In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.
U.S. President Bill Clinton 

The story of Canada at War is a dramatic and heroic tale. This section deals with the history of warfare in Canada and Canadians at war or peacekeeping abroad.

Storm Clouds | Mobilization | Fall of France | Battle of Britain | Training | Pacific War | Hong Kong | Conscription | Dieppe | Spartan | Battle of the Atlantic | Sicily | Italy | Overlord | Falaise | Occupation | France 44 | Holland | Germany 45 | VE | VJ

 

The second World War is viewed by many as the last good war. A clear cut battle against the evil of the Nazi Reich and the militaristic empire of Japan. A victory by the great democracies over the fascist forces of totalitarian dictators. This was a war that touched every part of the world and reshaped the world through devastating campaigns, victories, and the total collapse and destruction of large areas of the world.

The war saw the resolution of many ambitions and nightmares. It resulted in the end of an empire that was victorious, the emergence of a democratic and totalitarian superpowers, the birth of the cold war, and the emergence of Canada as an important contributor to victory and as a new player in its own right, on the world stage.