Artifact 1: Flower-class Corvette HMCS Brantford construction.
May 3, 2013, Montgomery, Marc. “Remembering the Battle of the Atlantic.” RCI. Radio Canada International. Primary Source.
Curated by Bao Bao.
Canada Corvettes were useful and vital armaments which played a role in supporting Canada and the Allies could counter back the U-Boats, German submarine- a major issue. It was also proof of Canada’s creation and essential assistance towards the British and their Allies.
Battle of the Atlantic (3/9/1939-8/5/1945) is the most prolonged continuous fight. Germany was trying to prevent supplies to Europe by using U-30 submarines, U-boats to destroy any ships doing so, fighting on the sea. Canada with its navy, merchant marine and air force supplying supplies was necessary for Britain to survive the war. Especially, it has set up an enormous Shipbuilding Program to construct a Navy capable of attacking the German Navy. Canada has designed and manufactured new types of warships to combat the U-boats, the most popular is the Corvette. The primary weapons for the Allies (mainly the USA, Canada, Britain and other countries) against Axis (Germany, Italy) were warships, land artillery and armed merchant aircraft.
The battle of the Atlantic helped Canada develop and grows in reputation. From the smallest navy in the beginning, but by the end of the war, Canada had the third-largest navy and the fourth-largest air force. During the battle, Canada had the support of escorting a convoy. Canada showed the importance of the role of contribution. With many factories and building supplies programs, Canada tries to make more equipment and create new vessels to counteract many German state-of-the-art weapons, especially submarines. Without the help of Canada, Britain would be defeated by German.
Artifact 2: Wartime Production Poster, "Attack On All Fronts "(1939-1945 Second World War).
Propaganda played an important role in encouraging people to join in the military and support for the war effort. As “Attack On All Fronts”, it did not only revive the fighting spirit of the men who participated in the war but also encouraged other people, especially women, to contribute to the production of the things needed for life and war.
Propaganda is a very close and convincing means for people to know the state's desire to participate in the struggle to protect and build the country. The highlighted example of that is the wartime production poster “Attack On All Fronts” of Hubert Rogers in 1943 during the time of the Second World War, who represented in the Royal Canadian Artillery throughout the first World War and was consequently hired by the Wartime Information Board in 1942. The picture showcased a decent with a machine gun, a manufacturing worker with a rivet gun, and a peasant with a hoe. As in 1943, the diameter of our military challenged to reduce labourers in crucial domestic sectors of the economy and agricultural production. The argument would be that home front work was as important as an overseas task.
Because of the failures of many combats before, in 1939, Canada had a shortage of armed forces with the Canadian Army stood at just over 4,000 soldiers, deficiency of armaments and essential production. The Canadian government launched a pervasive propaganda campaign intended to increase morals across the country and trying to convince the Canadian people that everyone deemed necessary to make a contribution to the military's achievement in waging war abroad. At the outbreak of the war, to build a strong army, the Canadian government was in a rush to begin the war effort. The main elements of the military effort would include the recruitment of troops as well as a fundamental moral enhance. By the war's end, women had stuffed as much as a quarter of the occupations in the aircraft industry, and much more than 250,000 women had managed to work in the ammunition industry. That is the significance of Propaganda at the Wartime in Canada.
Political artifact
1943, Wartime Production Poster, “Attack On All Fronts”. Designed by Rogers, Mr. Reginald Hubert.
Curated by Bao Bao.
