Chronology of World War II

Monday, April 27


Plebiscite Held in Canada in April 1942


Plebiscite Held in Canada in April 1942
After declaring war on Germany on September 10, 1939 with the promise that only volunteers would serve overseas, the federal government, led by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, held a plebiscite in April 1942 asking Canadians to release it from the promise.