THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
After the surrender of France, Hitler could being to focus on Great Britain. Hitler wanted to totally destroy Britain but to do so Germany had to dominate in the air, so on July 10,1940 Germany declared war on Britain. In the Battle of Britain, Canada was a great advantage to the British during the Battle of Britain as it offered overall pilots,radar helpers,backup airplanes, and so on.When the Germans invaded Britain the Luftwaffe dominated in terms of quantity, for this reason the n.1 fighter armada, the Royal Canadian Air Force(RCAF) came to Britain's side. Over 100 RCAF fighter pilots helped in the battle and as a result 23 of them died, and 30 died over time in the war. Furthermore, an addition of 2,000 Canadian soldiers worked with the RAF Bomber Command/RAF Coastal command.