Chapter V
Defending the Soil of Canada, 1939-1945


Footnotes

1. W.D., 56th Heavy Battery R.C.A., 26 Aug 39; Diary of Fortress Fire Command attached.

2. W.D., 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade R.C.A., September 1939. Information from Maj. T. M. Hunter.

3. W.D., 102nd (N.B.C.) Heavy Battery R.C.A., September 1939.

4. W.D., 16th Coast Brigade R.C.A., September 1939. Messages from D.O.C. M.D. 6, 10 and 16 Sep 39, H.Q.S. 7362, vol. 1.

5. W.D., 3rd (N.B.) Coast Brigade R.C.A., September-November 1939.

6. W.Ds., 59th Heavy Battery and 94th Field Battery, R.C.A., August 1939.

7. G.S. Appreciation, 20 Jun 40, H.Q.S. 8613, vol. 1.

8. Information from Naval Service H.Q. (re arrival of S.S. Balmoral Wood), and W.D., No. 6 Detachment, R.C.O.C., January 1940. Tel., High Commissioner in Great Britain to External, 30 Nov 39, H.Q.S. 7018, vol. 2.

9. Progress Report No. 51, Canadian Army, 26 Nov 41.

10. D.M.O. & I. to C.G.S., 3 Oct 39, H.Q.S. 3545, vol. 3.

11. W.D., Esquimalt Fortress Fire Command, attached to that of 56th Heavy Battery R.C.A., August-September 1939.

12. Comment by Gen. Crerar, 14 Sep 51, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 1.

13. W.Ds., H.Qs. M.Ds. 6 and 11, September 1939; H.Q.S. 8139-1, vol. 7; W.D., Rocky Mountain Rangers, September-November, 1939.

14. H.Q.S. 8613, vol. 1 (20 Jun 40). Daily Strength Return, 1 Jun 40.

15. Report of Sub-Committee on Vulnerable Points, 18 Jul 39, H.Q.S. 6717, vol. 2.

16. C.G.S. to Minister, 28 Sep 39, ibid.

17. Documents in ibid., vols. 2 and 3.

18. C.A.S.F. R.O. 61.

19. Correspondence on H.Q.S. 6717, vol. 3. Report of Sub-Committee on Vulnerable Points, 31 Oct 39, ibid., vol. 2.

20. Appendix "E" to Part III of Defence of Canada Plan, August 1940, H.Q.S. 3496, vol. 3.

21. Tel. GS 0788, Defensor to Canmilitry,4 Oct 40, H.Q.S. 5199-C, F.D. 15. (prepared by Directorate of Army Cadets, 1944).

22. Internment State, 1200 hrs 21 Oct 44, H.Q.S. 7236-1-2. "Preliminary Historical Narrative of the Directorate, Prisoners of War", compiled by the Directorate, June 1945.

23. A.G. to D.Os.C., 14 May 41, H.Q.S. 20 2-14, vol. 1.

24. D. Org to D.A.G., 9 Apr 41, H.Q.S. 8480, vol. 1.

25. Weekly Strength Summary, week ending 19 Jun 43. Units from D. Org Ledgers.

26. Minutes of Defence Council, 15 Feb 40.

27. Cable GS 0787, Defensor to Canmilitry, 5 Oct 40, C.M.H.Q. file 1/Conf/3/2.

28. "Review of Progress in the Militia Service since the close of the Fiscal Year 1935/36", 6 Dec 38, H.Q.S. 4948, vol. 9.

29. Documents on H.Q.S. 66, vols. 15 and 16.

30. High Commissioner for United Kingdom to Prime Minister of Canada, 4 Nov 40, ibid., vol. 16. Progress Report No. 35, Canadian Army, 8 Aug 41.

