World War II

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The End of the Beginning

The End of the Beginning

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

Camp B began to wind down as Italian prisoners were freed after the Allied armistice with Italy. By January 1945, there were only 185 internees in the camp, and with the German surrender in May, … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Fasting Granny vs. the Trudeau Government

The Fasting Granny vs. the Trudeau Government

Demanding an End to the Canadian Presence in Vietnam

From: Worth Fighting For

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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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The Fourteenth Mission: The Story of Joseph Laurie Cormier

Chapter Four

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Four focuses on the story of Laurie Cormier of Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his time as a tail gunner for the No. 427 “Lion” Squadron of the RCAF, his capture as a … 21 $2.10 Add
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The Gulag
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The Gulag

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military … 11 $1.10 Add
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The haiku club

The haiku club

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Liberation of Italy

The Liberation of Italy

A Fateful Precedent

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the liberation of Italy in 1943 and how this process set a precendent for other liberation efforts. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Limits of Force

The Limits of Force

From: Disarming Conflict

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The Long Summer of 1944

The Long Summer of 1944

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at Operation Overload and landing in Normady in the summer of 1944 as a race for Britain and America to beat the Soviets to Berlin. Also looks at liberation in that summer and trying to … 10 $1.00 Add
The Matryoshka Memoirs

The Matryoshka Memoirs

A Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, The Leica Camera Factory, and Nazi Resistance.

Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp … 252 View
The Myth of the Good War

The Myth of the Good War

America in the Second World War

Was the role of the United States in the Second World War an essentially idealistic one, a crusading struggle to conquer the dark forces of German fascism and Japanese militarism? Was it an … 328 View
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The Mythologies of Canada's "Good War"

The Mythologies of Canada’s "Good War"

From: Canada in the World

The Second World War – The Spectre of Jewish Bolshevism – None Is Too Many – Crimes and Contradictions – At War’s End – Death from Above, Death from Below 28 $2.80 Add
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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part II
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The Reckoning, Part II

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Rise of Fascism

The Rise of Fascism

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter discusses Mussolini and the rise of Fascism in Italy and how it affected Italians living in Canada. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Second World War and After, 1939–1948

The Second World War and After, 1939–1948

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Describes the impact of the second world war on the Canadian federation from 1939 to 1948. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Successes of the Red Army and the Yalta Agreements

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the success of the Soviet forces in their liberation efforts and analyzes the Yalta Agreement for Europe’s post-war reorganization. 12 $1.20 Add