Another amazing fact. After VE day the RCAF was planning to re-equip Bomber Command and shift to the Pacific theatre. The atom bomb ended the war before they did.
Another amazing fact. Canadian engineers and scientists worked in New Mexico with UK and American scientists to develop the bomb. Uranium from Canada was used in the experiments. Rumours have circulated to the effect that post war Canadian nuclear engineers, in the course of their research, got to the point where they could assemble a bomb independently. They asked their political masters what they should do. They were told to forget about it.
And “O Canada” is by far the most stirring national anthem..