31. Progress Report No. 59, Canadian Army, 22 Jan 42.

32. Ibid., No. 68, 26 Mar 42.

33. Ibid., No. 143, 2 Sep 43.

34. Ibid., No. 29, 25 Jun 41; No. 183, 12 Dec 44.

35. Consolidated Survey of Activities of Militia Service, 31 Mar-30 Jun 40, H.Q.S. 8480.

36. GS 0787, above, note 27.

37. Progress Report No. 38, Canadian Army, 27 Aug 41. Financial arrangements re 10-inch guns, H.Q.S. 5199-W-2, vol. 2.

38. Progress Report No. 111, Canadian Army, 21 Jan 43.

39. Ibid., No. 38, 27 Aug 41.

40. Ibid., No. 82, 2 Jul 42.

41. GS 0787, above, note 27.

42. Alexander to Secretary, D.N.D., 4 Nov 40, H.Q.S. 8704-4, vol. 1.

43. Documents on ibid., vol. 2, including D.M.O. & I. to D.T.R., 4 Dec 41.

44. Progress Report No. 182, Canadian Army, 13 Nov 44; ibid., No. 179, 14 Aug 44.

45. GS 0787, above, note 27.

46. W.D., 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade R.C.A., October 1939, October and November 1941.

47. Progress Report No. 176, Canadian Army, 10 May 44.

48. Documents in H.Q.S. 5199-C, F.D. 15.

49. Appendix "A", Table IV, to Part III of Chiefs of Staff Committee Plan for the Defence of Canada, February 1941, H.Q.S. 3496, vol. 3.

50. Progress Reports, passim. National Research Council of Canada, The War History of the Radio Branch (Ottawa, August 1948), 61-9. W. Eggleston, Scientists at War (Toronto, 1950), 4650.

51. To the Ministers, H.Q.S. 6717-5, vol. 1.

52. Minutes of Joint Service Committee, 4 Apr 41, H.Q. Atlantic Command file ACS 10-10, W.D., H.Q. Atlantic Command, April 1941.

53. Progress Report No. 15, Canadian Army, 18 Mar 41.

54. W.D., 14th A.A. Battery R.C.A., June 1941.

55. Table in H.Q.S. 5199-C, F.D. 15.

56. Report by O.C. Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment, 11 Jun 41, H.Q.S. 5839, vol. 3.

57. Documents on H.Q.S. 7018-2, vol. 1.

58. U.S. Military Attachéto D.M.O. & P., 15 Oct 42, ibid.

59. Documents in ibid. R.C.A.F. progress report, 29 Aug 42, to meeting of Permanent Joint Board on Defence.

60. Canadian Army Staff, Washington, to Secretary, D.N.D., 6 Nov 42, H.Q.S. 9019.

61. Documents in H.Q.S. 7018-2, vol. 2.

62. Contract Demands on files H.Q. 466-M218, 466M2-19, 466-M2-20, 466-M2-21, 466-M2-32, 466M2-33.

63. "Canadian War Data" (Reference Paper No. 4, Canadian Information Service, Department of External Affairs, 1946), 28.

64. Documents on H.Q.S. 8023, vols. 1 and 4, and C.M.H.Q. file 55/5930/1. Eggleston, 38-46.

65. Documents on H.Q.S. 8023-10-3, vol. 3.

66. H.Q.S. 7018, vol. 4.

67. Progress Report No. 70, Canadian Army, 9 Apr 42 (week ending 4 Apr); ibid., No. 54, 18 Dec 41.

68. Table, 29 May 42, H.Q.S. 5199-C, F.D. 15.

69. Amended table of March 1943, H.Q.S. 5199-C, vol. 6. Cf. Progress Report No. 149, Canadian Army, 14 Oct. 43, and Progress Report C. and A.A. Defences, month ending 30 Sep 43, H.Q.S. 8538-10, vol. 3.

70. Table, 29 May 42, note 68, above.

71. Table, 19 Nov 43, H.Q.S. 5199-C, vol. 6.

72. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1940 (London, Admiralty, 1947), 12.

73. Commander E. V. St. J. Morgan, "Sea Raiders in the 1939-45 War" (Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, XCIV, February, 1949). Capt. S. W. Roskill, The War at Sea, 1939-1945 ("UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES"), I (London, 1954), Chaps. XIV, XVIII.

