Arming the nation : Canada's industrial war effort, 1939-1945

J. L. GRANATSTEIN FOR THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES ON THE OCCASION OF THE COUNCIL’S ROUNDTABLE ON FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE AT THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM OTTAWA MAY 27, 2005 ARMING THE NATION:. [...] But the main effort had come in the form of shells, automobiles, and the produce of the fields and mines. [...] Initially, the new Board fell under the control of the Finance Minister, but in mid- November, in a fateful and fortunate move, the Board came under the ambit of the Minister of Transport, the just-named Minister of Munitions and Supply, Clarence Decatur Howe. [...] The Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway was quickly followed by the stunning victory of the Wehrmacht in the Low Countries and France. [...] The Dunkirk evacuation at the end of May 1940 was the only grace note in the requiem for the European democracies.