
With the onset of the war, Canada was faced with the challenge of creating - practically from scratch - a strong industrial base to produce weapons and war materials for the war effort.

The Second World War was a highly mechanized war, with a great deal of mass-production of weapons, ammunition, vehicles, and other war material necessary to defeat the enemies who had great industrial powers of their own. The brave Canadians engaged in combatting the enemy needed a great deal of support from many areas of Canadian society to be successful in their vital struggle. The great national effort put forth by Canadians during the Second World War took many different forms.
