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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Four days after the United Kingdom had declared war on 3 September 1939, Parliament was called in special session and both King and Manion stated their support for Canada following Britain, but did not declare war immediately, partly to show that Canada was joining out of her own initiative and was not obligated to go to war.

Also from the link:

At the outbreak of war, Canada's commitment to the war in Europe was limited by the government to one division, and one division in reserve for home defence.

Canada did not intend to get involved to the extent they did at the start. That changed after the Battle of Dieppe in 1942, along with other events.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Canada entered the was 9 days after it started. The US entered the war 820 days later.

Canada went and fought while the US sat and watched.