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black canadian minorities in ww2
In ww2 black Canadians that wanted to serve faced resistance joining but unlike ww1 when black men fought in segregated battalions, black soldiers fought alongside everyone, but the navy and airforce didn’t treat them the same as white troops. fighting in the harsh fields of Europe black troops were eager to fight for Canada -
chinese canadians in ww2
when more than 600 Chinese Canadian soldiers served in world war two, sent to the navy, airforce, and the frontlines. they thought people would see them as hero's and stop the racism but it didn't work and many of them lost their lives