World War II

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Family Ties

Family Ties

How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today

The standing ovation accorded in 2023 to a Second World War Ukrainian Nazi unit veteran in Canada’s House of Commons shocked Canadians – and the world. Author Peter McFarlane was not … 274 View
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Far from Inflammable Materials

Far from Inflammable Materials

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

This chapter concerns the first phase of the camp, during which it held German and Austrian Jewish refugees, including medical doctors, concert pianists, and young students. 17 $1.70 Add
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Fighting for Roosevelt

Fighting for Roosevelt

From: The Third Man

In this chapter, Thompson traces the diplomatic upheavals of the summer and autumn of 1941, from Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union to the Atlantic Conference at Placentia Bay and the … 30 $3.00 Add
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Fighting the War at Home

Fighting the War at Home

Voice of Women and War Toy Activism in Postwar Canada

From: Worth Fighting For

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First weeks at Angler

First weeks at Angler

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Outlines the first few weeks at Angler ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Flirting with Fascism

Flirting with Fascism

From: Canada in the World

The 20th Century Begins – Between the Wars – Canadian Monopolists – The Spanish Civil War – The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion – Hitler’s Eyes – The Myth of Appeasement 40 $4.00 Add
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FOREWORD to New Edition and Preface of original edition

FOREWORD to New Edition and Preface of original edition

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses that the best way to guard human rights today is to arm ourselves with the knowledge of how easily they were taken in the past. Outlines racial injustice. Also discusses the history of … 12 $1.20 Add
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Foreword to the New English Edition

Foreword to the New English Edition

Foreword: Objectives and Methodology

From: The Myth of the Good War

Outlines the approach to WWII taken in this study, develops his methodology and describes the work as a synthesis. 12 $1.20 Add
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Free But Not Free
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Free But Not Free

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 11 further discusses the poor working conditions at the Dionne Spinning Mills as it drew attention from Canadian labour unions, including the Textile Workers Union (TWU). The chapter also … 18 $1.80 Add
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<p>From Roosevelt's Soft Line to Truman's Hard Line toward Stalin</p>

From Roosevelt’s Soft Line to Truman’s Hard Line toward Stalin

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the difference of the presidential stance towards Stalin from Roosevelt to Truman. 8 $0.80 Add
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From the German Surrender to the Plaszek Murder Trials May 8, 1945 to March 6, 1946

From the German Surrender to the Plaszek Murder Trials May 8, 1945 to March 6, 1946

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield discusses the aftermath of Germany’s surrender in May 1945 for the roughly 12,000 prisoners of war held at Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. 36 $3.60 Add
Hanged in Medicine Hat

Hanged in Medicine Hat

Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp, and the Disturbing True Story of Canada's Last Mass Execution

For three years during the Second World War, 12,000 Nazis were held in a prisoner-of-war camp at the edge of Medicine Hat, an isolated city of 12,000 people on the bald Canadian prairie. The camp … 281 View
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Helpful Bankers and Secret Agents

Helpful Bankers and Secret Agents

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels provides an examination of how Germany respected the rules of international capitalism for any enemy holdings in Germany from 1942-1945. 9 $0.90 Add
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Here Come the Bad Guys

Here Come the Bad Guys

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

After the departure of the Jewish internees in the summer of 1941, Camp B held a mix of Germans, German-Canadians, as well as other Canadians and men from all over Europe. If the tragedy of the … 50 $5.00 Add
History's People

History’s People

Personalities and the Past

In History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some … 402 View
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How Civil Wars End

How Civil Wars End

From: Disarming Conflict

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