EQUIPMENT, NOT MEN
NEED IN BRITAIN
"CANADA'S FRONT LINE"
OTTAWA, July 29,
The Minister of Defence, LieutenantColonel Ralston, in the House of Commons said: "Our front line is the island fortress of the British Isles. Canada will shortly have a corps of two divisions in that front line."
Outlining the military programme, the Minister added that it would not serve the common cause at present to have additional Canadians in England, where there was no shortage of manpower. The real demand was for equipment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 7
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84EQUIPMENT, NOT MEN Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 7
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