74. H.Q.S. 3496, vol. 3.

75. Chiefs of Staff to Minister, ibid.

76. C.G.S. to Minister, 23 Jul 40, ibid.

77. Ralston to Crerar, 24 Jul 40, ibid.

78. Ibid.

79. Above, note 76.

80. Above, note 77.

81. Chiefs of Staff Committee Plan for the Defence of Canada, August 1940, Part III, para. 21, H.Q.S. 3496, vol. 3.

82. Ibid., Appendix "N".

83. Ibid., Appendices "0" and "P".

84. Ibid., para. 19.

85. 24 Feb 41, H.Q.S. 3496, vol. 3.

86. In ibid.

87. Two cables, ibid.

88. "Instructions for the Guidance of General Officers Commanding-in-Chief Atlantic and Pacific Commands", 26 Feb 41, H.Q.S. 8704.

89. To Secretary, D.N.D., 16 Dec 40, W.D., H.Q. Pacific Command, December 1940.

90. W.D., H.Q. 10th Inf. Bde., March 1941 (introductory summary).

91. Ibid., May 1941.

92. E.g., W.D., A.C.G.S. (Maj.-Gen. M. A. Pope), 6 Nov 41.

93. C.G.S. to Minister, 15 July 41, H.Q.S. 20-1-5, vol. 1.

94. "Appreciation, Defence of Pacific Coast of Canada", 18 Nov 41, and covering letter C.G.S. to Minister same date, H.Q.S. 8613, vol. 1.

95. Ibid.

96. Progress Report No. 58, Canadian Army, 15 Jan 42; ibid., No. 55, 26 Dec 41.

97. Col. G. S. Pacific Command to O.C. Victoria and Esquimalt Fortress Area, 25 Feb 42, W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, February 1942.

98. Progress Report No. 73, Canadian Army, 30 Apr 42.

99. W.D., D.M.O. & I., 12 Dec 41. W.D., 18th (Manitoba) Reconnaissance Bn., 20 Dec 41. W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, December 1941, Appendix 91.

100. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-4-5. Progress Report No. 55, Canadian Army, 26 Dec 41. W.D., 21st Field Regt. R.C.A., 13 Mar 42.

101. Progress Report No. 57, Canadian Army, 8 Jan 42 (re 20th Field Coy. R.C.E.).

102. Ibid., No. 59, 22 Jan 42.

103. W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, December 1941, Appendix 17.

104. Ibid., Appendices 57 and 62.

105. Ibid., Appendix 52. W.D., 58th Special Light A.A. Bty., 1 Jul 42.

106. W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, December 1941, Appendix 58 ("Operational Report on Events . . . December 6th to 11th, 1941").

107. To Secretary, D.N.D., ibid.

108. To C.G.S., 30 Dec 41, ibid., Appendix 105.

109. Forrest E. LaViolette, The Canadian Japanese and World War II (Toronto, 1948), Chap. II.

110. Speech of Mr. R. W. Mayhew.

111. 14 Feb 42, Mackenzie Papers, file CNS57.

112. S. E. Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions (Boston, 1949), 165. The Times (London), 25 Feb 42.

113. W. F. Craven and J. L. Cate, eds., The Army Air Forces in World War II (Chicago, 1948-55), I, 283-6.

114. Documents on H.Q.S. 8704-1, vol. 3.

115. Alexander to C.G.S., 17 Mar 42, ibid.

116. Same to same, ibid.

117. Minutes of a meeting of Directors, N.D.H.Q., 27 Feb 42, H.Q.S. 20-1-6, vol. 1.

118. H.Q.S. 20-1-5, vol. 2.

119. RCAF Logbook (Ottawa, 1949), 67, 70.

120. H.Q.S. 20-1-25.

121. H.Q.S. 20-1-11-E, F.D. 3. Progress Report No. 66, Canadian Army, 12 Mar 42.

122. D.S.D. memo, 20 Feb 42, H.Q.S. 8704-.1, F.D. 18 (cf. G.O. 97/42). Progress Report No. 71, Canadian Army, 16 Apr 42.

123. Telegram GS 010, C.G.S. to G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command, 11 Mar 42, H.Q.S. 8704-1, vol. 3.

