Facts on Canada's Involvement in the Second World War

• By September 1939, more than 58,000 Canadian men and women had volunteered to serve in the Canadian Forces.
• Canadian soldiers formed the main assault force for the raid on Dieppe, where more 900 Canadians were killed and almost 2,000 more were taken prisoner.
• Approximately 14,000 Canadians landed at Normandy on D-day.
• The 1st Canadian Army was instrumental in the Liberation of Holland in May 1945.
• More than one million Canadians served in the Second World War and approximately 45,000 gave their lives.
• Canada's navy was the third largest in the Allied forces, and its airforce was the fourth largest.
• By the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy with more than 113,000 personnel, included approximately 7,000 women.