Sixth Grade
Worksheets
Canada in World War II, Part 1
Caption: Some of the Canadian troops resting on board a destroyer after the Combined Operations daylight raid on Dieppe. The strain of the operation can be seen on their faces.
The Great Depression had dragged on for ten long years. Nothing, it seemed, could be done to overcome it. Surprisingly, it would be brought to an end, not by economic policies or domestic programs, but by events unfolding in Europe. War in Europe brought a demand for many of the goods Canada could supply.
When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Great Britain and France were thoroughly alarmed. Germany would not back down, and Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. When Adolf Hitler invaded France and German troops stood on England's doorstep, the Canadian militia was put on alert. It became obvious that another world war was coming.