124. Progress Report No. 73, Canadian Army, 30 Apr 42; ibid., No. 77, 28 May 42.

125. Pacific Command Operation Instruction No. 33, 1 Sep 42. 8 Cdn Div Operational Plan, 27 Feb 43, as amended 20 Apr 43, W.D., G.S., H.Q. 8th Div., April 1943.

126. Documents in H.Q.S. 5199-1, vol. 2.

127. Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, 79-80.

128. W.D., H.Q. Prince Rupert Defences, 20 May 42.

129. Ibid., 1 Jun 42; W.D., H.Q. Military District No. 11, 30 May 42.

130. Ottawa Journal, 11 Jun and 16 Jul 42.

131. Japanese Monograph (Navy) #110--Submarine Operations in Second Phase Operations, Part I, April-August 1942 (G.H.Q., S.C.A.P., Japan; kindly extracted by Canadian Liaison Mission, Tokyo). Evidence of Capt. Tagami of I-25, Associated Press story, Ottawa Citizen, 7 Apr 50. Reports of R.M. Lally, lightkeeper, Estevan Point, 20 Jun 42, and Commodore W.J.R. Beech, Commanding Officer Pacific Coast, 1 Jul 42 (copies, Historical Section).

132. Morison, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, 169, 162-3.

133. W.D., H.Q. Prince Rupert Defences, 31 May, 1 Jun 42. Cf. RCAF Logbook, 69.

134. Progress Report No. 79, Canadian Army, 11 Jun 42.

135. W.D., No. 1 Armoured Train, various dates. W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, July 1942, Appendix 152. Tel. 2666, G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command to C.G.S., 31 Jul 42, W.D., G.S., H.Q. Pacific Command, July 1942.

136. Monthly Strength Return, Pacific Command file 27-27-2, vol. 1.

137. Documents on Pacific Command file P.C.S. 60227-1.

138. Canada Year Book, 1945, 706-9.

139. Documents on Pacific Command file P.C.S. 50428-9. W.D., 62nd A.A. Bty R.C.A., June-August 1943.

140. Progress Report No. 133, Canadian Army, 24 Jun 43.

141. Weekly Strength Return, Pacific Command, 27 Mar 43, W.D., O.I.C. Administration, H.Q. Pacific Command, March 1943. G.O.436/43.

142. Progress Report No. 125, Canadian Army, 29 Apr 43.

143. Compiled from formation and unit war diaries, and other sources. Weekly Strength Return, 7th Div., 5 Jun 43, and Operational Location Statements for defended areas, Atlantic Command, March, June 1943.

144. Progress Report No. 125, Canadian Army, 29 Apr 43.

145. Information from Directorate of Naval Information, Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa, 28 Jun 51.

146. W.D., G.S., H.Q. Atlantic Command, May 1942, Appendix 5.

147. Telegram, G.O.C.-in-C. Atlantic Command to C.G.S., 26 May 42, H.Q.S. 3544-A, vol. 4.

148. W.Ds., G.S., H.Q. Atlantic Command, 1617 Jul 42; Lake Superior Regiment, 17-18 Jul 42.

149. Ralston to J. S. Roy, M.P., 2 Jun 42, H.Q.S. 3544A, vol. 2.

150. Documents on H.Q.S. 9027.

151. Documents on H.Q.S. 3544-A, vol. 3, and H.Q.S. 9027-2. Redesignation, G.O. 402/ 44.

152. Information from Naval Service H.Q., and G.N. Tucker, The Naval Service of Canada (Ottawa, 1952), II, 185.

153. D.N.D. Press Release (P.N. 106-46), 8 Feb 46. Various reports on H.Q.S. 88722, vols. 1-5, and H.Q.S. 9012-560, vols. 15-16.

