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During the Battle of Britain between 88 and 112 Canadian pilots served in the RAF, most having come to Britain on their own initiative. For political necessity an "all Canadian" squadron, No. 242 Squadron RAF, was formed under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan at the start of the war and the squadron served in the Battle of France. They were later joined by No. 1 Squadron RCAF in June 1940 during the Battle for Britain and they were in "the thick" of fighting in August. By the end of the battle in October 1940, 23 Canadian pilots had been killed. Squadrons of the RCAF and individual Canadian pilots flying with the British RAF fought with distinction in Spitfire and Hurricane fighters during the Battle of Britain.

Had Operation Sealion had taken place in 1941, units of the First Canadian Corps could have deployed between the English Channel and London to meet them. When Operation Sealion finally occured in late-1943, Canadian troops would be deployed to fight and defend the British Isles, serving with distinction. Upon the invasion of the British Isles, the immediate evacuation of senior government and the Royal Family was conducted, to Scotland first and later to Canada.

On the seas, the Royal Canadian Navy, with the remaining Royal Navy and US Navy Ships in the Atlantic were unable to defeat the Kriegsmarine and Regia Marina's naval superiority, despite best efforts. The Germans would eventually secure their supplies lines and continued to push out from their beach head. London would fall in early 1944 and Allied morale collapsed. The fall of London incited many uprisings amongst the Empire.

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=== Post War<ref>https://the-new-order-last-days-of-europe.fandom.com/wiki/Dominion_of_Canada</ref> ===

With the surrender of Britain and the collapse of the British Empire, Canada has assumed, for all intents of purpose the mantle of head of the Commonwealth of Nations, itself comprising of ~~Belize,~~ Guyana, the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, housing not just the largest population of British exiles out of the other Commonwealth nations, but also playing host to the disputed heir to the throne of the former United Kingdom, as well as the exiled government, as Queen Elizabeth II fulfils her constitutional role as sovereign in Canada, serving as a relatively popular figure of unity in an ever more fraught Canadian domestic situation.

With the surrender of Britain and the collapse of the British Empire, Canada has assumed, for all intents of purpose the mantle of head of the Commonwealth of Nations, itself comprising of [[Guyana]], the [[West Indies Federation|West Indies]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[South Africa|Union of South Africa]], housing not just the largest population of British exiles out of the other Commonwealth nations, but also playing host to the disputed heir to the throne of the former United Kingdom, as well as the exiled government, as Queen Elizabeth II fulfils her constitutional role as sovereign in Canada, serving as a relatively popular figure of unity in an ever more fraught Canadian domestic situation.

Given its landmass, Canada is relatively sparsely populated, however it has a considerable population, with the two most populous provinces in Canada being Ontario and Quebec, though the issue of Quebec separatism has, since the conclusion of the Second World War, become an ever-present issue that threatens to put paid to this figure. Even in Western Canada, rumblings of discontent with the perceived detachment of the Ottawa government from the issues of the West, grow ever louder.