war depended on the supplies so this was when the Atlantic Ocean became the most important pathway to
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In order to battle them, scientist also invented better defensive technology and this was how new method to combat started to appear such as sea war. Sonar, radar, anti-submarine weapons and variety of ships were wildly and effectively used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Radar technology was passed along from Britain to Canada and Canadian scientist continued to make refinement and created the Plan Position Indicator and it was used till today. Ultimate Antisubmarine weapons were used by Royal Canadian Navy such as squid – a three barreled mortar that replaced another mortar called the Hedgehog. Canadian corvettes were also significant as they were small, cheap and could be quickly built, and the corvettes got a chance to improve between the years 1942 - 1943 and had better equipment. In addition, a data shown that the allied merchant ships sunk by submarines in the year 1942 were 1200 and 1943 were about 400. One article described the Canadian fleet in the end of a battle “Until at the end of the battle, the Royal Canadian Navy had a total of 254 seagoing escort ships engaged.” (Globe and Mail). Germany’s purpose was to sink as much merchant ships in the Atlantic as they can so they used U-Boats (German Submarines) to attack. The use of radar helped Canada to detect German Submarines more accurately in order to decrease the number …show more content…
Convoy system that helps the supplies to transfer, the weapons, technologies, and ships that Canada introduced, and the great effort Canadian put in sea war all leads to the victory of the Second World War. War can be seen as both positive and negative as the fast improvement of human life and the sacrifices made by nameless hero. Canadian soldiers fought for freedom and justice in order to give Canadians a safe and well-developed world today, and this is why Canadians have to
In order to battle them, scientist also invented better defensive technology and this was how new method to combat started to appear such as sea war. Sonar, radar, anti-submarine weapons and variety of ships were wildly and effectively used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Radar technology was passed along from Britain to Canada and Canadian scientist continued to make refinement and created the Plan Position Indicator and it was used till today. Ultimate Antisubmarine weapons were used by Royal Canadian Navy such as squid – a three barreled mortar that replaced another mortar called the Hedgehog. Canadian corvettes were also significant as they were small, cheap and could be quickly built, and the corvettes got a chance to improve between the years 1942 - 1943 and had better equipment. In addition, a data shown that the allied merchant ships sunk by submarines in the year 1942 were 1200 and 1943 were about 400. One article described the Canadian fleet in the end of a battle “Until at the end of the battle, the Royal Canadian Navy had a total of 254 seagoing escort ships engaged.” (Globe and Mail). Germany’s purpose was to sink as much merchant ships in the Atlantic as they can so they used U-Boats (German Submarines) to attack. The use of radar helped Canada to detect German Submarines more accurately in order to decrease the number …show more content…
Convoy system that helps the supplies to transfer, the weapons, technologies, and ships that Canada introduced, and the great effort Canadian put in sea war all leads to the victory of the Second World War. War can be seen as both positive and negative as the fast improvement of human life and the sacrifices made by nameless hero. Canadian soldiers fought for freedom and justice in order to give Canadians a safe and well-developed world today, and this is why Canadians have to