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Involvement of Mexico, Brazil and Canada in the WWII: Summary of Chapter 5…

- - - - French Canadians were against the English Canadians due to linguistic connection, some looked up to France, but none wished to support the UK financially because they believed they had caused the war. The French government surrendered to Germany in 1940, and the Vichy government was set by Germany in the south of France. Right-winged French Canadians appealed to this government because it recommended to French Canadians retain voluntarism (depending on volunteers to join the armed forces). This worsened things because the French language newspapers were anti-Semitic, anti-British, and anti-war. Then the Free French movement was created, and it was led by General Charles de Gaulle. It vowed to liberate France from Germany, and it was set in London, but the French Canadians supported it. Mackenzie King led Canadians to dislike Pétain’s right-winged views that supported Nazi control.
    - - Canada and UK were close allies.
        Canada supplied the UK with food and water for a total of $2.5 billion. Half of what they produced in their country was exported to the UK. In 1942, Canada gave an interest fee of $700 million, but most Québécois was unhappy with this because they believed Canada should invest this large amount of money in themselves (mostly because they didn't support the UK as much as English-speaking Canadians). They also they did not like the relationship between them and preferred Canada & France.
    - - President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie met in August 1940 for the Ogdensburg Agreement, an agreement with the purpose of achieving closer continental defense cooperation between Canada and the United States. In April 1941, the King visited Roosevelt for the Hyde Park Declaration, which stated that the US produced components of war material assembled in Canada for the UK and that Canada would supply the USA with 200$ and 300$ worth of material. This declaration benefited Canada’s trade deficit. In 1942, the Alaska Highway connected Alaska and USA through Canada, but the USA stationed their troops during the construction, and instead of letting them have the Canadian portion like promised. Their relation was much better than most people with the USSR.
    - - Canada was scared of the Bolshevik revolution, so they kept dealings with the USSR to a minimum after 1919. Canada allowed the USA to send USSR Lend- Lease materials across its territory, since they allied with USSR against Germany which led a Russian embassy to be opened in Ottawa in 1941.
  - - - Canada’s forces were large enough to be called Juno, first objective was to capture the beach in Normandy, to capture strategic points (Caen airport) to meet the British beachheads Sword and Gold. Canada’s forces were large enough to be called Juno, first objective was to capture the beach in Normandy, to capture strategic points (Caen airport) to meet the British beachheads Sword and Gold.
        They planned to land at low tide, but “The beaches were covered with mines and tetrahedral obstacles (three iron bars intersecting at right angles) to stop any vehicle from landing. That didn’t happen as planned and in the landing they hit unexpected mines.
    - - The battle opened the port of Antwerp, helping the Allies to access Germany. Canadians negotiated truce with Germany to permit relief supplies to enter W Netherlands and end hunger winter while 22,000 died of malnutrition. This caused the Dutch to be grateful for the Canadians for dropping food and the Dutch royal family had been in exile in Canada during the war
- - - - -In terms of its military contribution to the war, the Mexican army had no involvement. However, many thousands of Mexicans joined the US armed forces and served in all theaters of war.
      - EXAMPLE: The Mexican air force sent the 201st Fighter Squadron (Escuadrón Aéreo de
      - Pelea 201) to serve with the US