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The year 1943 was a turning point of WWII. Allied to serve the
common cause of freedom and democracy, Canada, Great Britain, the
United States, the countries of the British Commonwealth and free
nations suffering under Nazi occupation counter-attacked.
In the Atlantic, Allied navies were finally able to counter the
formidable threat of the German submarine fleet. The Royal Canadian
Navy played a key role, taking command of the Northwest Atlantic
theatre.
The Allied air forces, supported by Canada's British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), launched massive
air strikes. In preparation for D-Day strategic
bombing against Germany targeted its war industry and
abated the morale of its population.
Meanwhile the land forces were getting involved in major campaigns
that were to bring about the demise of the Third Reich. Together
with their allies, Canadian soldiers marched on, on Sicilian mountain
roads, up the Italian boot, in Normandy, along the Scheldt, through
the Netherlands and into Germany. So many different roads to Victory,
conquered through determination and courage and at the price of
many human lives.
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