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http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html Canadian women were an essential part of contribution during World War II. At the peak of the war, women were not given the option to enlist for combat duty, but there were many jobs that they were capable of such as nurses, engineers of aircrafts etc during the First and Second World War. Canadian women made a significant contribution to victory in World War II by participating in military organizations such as the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Womens Army Corps; they contributed to victory by participating in the naval service and also by contributing on the home front while the men were fighting in the war.

The Womens Division in the armed forces of Canada was one of Canadian womens contributions to victory because they had contributed a lot to the men that were fighting in the war by providing them with food and refreshments, replacing and taking over the mens roles such as ground crews and personnel when the air force experienced a shortage of people while the men fought in the war. 5 Nearly 50000 Canadian women participated in total in the military organizations such as the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Womens Army Corps.6 The Royal Canadian Air Force did not train their female recruits to be flying the aircrafts as combatants (their participation is best described by the divisions slogan, We serve that men may fly). Womens duties expanded when the women filled in as ground crew members and personnels1. They were initially trained for clerical, administrative roles.2 As the war continued, women would work in other positions like parachute riggers and laboratory assistants developing medicine and other treatments2. Nearly 17000 Canadian women participated to take over the roles of the men
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http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html to provide the materials needed to succeed. 2 The second major military organization was the Canadian Womens Army Corps. The Canadian Women's Army Corps was a noncombatant branch of the Canadian Army for women established during World War II to release men from those non-combatant roles in the Canadian armed forces as part of expanding Canada's war effort3. Nearly 22000 Canadian women participated in the Canadian Womens Army Corps4. Their roles included secretaries, mechanics, cooks etc. Most women had served in Canada while some were sent overseas. The CWAC helped to expand Canadas war effort by 53% in 1942 by releasing the men from non combatant roles so they could go fight in the war7.

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Canadian women also participated in the Navy which had taken over the roles of the men which included clerical and administrative tasks such as communication and intelligence operators so more men could be made available for duty at sea in the navy; nearly 7122 Canadian women participated in the navy.4 The Womens Royal Canadian Naval Service (whose members were known as the Wrens) was founded in 1942 as response to help the Canadian navy at sea which needed the contribution of women in order to expand the naval war effort4. Primary roles of the women that contributed in the navy included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, range assessors, and air mechanics in which they helped build and repair jet parts4. Canadian women had joined to
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Women At War, Veterans Affairs Canada, accessed May 22, 2012, http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/history/secondwar/fact_sheets/women/ 4. The Story of The WRENS, Canadian Military, accesed May 22, 2012, http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo9/no2/10-plows-eng.asp

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http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html participate in the Womens Royal Canadian Naval Service to expand the mens war effort in the navy. The navy war effort had grown by 50000 men in 1943 with the help of Canadian women taking over their previous as this had a huge contribution to victory in the war4. Canadian women were very significant in the navy especially in the Battle of The Atlantic. With the expanding war effort and the intensification of the Battle of the Atlantic, it became clear that more men were required for sea duty, and this left a huge number of shore duty positions which were filled in by Canadian women5. As a result the navy war effort increased and nearly 100000 Canadian men had played an integral role in the Battle of the Atlantic by the end of the conflict in 1945 thanks to the women that had substituted in their major positions such as radar plotters, wireless telegraphists etc8. Despite of the tasks Canadian women preformed, from cooks and laundresses to recruiters and officers, the Wrens contributed valuable service to the navy and to the nation. Their service had a positive influence on them6. Serving as a Wren gave Canadian women a sense of pride, confidence, and purpose. The women of the WRCNS not only provided an essential service to the countrys war effort, but the organization itself also benefited those who served as Wrens by the skills the women performed during World War II. http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html Canadian women made important contributions on the home front during the war years. They supported Canadas war efforts not only in traditional roles, but also in unprecedented new ways such as by contributing in the home and on the farm. Home life

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http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html was very challenging during the war since rationing was in effect which made obtaining sugar, butter, eggs and other scarce food items that were needed to help feed the men fighting overseas9. Canadian women did their part by donating old cookware and other household items overseas to recycle metal drives since rubber, gas, metal and nylon were also difficult to come by because they were also needed for the war effort8. Women also contributed in the war effort by giving blood and buying war bonds8. Many also tended their own victory gardens which were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in Canada to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort8. Canadian women proved to be a successful part in the contribution to victory in this role by providing the supplies for the soldiers overseas to survive during the war and stay in a well condition. Canadian farms felt their own pressures to meet the growing need for food for the war effort, while also losing many of their young male workers to military service. Many Canadian women now had the responsibility of maintaining the family farms, as well raise the children while the husbands, sons and hired laborers were of at war8. Their responsibilities included planting, harvesting, caring for livestock, milking cows and managing the finances to keep the farms running while the men fought in the war9. The women had kept the farms running so food could be produced and were extremely important on the farms, without the women the cattle on the farms would die and the crops if there was no one looking at the farm. So they had contributed to victory by running the farms by keeping the cattle and crops fresh so food could be made while the men were fighting in the war.
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In Conclusion, Canadas contributions during the war years would have been very different if it were not for the vital roles women played in the military organizations, the naval service and on the home front. The war effort encompassed all Canadians, and women did their fair share and more, achieving and sacrificing a great deal in the cause of peace and freedom. The impressive achievements of the Canadian women will always be remembered. http://researchandwritingservices.com/About.html

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