"Of Pure European Descent and of the White Race": Recruitment Policy and Aboriginal Canadians, 1939-1945
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Author/Creator
R. Scott Sheffield
Canadian Military History, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 1996, pp. 8-15
Description
Compares the policies of the three military branches, from the Royal Navy's blatantly racist policy of maintaining the "colour line", to barriers to enlisting in the RCAF due to physical and educational standards and resistance on the part of some army recruiters despite official army policy.