Please Juan, Good Lord, I didn't say Canada didn't contribute...........I never met an uncle as he was lost in bomber command in July 1941, before the USA was in.
Our contribution was huge.
BUT, the contribution of the USA, was 10 times ours, as is proper because of their population and econmic base.....
So, if our contribution was huge, and that of the USA was 10 times our own, is it not reasonable to say the US contribution was essential?
IN 1939, the population of Canada was about 12 million people. If you divide that in half, it gives about 6 million males. Subtract those who were too young or too old to serve, and you have about 3 million males of military service age.
By the end of the second world war, Canada had ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN IN UNIFORM. That is one out of every three adult males.
Apply the same math to the American population at the time of 135 million