How Did The Royal Canadian Navy Contribute To Ww2

World War Two would not have been won if they did not have the help and contributions of the Royal Canadian Navy and the merchant marine. The Royal Canadian Navy and merchant marine had to grow and expand exponentially to support Britain in the war. The Royal Canadian Navy and merchant marine had critical contributions to the outcome of World War Two because of convoys with supplies, battles with German u-boats, and the Battle of the Atlantic.

To begin with, one major contribution to the victory of World War Two was the supplies brought to Britain from the merchant marines and the help of the Royal Canadian Navy. As a result of the fall of France, Canada became Britain’s largest ally. Britain’s main source of supplies such as food, came from

This is the longest battle in World War Two, from the beginning of the war till the end of the war. “Only by gaining control of the Atlantic could the Allies hope to transport across the seas the millions of troops and millions of tons of supplies needed to assault and liberate axis held empire” (Sarty, 4) . “To gain control of the North Atlantic to bring crucial supplies to Britain while German u-boats tried to stop this” (W.A.B. Douglas and Brian Dubreuil). To help gain control of the Atlantic the navy grew in size. At the beginning of the war “fewer than 3500 half were professional the rest were seamen who received a few weeks of training and ordinary citizens, students, business people, teachers who received some basic training one night per week for a week or two each summer” (Sarty, 5). At the end of the war, the Royal Canadian Navy were the fourth largest navy in the world with 100,000 men and 400 fighting ships (Canada At War). Without the Royal Canadian Navy’s efforts and contributions to the Battle of the Atlantic, Britain would not have any supplies, no one would be able to bring over supplies, and troops would not be able to get transported across the sea. They would have not been able to assault the axis held