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Why was Canada known as the "arsenal of democracy"?

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Posted by pinamen on November 25, 2008 at 11:50 PM and tagged with arsenal of democracy, canada, history, ww2

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In a speech to the American public on December 29, 1940, President Roosevelt outlined the United States' role as an industrial giant, and defender of democracy, whose resources must now gear to...

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Posted by enotechris on November 26, 2008 at 1:46 AM

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