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Canadian Contribution

In the spring of 1941, the United States was not yet embroiled in World War II, but the British Empire was. The war was conducted on the sea, in the air and on the battlefield, of course, but it also had to be won on the industrial front as well. In Britain, many workers had gone off to fight and many factories were damaged by bombing.

With a great ocean between the battlefields of Europe and the factories of North America, Ford Motor Company of Canada was able to contribute to the war effort. In fact, to meet wartime

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