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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoAt that point in history Canada would have followed the British crown wherever it went. If Britain had sided with Hitler Canada would have been an axis power.
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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoAt that point in history Canada would have followed the British crown wherever it went. If Britain had sided with Hitler Canada would have been an axis power.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 days ago
No. The 1931 Statute of Westminster gave us full control over our foreign policy. The phrase “When Britain is at war, Canada is at war” was about the first world war, not the second.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
They were not legally required to follow Britain, but they absolutely followed Britain anyway