As the likelihood of war increased in the 1930s, Canada realized that its defence hinged on the protection of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Gander's airport was the largest on the planet in 1940 and played a crucial role in ferrying aircraft from North America to Britain during the WWII.

About health conditions in Newfoundland during WWII such as problems with housing and veneral disease and the need for wartime hospitals.