1945: The Year That Made Modern Canada

It was a
watershed year for Canada and the world. 1945 set Canada on a bold course into
the future. A huge sense of relief marked the end of hostilities. Yet there
was also fear and uncertainty about the perilous new world that was unfolding in
the wake of the American decision to use the atomic bomb to bring the war in
the Pacific to a dramatic halt.

On the eve
of WWII, the Dominion of Canada was a sleepy backwater still struggling to
escape the despair of the Great Depression. But the war change...