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Canada's Contributions to the Second World War
Grade 10 RGSS Canadian History Essay Assignment

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Books Available in the Library

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 * Richmond Green Public Library OPAC

General Sites Regarding Canada's Impact and Contribution to World War II

About.com - Canada and World War II

Veterans’ Affairs of Canada

Civilization.ca - Canadian Military History Timeline

History.cbc.ca - CBC Canadian History Timeline

CollectionsCanada.ca: Library and Archives

TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca Note: Choose English option and then type in world war II

Cmgh.gc.ca - Canadian Military History Website Note: Choose English option and then type in world war II

Archives.cbc.ca - Conflict and War Multimedia Archive

Warmuseum.ca: War and Art Images of Conflict

Virtualmuseum.ca - Rememberances: Canada and the Second World War

WorldwarII.ca - Canada And World War II

Links to Specific Battles and Events

Civilization.ca: The Royal Canadian Navy
 * Royal Canadian Navy

Wikipedia.org: The Royal Canadian Navy

Veteran Affairs of Canada - Battle for the Atlantic and Canada's Role

Canadian Military Heritage - The Royal Canadian Navy

Airforce.forces.ca: The Royal Canadian Air Force or RCAF
 * Royal Canadian Air Force

Civilisations.ca: The Royal Canadian Air Force

Heritage Newfoundland - Royal Air Force History of Newfoundland

Canadian Military Heritage - The Rotal Canadian Air Force During WW2

Junobeach.org
 * Juno Beach and D-Day

Archives.cbc.ca

Imperialoil.ca - Imperial Oil Review Magazine

Juno Beach: The Canadians On D-Day

Veteran's Affairs of Canada - The Dieppe Raid
 * The Dieppe Raid

Civilization.ca - Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942

Archives.cbc.ca - The Contentious Legacy of Dieppe

Lermuseum.org - The Battle of Ortona
 * Canadians In the Italian Campaigns

World War II.ca - The Battle of Ortona

The Canadian Encyclopedia.com - The Battle for Ortona

CBC.ca - The Battle for Ortona

Veterans Affairs Canada - Canadians At Italy: World War II

Canadian Military Heritage - The Italian Campaigns

Canadaonline.about.com - Canadian Women's Role During World War II
 * War on the Homefront

Civilizations.ca: Canadian Homefront

Heritage Newfoundland - Royal Air Force History of Newfoundland

Archives.gov.on.ca - D-Day and the Homefront

Canadian Military Heritage - Government Run Rampant

Archives.cbc.ca - Women and the Military
 * Women and the War Front

Archives.cbc.ca - Women and the Military Part Two

History.cbc.ca - History of Canada

Citizenship.gov.on.ca - Women's Role During WW2

Junobeach.org - The Men and Women Behind World War II

Publications.gov.sk.ca - Saskatchewan Women Go to War

Valourandhorror.com - Canadian Women in the Military

History.cbc.ca - Queen of the Hurricanes

Wikipedia.org - Military Production During World War II
 * Canada's Economic/Industrial Contributions In Munitions Production and the War Effort

World War II.ca - Military Production: The Canadian Perspective

The Canadian Encyclopedia.com - canada's Industrial Contributions

The Canadian Encyclopedia.com - Cost and Significance of Canada's Contribution

Canadianeconomy.gc.ca - Canada's Economy in WWII

Collectionscanada.ca - War Industry in Pictures

Canadian Military Heritage - War's Effects (Economic and Otherwise) During and After


 * Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

Veteran Affairs Canada - The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum


 * Canadian Merchant Navy

Veteran Affairs Canada - Merchant Navy

Juno Beach Centre - The Merchant Navy of Canada


 * Canadian Involvement in the First Atomic Bomb

The Canadian Encyclopedia

Wikipedia.org - The Atomic Bomb

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility - The Atomic Bomb: Canada's Involvement

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility - The Atomic Bomb: Canada's Involvement


 * Japanese Internment In Canada

Archives.cbc.ca - Japanese Internment In Canada

History.cbc.ca - Japanese Internment

Japanesecanadianhistory.net - The War Years for Japanese-Canadians

University of Washington Libraries - Canadian Internment of the Japanese

Histori.ca - Japanese Internment In Canada


 * Black Canadians in the Military

Airforces.forces.gc.ca - One Man's Story

Diversitywatch.ryerson.ca - African American's Contributions

Learnquebec.ca


 * Aboriginals in the Military

CBC.ca - Aboriginals in the Canadian Military

Great Library Databases for this Assignment

Electric Library Canada
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