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The war in the west didn't start until May 1940, when Germany invaded France. Shortly after that (June 1940) the air battle over Britain started, and at least t
by elcapitan 10y ago
The war in the west didn't start until May 1940, when Germany invaded France. Shortly after that (June 1940) the air battle over Britain started, and at least there was a Canadian participation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-British_personnel_in_the_RAF_during_the_Battle_of_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-British_personnel_in_the_R...
Edit: Canada already sent infantery units to Britain during the Phoney War (that was the period until the war in the west started:
"The Royal Air Force dropped propaganda leaflets on Germany and the first Canadian troops stepped ashore in Britain, while western Europe was under a period of uneasy calm for seven months.[8]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War
- dghf 10y ago> The war in the west didn't start until May 1940, when Germany invaded France. To be picky, the Battle of the Atlantic started the same day as the British and French declaration of war, with the sinking of the SS Athenia. And the Norwegian Campaign began the month before the invasion of France.
- icebraining 10y agoWhat about Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939?
- elcapitan 10y agoSorry - by war in the west I meant from a European perspective, not global. Poland being the 'war in the east', from a German perspective.