154. W.D., D.M.O. & P., N.D.H.Q., January 1945, Appendix 7.

155. Information from Air Historian, R.C.A.F., 28 Sep 49.

156. Documents on H.Q.S. 7410, vol. 1. Copies of documents on H.Q.C. 1453-8.

157. Documents on H.Q.S. 7410-2, vol. 1.

158. Documents on H.Q.C. 1453-8, H.Q.S. 7410, vol. 1 and H.Q.S. 5091, vol. 4.

159. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-1-15, vol. 1.

160. W.Ds., Black Watch, June and August, 1940; Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, August, 1940.

161. "Minutes of Meeting held at Government House on August 20th, 1940 . . . ,, "W" Force file W.F.S. 13-02.

162. Secretary, Chiefs of Staff Committee, to Secretary, Joint Service Sub-Committee, Newfoundland, 19 Mar 42, J.S.S.C. file JSSC-6.

163. C.A.RO. 1579, 17 Jan 42.

164. "Strength Return as of 2359 Hours . . . 15th December, 1943 . . . Force 'W' 11.

165. Documents on H.Q.S. 7410-28, vol. 1.

166. W.D., G.S., H.Q. "W" Force, September 1942.

167. Strength Return, note 164 above. Emerson to Howell, 23 May 45, H.Q. T.D. 51464, vol. 2. "History of the Participation by Newfoundland in World War II" (MS), 46.

168. Atlantic Bridge: The Official Account of R.A.F. Transport Command's Ocean Ferry (London, 1945), 28-9. W.D., New Brunswick Rangers, June 1942-July 1943. Progress Report No. 121, Canadian Army, 1 Apr 43.

169. Documents on Defended Area Goose Bay files G.B.S. 1-2-2 and 5-10-0, and H.Q. M.D. No. 6 file H.C. 110-7-10-1-1.

170. W.D., Winnipeg Grenadiers, May, June, August, 1940.

171. H.Q.S. 20-1-16, vols. 1-3. W.D., "B" Force, November 1942.

172. H.Q.S. 8962-3. H.Q.S. 8962-4, vol. 1. H.Q.S. 20-1-27, vols. 1-5.

173. H.Q.S. 20-1-28, vols. I and 2. H.Q.S. 8982, vol. 1. H.Q.S. 8982-2.

174. C.G.S. to G.O.C.-in-C. Pacific Command, H.Q.S. 20-1-19, F.D. 18 (copy on H.Q.S. 6265, vol. 6).

175. C.G.S. letter, 21 Feb 42, H.Q.S. 20-3-21, F.D. 1.

176. G.Os. 283/42, 488/42, 25/43, 362/43.

177. C.G.S. letter, 21 Feb 42, note 175 above.

178. C.A.R.Os. 1897 (22 Apr 42, effective 2 Feb 42) and 3845 (27 Nov 43, effective 31 Oct 43).

179. Report of D.N.D., 1944, pages 28-9.

180. D. Org Strength Summaries and Ledgers. National War Services Regulations, 1940 (Recruits), Sec. 13(2).

181. Progress Report No. 125, Canadian Army, 29 Apr 43.

182. Ibid., No. 124, 22 Apr 43.

183. C.G.S. to Minister, 30 Aug 43, H.Q.S. 20-1, vol. 12.

184. D.N.D. Press Release, P.N. 446, 13 Sep 43.

185. The Times (London), 15 Sep 43.

186. P.N. 449.

187. C.G.S. to Minister, 30 Aug 43, note 183 above.

188. W.D., H.Q. 13th Inf. Bde., May 1944, Appendix 7, and 8 Jun 44.

189. Documents on H.Q.S. 20-1-5, vol. 3.

190. Documents on ibid., vol. 5. W.D., G.S., H.Q. 6th Div., 2 Dec 44.

191. Progress Report No. 183, Canadian Army, 12 Dec 44.

192. Detailed plan in appendices to C.G.S. to Minister, 30 Aug 43, note 183 above.

193. Progress Report No. 149, Canadian Army, 14 Oct 43, and later reports.

194. Ibid., No. 182, 13 Nov 44.

195. Ibid., No. 183, 12 Dec 44. W.D., H.Q. Atlantic Command, 14 Dec 44.

196. G.Os. 21 and 56/46.



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