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I found an interesting article on Wikipedia about the Canadian Military Pattern Truck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Military_Pattern_truck#Outside_Canada
In short: Canada built trucks... LOTS of t trucks
Some excepts:
"The Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) truck was a class of military truck - of various forms - made in large numbers in Canada during World War II to British Army specifications for use in the armies of the British Commonwealth allies. Standard designs were drawn up just before the beginning of the war.
CMP trucks were also sent to the Soviet Union following the Nazi invasion, as part of Canada's Gift and Mutual Aid program to the Allies."
"At the outbreak of World War II, Canada's large and modern automobile industry was shifted over to the production of military vehicles outproducing Germany. While the Dunkirk evacuation in the spring of 1940 succeeded in rescuing close to 340,000 Allied soldiers who had been encircled by the invading German army, the British Expeditionary Force had been required to abandon most of its military vehicles in France. It then became an urgent need to replace those losses and to provide new vehicles to equip the rapidly expanding armed forces of the Commonwealth."
"Just over 500,000 CMP trucks were manufactured in Canada, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the 815,729[3] military vehicles made in Canada during World War II. The most prevalent type was the 4x4 3-ton truck (including models C60S, C60L, F60S and F60L), with just over 209,000 vehicles made. In addition, roughly 9,500 4x4 CMP chassis were made, mainly to be used to build armoured cars and other vehicles in Allied countries. CMP truck production in Canada exceeded the total military truck production of Nazi Germany. The British History of the Second World War (the official history of the war) argues that the production of soft-skinned trucks, including the CMP truck class, was Canada's most important contribution to the eventual Allied victory."
So long term, Canadian neutrality probably really hurts UK and Soviet logistical ability as well, which will make it harder for them to go on the offensive, because they will have half a million few trucks to transport troops, supplies and artillery around the battlefield.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Military_Pattern_truck#cite_note-4
In short: Canada built trucks... LOTS of t trucks
Some excepts:
"The Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) truck was a class of military truck - of various forms - made in large numbers in Canada during World War II to British Army specifications for use in the armies of the British Commonwealth allies. Standard designs were drawn up just before the beginning of the war.
CMP trucks were also sent to the Soviet Union following the Nazi invasion, as part of Canada's Gift and Mutual Aid program to the Allies."
"At the outbreak of World War II, Canada's large and modern automobile industry was shifted over to the production of military vehicles outproducing Germany. While the Dunkirk evacuation in the spring of 1940 succeeded in rescuing close to 340,000 Allied soldiers who had been encircled by the invading German army, the British Expeditionary Force had been required to abandon most of its military vehicles in France. It then became an urgent need to replace those losses and to provide new vehicles to equip the rapidly expanding armed forces of the Commonwealth."
"Just over 500,000 CMP trucks were manufactured in Canada, accounting for roughly two-thirds of the 815,729[3] military vehicles made in Canada during World War II. The most prevalent type was the 4x4 3-ton truck (including models C60S, C60L, F60S and F60L), with just over 209,000 vehicles made. In addition, roughly 9,500 4x4 CMP chassis were made, mainly to be used to build armoured cars and other vehicles in Allied countries. CMP truck production in Canada exceeded the total military truck production of Nazi Germany. The British History of the Second World War (the official history of the war) argues that the production of soft-skinned trucks, including the CMP truck class, was Canada's most important contribution to the eventual Allied victory."
So long term, Canadian neutrality probably really hurts UK and Soviet logistical ability as well, which will make it harder for them to go on the offensive, because they will have half a million few trucks to transport troops, supplies and artillery around the battlefield.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Military_Pattern_truck#cite_note-4