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“A beating every day”: The Story of Léo Pitre

Chapter Ten

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Ten focuses on the story of Léo Pitre from Jacquet River, New Brunswick, describing his time in Hong Kong in 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, capture … 21 $2.10 Add
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A Bloody Colonial: The Story of Roger Pichette

Chapter Two

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Two focuses on the story of Roger Pichette of the RCAF from Campbellton, New Brunswick, describing his education, time as a tail gunner, time with the No. 142 Squadron known as the … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Different Life: The Story of Blair Bourgeois

Chapter One

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter One focuses on the story of Blair Bourgeois, a member of the RCAF from Moncton, New Brunswick, discussing his training in England, the No. 425 “Alouette” Squadron, four-leaf … 12 $1.20 Add
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A Pact in 1939, Seed of Victory in 1945

From: Myths of Modern History

This chapter tackles a myth recently "certified" by the European parliament: that WW2 became possible because Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union concluded an “alliance,” … 30 $3.00 Add

A People’s History of Quebec

This lively guide to Quebec history tells the fascinating story of the settlement of the St. Lawrence River Valley over nearly 500 years. But it also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based … ; 209 View
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A Quarter Century of Failed Warfare

From: Disarming Conflict

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A Second Front for Stalin, or a Third Front in the Air?

From: The Myth of the Good War

1942. Analyzes why the decision not to open a second front was made by the British and American forces 14 $1.40 Add
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A “Square Deal” Delayed

From: Equal as Citizens

Dominion-Provincial Conference on Reconstruction, August 6, 1945, Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers meet to discuss the reconstruction of Canada, no agreements but paved the way for the … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Two-Year Military Training Course or a Degree?

From: To Serve Canada

Academic Policy and the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP). 17 $2.21 Add
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Afterwards

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

Looks at the homefront from 1915 to 1918 and the defenses. Deals with the tension on the homefront from those who wanted to be sent overseas. 21 $2.10 Add
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America and the Red Peril

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes how the American Power elites were against communism and Bolshevism and therefore liked European facism and Hitler’s Nazism. 13 $1.30 Add
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An Anti-Soviet Crusade?

From: The Myth of the Good War

The so-called German Option, the possibility of an alliance between the Americans and the British on the one side and the Germans on the other, thus constituted an important element of the hard … 13 $1.30 Add
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Angus L. Gives It a Go

From: Equal as Citizens

1933-43. Angus L MacDonald led the Liberals back to power in Nova Scotia in 1933, Maritime economic change due to protective tarriffs, Nova Scotia argues for reparations on the ground of damage … 19 $1.90 Add
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Appendices

From: Bottoms Up

Appendices include: Alcohol-Related Crimes and Court Cases, Eighteenth Century Tavern Owners in St. John’s, St. John’s Alcohol-Related Businesses from the Nineteenth Century until … 25 $2.50 Add

Asleep in the Deep

Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War

On 27 June 1918, the Llandovery Castle, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members … 223 View
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Air Water, and Nova Scotia

From: Fastest in the World

A brief overview of the evolution of high speed transportation throughout the 20th century and an introduction to Nova Scotia’s role in the development of two record breaking watercraft: … 4 $0.40 Add