At the start of her fifth year of war, Canada added up some figures, made a form chart on the Dominion's performance in two wars:
Manpower. Of 725,000 Canadian men & women now in uniform, all but 70,000 are volunteers. The 70,000 draftees are liable for service on the North American continent only. In World War I there were more than 647,000, of whom about 90,500 were drafted. Of World War II's totals, 37,800 are women; in World War I only women with the armed services were 2,900 nurses.
Money. The cost of four...
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