Canada’s biggest industrial contribution to victory

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Quote from ARMING THE NATION CANADA’S INDUSTRIAL WAR EFFORT 1939-1945 by Dr J L Granatstein (2005):

"the Canadian and Allied armies were huge beneficiaries of the production of Canada's factories. The major contribution - indeed, arguably Canada’s biggest industrial contribution to victory was in the form of trucks, most particularly Canadian Military Pattern vehicles. These CMP vehicles, produced in huge numbers by Ford and General Motors (along with some 180,000 military versions of Chrysler’s D60 truck model), came in a bewildering variety. There were three types of wireless trucks, four of ambulances, thirteen of field workshop vehicles, and 90 types of army vehicles on twelve different chassis. In all, Canada’s General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler auto plants produced 815,729 military vehicles that equipped the Canadian and British Commonwealth armies. Britain’s Eighth Army, fighting in North Africa and Italy, used huge numbers of CMP vehicles."

Read the full article linked below.

Arming_the_Nation_A_Paper_Prepared_by_Dr_Granatstein_May_2005.pdf