Military history of Newfoundland during World War II

When the Second World War broke-out, the Dominion of Newfoundland was a Dominion governed directly from the United Kingdom via the Commission of Government. As Newfoundland was being administered by the Commission of Government, and had no functioning parliament, the British declaration of war on Germany automatically brought Newfoundland into a state of war with Germany on 3 September 1939.[1]

In early 1941, US troops were deployed to Newfoundland.[2]

  1. ^ Neary, Peter. "The History of Newfoundland and Labrador during the Second World War". warmuseum.ca. Canadian War Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. ^ David MacKenzie: A North Atlantic Outpost: The American Military in Newfoundland, 1941–1945, in: War and Society, vol. 22 (2004), no. 2, pp. 51–74 (here: p. 60).