books.google.ca - Canada was the first Commonwealth country to send troops to Britain in 1939. During 1939-45 hundreds of thousands of Canadians - more than 40 per cent of the male population between the ages of 18 and 45, and virtually all of them volunteers - enlisted. Canadians fought with tragic courage at Hong Kong...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Canadian_Forces_in_World_War_II.html?id=BLRJ_xgxT2cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCanadian Forces in World War II
