00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.905644 CaOODSP 20221107180906 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 211206t19721972onco o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng fre n-cn--- DR3-1572-PDF Canada. Defence Research Board, author, issuing body. Defence Research Board : the first twenty-five years = Conseil de recherches pour la défense : les 25 premières années. Conseil de recherches pour la défense : les 25 premières années Ottawa : Department of National Defence = Ministère de la Défense nationale, April 1972. ©1972 1 online resource (46 pages) : photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Long after Canada was responsible for its destiny within its borders, it still relied on Britain for defence. The weapons our ancestors used to defend themselves and their country had by the 1920s given place to complex equipment's which in turn, lead to systems of great sophistication. Although an Imperial Conference in 1923 had laid down that "each self-governing unit of the British commonwealth is primarily responsible for its own defence", defence science had no formal place in the activities of the Government of Canada in the thirties"--Page [9]. Text in English and French. Canada. Defence Research Board. PDF 17.72 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2021/mdn-dnd/DR3-1572.pdf