| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_event 
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                                | gptkbp:casualties | over 45,000 killed over 54,000 wounded
 
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                                | gptkbp:contribution | gptkb:military financial support
 merchant shipping
 war production
 food supplies
 naval escort
 air training
 
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                                | gptkbp:economicImportance | postwar prosperity women in workforce
 industrial growth
 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1945 
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                                | gptkbp:impact | increased immigration expanded role of women
 rise of veterans' organizations
 
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                                | gptkbp:involvedCountry | gptkb:Canada gptkb:Germany
 gptkb:Italy
 gptkb:Japan
 gptkb:Soviet_Union
 gptkb:United_Kingdom
 gptkb:United_States
 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | founding member of NATO founding member of United Nations
 Canadian citizenship established 1947
 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Canada 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryConflict | gptkb:Liberation_of_the_Netherlands gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
 gptkb:Normandy_landings
 gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
 gptkb:Italian_Campaign
 gptkb:Battle_of_Hong_Kong
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Internment_of_Japanese_Canadians gptkb:National_Resources_Mobilization_Act
 gptkb:Conscription_Crisis_of_1944
 gptkb:British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan
 gptkb:War_Measures_Act
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableLeader | gptkb:Louis_St._Laurent gptkb:William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King
 gptkb:Harry_Crerar
 gptkb:Andrew_McNaughton
 gptkb:Guy_Simonds
 George Vanier
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:World_War_II 
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                                | gptkbp:populationMobilized | over 1 million Canadians served 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1939 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Internment_of_Japanese_Canadians 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | World War II in Canada 
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